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"Iraq will provide us with $1 billion to support the launch of the remaining 10 GNASS satellites, and then we will provide Iraq with 100,000 GNSS receivers at a cost of $1,000 each. Defense Minister Sergei said: "100,000 receivers are enough for your country, and even for the entire Middle East, and when we send our satellites, we will give priority to covering the signal in the Middle East."www.biquge.info ”

That is, Iraq will spend 1.1 billion dollars and get only those bulky Soviet-made receivers? Qusay sneered: "Your Excellency Sergei, do you know why we, Iraq, will vigorously support your country's satellite navigation project?" ”

This is also where Sergei is confused, Iraq went to the Soviet Union, bought all kinds of weapons, and even offered to buy the latest Su-27 fighters, which can be accepted by them, however, Qusay proposed to cooperate in joining the GLONASS satellite navigation project, which makes them a little puzzled, satellite navigation is a concept just proposed, practical xing has not yet been shown, and even the United States is still in the experimental stage.

"President Qusay, that's because we in the Soviet Union have advanced technology in this area, and you are always very interested in new technologies. {{}}" Ligachev said.

"No, we don't have any interest in the immature technology, and the reason why we proposed to participate in your satellite navigation project is because there is a huge stake." Qusai said, Kusai said it very bluntly, why did I participate? It's because I'm able to make money in it!

Who wants to do a business without money?

"President Qusay. Your country has abundant oil resources, is it still used in this way to increase income? Gorbachev thought that Qusay's idea was very interesting.

"Yes, we have abundant oil resources, but our oil will always run out one day. Therefore, we must plan ahead and make arrangements in advance. Therefore, we started industrial construction in the country, hoping to build our country into an industrial country. We also hope to have outstanding achievements in one or two areas, so we have taken a fancy to your satellite navigation project, which we believe is a technology that can change people's living habits and promote the improvement of people's living standards. {{}}”

Hearing this, the Soviets all looked at Qusay with incredible eyes, and even Hikmat beside Qusay retreated in his heart: President Qusay. You are too capable of breaking ah, when you were in China, you also said that with satellite navigation, our cruise missiles can be added to the correction command. The error is even smaller, what does this have to do with people's living standards?

"Your GLONASS navigation project, from the time of design, is dual-use, and we are interested in the huge field of civilian use. With the improvement of people's living standards, cars play an increasingly important role in people's lives, however, many people are in the process of driving, because they are not familiar with the road and delay time, waste precious fuel, so, our satellite navigation, if all equipped to the car, and then, with the electronic map, to show them the road, this will be a big market, in the Middle East, 100,000 receivers are definitely not enough, I am afraid to have millions, or even tens of millions. In Europe, the market is even bigger. Qusay said.

The Soviet satellite navigation project was designed for both military and civilian use, and it did not interfere with civilian signals, and the degree of Jing was the same, but it could not reach the level of GPS, but their so-called civilian use was only limited to large civilian enterprises, and they did not expect that everyone depended on satellite navigation. {{}}

In this case, the market is huge.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you think that when people can buy a second-hand car for five thousand dollars and a good car for one or two thousand dollars, they will spend a thousand dollars on a navigation device?" Qusay asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Therefore, the cost of this kind of satellite navigation receiver must be reduced, and a large number of advanced electronic equipment must be used to control the price of the satellite receiver within 300 US dollars, and finally, it must be reduced to less than 100 US dollars, so that it can be accepted by the people." "Do you think you can reduce the price of the terminal to this extent? ”

"No way, even if we make it ourselves, the cost will be around seven hundred dollars." Sergei said that in fact, he had increased a little, and 400 dollars was enough, but he had to say a little more about the 1,000 dollars he had just asked Iraq, otherwise it would be a bit too much. {{}}

"We are confident that if we let our engineers design this receiving device, the cost will definitely come down." Qusay said.

Iraq's own engineers? What a joke, no one else believes it.

"This is only a civilian project, we don't need it to have the ability to continue to use in a nuclear war, a large number of civilian mature components, we believe that we will be able to control the cost of production, only in this way, can this navigation equipment occupy the world market." "We need all kinds of data from this kind of navigation satellites, and we in Iraq will develop the receiving equipment, and that's what makes our Iraqi participation in this project," Qusay said. We can accept the billion dollars you have proposed. ”

It is impossible to have a complete technological monopoly and make Iraq only pay, and Qusay is not willing to be a slaughtered rooster. With billions of dollars to support the development of such navigation satellites, you must know that now the Soviet Union's appropriations for this project are always unable to be paid on time, because the Soviet Union is very tight on funds in various places. {{}}

Gorbachev exchanged views with the crowd, and in particular, Defense Minister Weinberg nodded in agreement.

"We are willing to cooperate with Iraq on this project." Gorbachev said.

Although Qusai keeps saying that the huge role of this navigation system in the civilian field can have great market prospects, he knows very well that the role of satellite navigation in the military is even greater, and almost all the development of civilian science and technology is inherited from the military.

With satellite navigation, it is possible to achieve more accurate positioning. For example, ballistic missiles need to know the exact location coordinates of the launch point before sending a nuclear attack, and on land, they can quickly launch a missile at a predetermined position in advance, and it is easier to do so in a well, but for a nuclear submarine that bears a secondary nuclear strike, it can carry out a nuclear strike on any seabed at any time, and if you want to determine your position coordinates in the sea, you have to use inertial guidance equipment to record your own navigation trajectory from the very beginning of leaving the port. Calculated by the coordinates of the port plus the traces of the voyage, however, the longer the voyage, the greater the accumulated error, so, when needed, you need to surface, use starlight navigation to determine your own position, eliminate the cumulative error, the degree of this navigation method, is far from comparable with satellite navigation. The more you can determine your position, the more you will be able to increase the degree of missile attack.

For another example, Iraq's current Red Bird cruise missile, if satellite-assisted guidance is added, can be improved by a degree on the basis of the existing one.

In order to dispel the vigilance of the other side, Qusay, under the banner of civilian use, wants to make the GLONASS system develop rapidly, and it is necessary for Iraq to master this navigation technology!

Moreover, this is just the beginning, and Iraq will gradually get involved in the development of satellites, because the life span of this set of satellites of the GLONASS system is very short, and the few satellites that were issued in the early stage will be scrapped in less than a year, and the satellites that are officially launched in orbit have a lifespan of less than two or three years, which means that if you want to have more than 20 enough satellites in the sky to realize global navigation, you need to keep sending satellites and replenishing the network, which is a huge expense, and no one can afford it. In this regard, some of Iraq's technologies are already more advanced than those of the Soviet Union, and in order to extend the life of satellites, it is necessary to improve the internal equipment, and Iraq also needs to play a major role in it.

Hearing that the Soviet Union had agreed to this cooperation, Qusay was very happy and continued: "Actually, many of your military industries can be developed in the direction of civilian use, which can not only increase revenue, but also realize the gradual transformation of military industrial enterprises. ”

In fact, this is just Kusay's proposal, and now, the biggest problem of the Soviet economy is that heavy industry, or the military industry, is too developed, and these aspects will not create value and will not contribute to the economy of the Soviet Union. If you want to develop the economy, you have to reduce the military industry, but as long as it is reduced, serious problems will arise in those cities that depend on the military industry, and even the society of the Soviet Union will become unstable.

Hearing Qusay's words, Gorbachev's eyes lit up, indeed, if it was possible to convert the military to civilian.

In later generations, Russia even used the Soyuz spacecraft as a space taxi, flying with rich people who wanted to go to the sky to raise funds, not to mention other military projects, Qusay thought to himself.

Sergei was a little dissatisfied, and now, the military industry of the Soviet Union is still far from catching up with the United States, especially the Star Wars program of the United States, which has been going on for several years, and the Soviet Union has seriously lagged behind in this regard.

"President Qusay, you didn't just want to give us these suggestions this time, did you?" Sergey asked.

"Of course not," Qusay saw the dissatisfaction of the old fellow, too, the military always wants more shares, don't they know that the Soviet Union was dragged down by the arms race?

"Iran invited us to take charge of security at sea, but our Iraqi navy, with only a few missile boats and a few frigates, simply cannot meet our needs, so we want to order a batch of surface ships from the Soviet Union to meet our needs." Qusay said.