Mhamad's visit to the Black Sea shipyard was mainly to create a false impression that Pakistan was going to buy ships from the Soviet Union.

Mhammad's itinerary was not hidden, and at the same time, the Black Sea shipyard incident, promoted by Pakistani intelligence agencies, was almost always reported in the front pages of newspapers, which can be regarded as a cross-century news.

The Soviet Union was a closed country, and the United States was still unable to effectively establish its own intelligence agency after years of infiltration of the Soviet Union. Many of the sources of US intelligence about the Soviet Union were analyzed from publicly available sources. Now, it is the Western journalists who find the news first and report it, and the United States can be regarded as aware.

In fact, Mhammad did this, mainly to reduce the price of the British, for this old declining capitalist country, Mhammad has no good feelings, want to use the best price, buy the British Type 82 destroyer, you don't sell it, right? Then I buy the Soviet one! Even shipyards, aircraft carriers let me visit, buy warships, it's not very easy? The Soviets didn't sell? Even the Su-27 dared to sell, not to mention warships.

Although in fact, the Soviets did not sell, but with such a momentum, the British still had to obediently comply?

But this time, the British were not in a hurry, the Americans were in a hurry.

When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, South Asia was not as important as before, but South Asia is close to the Middle East, and the Middle East is a key energy country, and the United States will never allow a country close to the Soviet Union to appear, and when Pakistan has such signs, it must be stopped!

How to stop it? Put pressure on Mhammad? The president of Pakistan, who has gradually grown up from the war, really does not take the United States too seriously, otherwise, he would not have gone to the Soviet Union to visit other people's Black Sea shipyards.

What to do? Pakistan purchased arms from the Soviet Union. That's a no-no! The solution is for the United States to sell the same weapons to Pakistan! Mhammad has proposed to the United States several times that he wants to buy Kidd-class destroyers from the United States, or sell the Kidd-class to them?

Thinking of this, Reagan said: "To stop the export of weapons from the Soviets to Pakistan." We sold the Kidd class to Pakistan, what do you think? ”

"Nope." Defense Minister Weinberg immediately objected: "The aircraft carriers we gave to Pakistan have been modified and have full combat effectiveness, and our intelligence shows that they have lengthened the catapult to take off Tomcat fighters!" If we sell the Kidd class to them again, they will get medium-range air defense, their fleet. It will have full combat capability, and we cannot afford to watch the emergence of a naval power in South Asia! Moreover, this powerful country is still cultivated by us! ”

At the beginning, it was just an empty shell of an aircraft carrier given to Pakistan, and the broken aircraft carrier had no value, but as a result, Pakistan was brutally refitted, which surprised everyone. Even tomcats can take off and land!

The powerful Tomcat fighter will give the aircraft carrier formation a long-range air defense circle. If you add warships with medium-range air defense capabilities, then Pakistan's aircraft carrier formation can be regarded as beginning to take shape.

Cultivating a strong navy in the Indian Ocean will not benefit the United States.

"If we don't sell warships to them, then they're going to buy the warships of the Soviets." The assistant for national security affairs said: "On the Hyundai-class destroyers, there are still medium-range anti-aircraft missiles. Moreover, there are supersonic anti-ship missiles, and if the Pakistanis can contribute anti-ship missiles for us to test our Aegis system, it will be acceptable. The question is, will the Pakistanis do? ”

Although the range is limited, more than 100 kilometers, it is impossible to break through the US Navy's long-range defense circle, but if a single warship meets the Soviet Navy on the ocean, it is really difficult to say who will die.

Supersonic, will greatly shorten the interception time, the end can also snake maneuver, although the Aegis is claimed to be very powerful, the actual combat has not been tested to deal with the Soviet anti-ship missile how strong it is, and that kind of missile, one will make a large warship of 10,000 tons lose combat effectiveness.

Bush's implication is obvious: If the United States does not sell, Pakistan will still be able to obtain it, and the United States will not get any benefits, and it will increase instability in South Asia out of thin air.

"I have a solution." Bush said: "We sold Pakistan this Kidd-class destroyer, but the anti-aircraft missiles on the warship are stored with us in normal times, and when Pakistan goes to war, we will transport them to Pakistan." ”

This trick that Bush came up with is very old-fashioned, and in later generations, the Americans treated Taiwan in this way, and Taiwan purchased the AIM-120 missiles from the United States, but they did not store them in Taiwan.

The plan that Bush said made Reagan's eyes shine for a while, yes, this is a good idea!

The standard missile is a regional air defense missile, with this kind of missile, it has the self-defense capability of an aircraft carrier, in order to prevent the emergence of a maritime power in South Asia, the necessary checks and balances are necessary, especially now, the United States not only wants to contain Pakistan, but also should try its best to support India, not let India end up like this.

"Okay, then we'll settle it like this." Reagan said: "As for the price, it can't be too harsh on our allies, but it can't be given away in vain, 50 million dollars each, this is already a preferential price, Pakistan ordered warships from the Soviet Union, 50 million each, absolutely can't buy, and there is no such strong air defense capability as ours." ”

These four Kidd-class, originally cost 250 million yuan, were built in full accordance with the climate of the Middle East, including the ship's air conditioning system, which was strengthened. Now, it has been in service in the US Navy for more than ten years, and after it is decommissioned, it is definitely not expensive to sell 50 million yuan each, and in the future, after another 20 years, it will be sold for 8.1 million US dollars. By that time, this kind of warship would have long since become old.

The United States closely followed Pakistan's progress, and for the United States, Pakistan's imports of military equipment to the Soviet Union could not be tolerated.

The U.S. response was swift, and when Mhammad returned from the Soviet Union, the U.S. ambassador was already at the airport to greet him.

Looking at the smiling American ambassador, Mhammad suddenly raised his vigilance: "Mr. Arnold, what's the matter?" ”

"On your personal visit to the Soviet Union this time, how did you discuss the withdrawal of the Soviets?" Arnold asked.

"The Soviets have agreed to the gradual withdrawal of all troops, which is a victory for the Afghan people." "We in Pakistan are also very satisfied with this," Mhammad said. ”

"It's great that we, the whole Western world, are satisfied with this, and the Soviets finally admit their mistake and leave in disgrace." Arnold said: "Over the past few years, Pakistan has made heroic sacrifices, and we in the United States are very moved to be where we are today, so under the personal care of our President Reagan, we have decided to make an arms sale to your country, and our four Kidd-class destroyers will be retired from our Navy and join the Pakistan Navy." ”

Mhammad was about to walk towards the footsteps of the car and suddenly stopped, and the Americans suddenly changed sex? Don't they know that they have transformed the broken aircraft carrier into a combat unit? Now, if you add these four Kidd-class destroyers, your own maritime formation will also begin to take shape. Would the Americans be so kind?

"Let's go, let's talk again at the presidential palace." Mhammad said.

Sitting back in his chair, Mhammad said, "Are you planning to give us those four Kidd-class destroyers for free?" ”

Free gift! How dare you speak! Arnold said to Mhammad: "Of course it is not a gratuitous gift, if you pay off all the arrears owed to us in the United States in the past few years, we can consider it." ”

In order to support Pakistan, many of Pakistan's military supplies were donated or loaned by the United States. For example, Pakistan's two important fighters, the F-14 and F-16, were the products of the honeymoon period at that time. Pakistan paid almost no money and took it all back, and the American banks had a lot of bad debts.

It was against the USSR, and now that the USSR has withdrawn, it is time to collect the debt from Pakistan. At this time, Pakistan does not repay its debts and still wants its own free gifts?

"We also gave a lot at the beginning." "Afghanistan's post-war reconstruction also needs a lot of money, so you can let us slow down, and in a few years, when Pakistan's economy goes up, those debts will definitely be repaid," Mhammad said. ”

Let's drag it out first, anyway, Mhammad doesn't want to give.

"Then our four warships can only be given to Pakistan at the best price, cash transaction." Arnold said: "What do you think of $50 million per ship, including training and maintenance? ”

50 million dollars! In fact, it's not much, after all, the full load displacement is almost tens of thousands of tons, and this is a large warship! Moreover, there are also the most awesome standard anti-aircraft missiles!

It seems that the Kidd class is a Standard-1 missile, right? "$50 million is too valuable, and in addition to the missiles on the ships, each ship includes a hundred spare bombs, and we want to upgrade us to Standard-2 missiles," Mahmad continued. ”

Sure enough, it's a lion's big mouth, the Standard-2 missile, it is impossible to export it at all, this is the watchman weapon of the US Navy. Arnold said: "This is already the best price, the original cost, each ship was not 250 million, now it is only a fraction." (To be continued......)