Chapter 608: Iraq Visits
The deployment of the Dongfeng missile is a turning point in Saudi Arabia's national defense strategy, which, in addition to strengthening Saudi Arabia's national defense, also allows the Kingdom to shoulder increasingly important responsibilities in the Middle East and on the world stage.
The greatest enemy of Saudi Arabia, and of the Arab world as a whole, is Israel, which, since the first Middle East war, has tried to impose its will on the region, brutally suppressing the Palestinian population in the occupied territories while waging numerous aggressions against Arab countries. Israel has acquired nuclear weapons and long-range strike aircraft and ballistic missiles to deliver nuclear weapons, and has a clear military advantage, and not only that, but it is no exception when it discovers that neighboring countries are buying Western weapons to improve their defense capabilities. In order to reduce this incident, Saudi Arabia must need new sources of weapons, and Pakistan, which shares Saudi beliefs and has defeated the Soviet Union, is the best option for Saudi Arabia. Pakistan has developed a very advanced weapons system that is among the best in the world. This time, Prince Sultan came in the hope of signing various agreements to buy a large number of weapons from Pakistan.
When the Americans know about it, they will definitely continue to shout on the side, Saudi Arabia is ready, and diversified arms imports, not only relying on the United States, are very important to Saudi Arabia.
Prince Sultan spent a total of five days in Pakistan, signing tens of billions of dollars in contracts with Pakistan, including large contracts for warplanes and warships, as well as tanks and armored vehicles, the army's main battle weapons, in addition to secret ballistic missiles.
Sending away the Saudis, Mhammad was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut for a few days, who invented the word "militarism"? That is just not going to be used, and the huge military industry can also bring a steady stream of economic benefits. Like the small country of Sweden, doesn't it rely on the military industry to maintain the country's economic development?
Through the export of these weapons to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan's military industry will enter the track of benign development, not to mention that in the future, Pakistan will dump more weapons into the third world of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
"President Hammad. We received another request to visit. Sitting in his office, Mhammad was still calculating how much money he had made this time, so that the defense industry could have more financial resources, and received a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Another one?" Mhammad asked, "Which country?" ”
"Iraq, President Saddam Hussein is going to visit in person."
Saddam? Mhammad was stunned for a moment, this powerful figure in the Gulf region is coming to Pakistan?
Perhaps most people have the impression that Saddam Hussein is just the one who was chased by the Americans and went into hiding and finally betrayed by his men. Saddam, who was caught by the Americans and then executed, was a complete failure.
However, that was all later, and the Iran-Iraq war lasted longer because of the crossing of Mhammad, and now it is about to cross 92 years, and Iraq has no plans to invade Kuwait. And Saddam Hussein is still a powerful figure in the Arab world. There is a faint tendency to replace Nasser.
Saddam's life was full of twists and turns and thrilling, and he was born on April 28, 1937, in a small village near Tikrit, a desert town north of Baghdad. As a young man, he was actively involved in politics, in '57. He joined the Arab Baath Socialist Party, which was underground. Two years later, he was involved in the assassination of Qassem, a powerful Iraqi figure at the time, injuring him. At the same time, during this operation, Saddam Hussein was wounded in the leg and fled to Syria first. He fled to Egypt. In '63, Iraq's Arab Baath Socialist Party killed Qassem in a coup d'état, but a few days later, AbdelSalam Arif reversed course and overthrew the Baath government in a coup d'état and ruled himself as a dictatorship. A few years later, in 68, the Arab Baath Socialist Party and army officers staged another coup d'état that overthrew the authoritarian Arif regime. At that time, Bakr was the president, and Saddam Hussein was in charge of internal security affairs. In '79, Bakr resigned due to health reasons, and Saddam Hussein became the president of Iraq and began his era.
A year after taking office, Saddam Hussein fought against Iran next to him, and the two countries fought for ten years.
Unlike Gaddafi, Colonel Gaddafi seized power with little effort, while Saddam Hussein, who went through many failures to succeed, is such a person who is stoic and at the same time, belligerent. If it had been another person, perhaps there would have been no Iran-Iraq war or the Gulf War.
History chose Saddam Hussein for Iraq, and under the leadership of Saddam, Iraq became strong and eventually perished, and in later generations, the United States occupied Iraq and brought so-called democracy to Iraq, what was the result? Iraq under Saddam's dictatorship was at least safe, the people were rich, and in the eighties, Iraq had cars and televisions, but what about the next generation? Iraq is full of turmoil, and the people are suffering greatly.
Only when there is a country can there be a home, the country is in turmoil, and the people can only live a poor life in exile, Iraq is obviously a big oil country, but in later generations, Iraq can not even fully supply the oil burned by cars.
"President Mhammad?" The voice in Mhammad's ear pulled him back from his thoughts, and looking at his assistant's puzzled gaze, Mhammad said: "Welcome President Saddam Hussein to our Pakistan." ”
What did Saddam Hussein do in Pakistan? He must have come to buy weapons, and for those who came to give money, Mhammad certainly welcomed them.
Saddam's visit was delayed for a few days, and the time had already entered 92 years, and after the New Year's Day, Saddam Hussein and his entourage landed at the airport in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, on a special plane.
After getting off the plane, Saddam Hussein and his entourage directly asked to go to Pakistan's Aviation Industry Corporation to see the Tomcat fighters produced by Pakistan itself.
As a result, Mhammad, who was originally waiting at the presidential palace and planned to give Saddam Hussein and his entourage a pick-up, could only go to the Aviation Industry Corporation to meet Saddam Hussein and his entourage there.
Muhammad knew in his heart that the main purpose of Saddam Hussein and his entourage coming here was to buy Pakistan's own Tomcat fighters!
In the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq's army fought very bravely, but the sky has always been Iranian, the tough Iranian Tomcat fighter, is the absolute nightmare of the Iraqi Air Force, no matter what fighter the Iraqi Air Force uses, including the MiG-25 imported from the Soviet Union, it cannot fight against the Iranian Tomcat fighter, so after the Soviets opened the Su-27 sales license, Iraq purchased a batch of Su-27 fighters in the first time.
However, on the battlefield in Afghanistan, the Su-27 of the Soviets, the most advanced fighter, was also beaten down by the Tomcat of Pakistan.
Saddam Hussein really wanted to buy Tomcat fighters from the United States, but because Iraq was very close to the Soviet Union, the Americans were very worried, for fear that after Iraq bought this fighter, the Soviets would have all the parameters, so they did not open the purchase license. The Iraqis have the money, but they can't buy such fighters.
Therefore, after hearing that Pakistan could produce such a powerful fighter on its own, Saddam Hussein immediately ran over, got off the plane, and did not even go to the presidential palace, but ran here directly.
"President Saddam, welcome to Pakistan." At the entrance of the Aviation Industry Corporation, Mhammad stood on the freshly laid red carpet and said to Saddam.
Saddam Hussein, who is in his fifties, is still his original appearance, with a small mustache, his body is already a little fat, and his eyes are very sharp on his somewhat fat face.
Because of his anger, he fought a protracted war with Iran, although the country was poor, but Iraq had the most powerful military force in the Gulf region, at this time, this person's temperament is fierce.
"President Mhammad, I'm very sorry, I was going to go to the presidential palace, but I was really too eager to see your country's self-produced Tomcat fighters, so I came here." Saddam Hussein said to Mhammad: "Your air force has won a decisive victory in the war in Afghanistan, which has attracted the attention of all of us. ”
"It is very welcome, this is the pride of our Pakistan." Mhammad said.
Behind Saddam Hussein were Iraq's chief of staff of the armed forces, Ibrahim, and Air Force Commander-in-Chief Hamid, whose eyes stayed on the factory in the distance, and it was obvious that they were already quite interested in Pakistan's self-produced fighters.
After the greetings, accompanied by Mahmad, the senior officials from Iraq visited the production line of the Aviation Industry Corporation.
At the same time, in order to obtain Saudi investment, Mhammad told Saudi Arabia the secrets of many weapons, and Iraq, which is not a particularly reliable friend, did not disclose to them Pakistan's plan to develop fourth-generation aircraft with huge funds, but only led them to visit the production of current Tomcat fighters.
At the beginning on the battlefield, Iraq suffered a lot from this Tomcat fighter, and even the Iraqi Air Force privately circulated a saying that as long as the AWG-9 radar signal of the Tomcat fighter was found, it must flee quickly!
"Yes, it's a new fighter in production!" Saddam Hussein was very cheerful: "Brother Muhammad, we want to order a hundred Tomcat fighters!" ”
At this time, Saddam's expression was full of big money, in fact, after the Iran-Iraq war, Iraq's foreign exchange reserves had long been gone, and it still owed tens of billions. (To be continued......)