Chapter 579: The new old man of the Soviet Union comes to power
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After learning that Sarah helped him get the production line of the British Aerospace Corporation's Sky Flash missile, Qusay was very happy, with this air-to-air missile that surpasses the Sparrow, in the next few years, Iraq's medium-range interception capability will be greatly improved, you know, it is in the later generations, the Rethion Company, which is responsible for the development of the AIM-7M seeker, purchased the license to produce the "Sky Flash" seeker in 1975, and after several years of tinkering, it was put into trial service in 198. It wasn't until 1985, when mass production of the AIM-7M was put into mass production, that the key performance really surpassed the "Sky Flash" in an all-round way. During NATO exercises in the 90s, British Tornado fighters carrying such missiles also used the advantage www.biquge.info≦≧of datalink and radar detection range to defeat the Luftwaffe's F-120F carrying AIM-4B missiles
And now, this air-to-air missile is still being jointly developed by the British Aerospace Corporation and the Swedish Saab company, hoping to develop an active medium-range air-to-air missile, but unfortunately, in later generations, this active medium-range missile has not been put into service.
As for the short-range air-to-air missile, Qusay is preparing to introduce this missile after the development of the French Magic 2 missile, although it is not as powerful as the R-73, but it has been a great improvement over the Magic 1. ≦≧
After the first contact with the Soviet Air Force, there was a brief period of harmony in the airspace of northeastern Iran, and the Soviet Air Force, very carefully, flew a hundred kilometers from the Iranian border, not approaching the border area.
At this time, internationally, there was already an astonishing news that the Red Empire in the North had arrived. Comrade Andropov, the first general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, who had just taken office for a year and a few months and was not yet 70 years old, unfortunately passed away due to a long-term kidney disease.
This news plunged the entire Soviet Union into a temporary grief, and they deeply remembered the general secretary for his tenure. The economy of the Soviet Union began to develop, especially in agriculture and light industry, bread began to be no longer in short supply, food was able to meet the needs of the people, and the order of production in society was well developed. There will be no more absenteeism, passive slacking, etc.
The people at the bottom began to regain their confidence. They have always believed that they live in the greatest and happiest country in the world.
Now, the untimely death of their leader is a source of great grief for the Soviet people. ≦≧
(Andropov had a high reputation among the Soviet people, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, almost all of the top leaders of the Soviet Union were criticized, with Andropov being the only exception.) In June 2004, the Republic of Karelia erected a new 3.5-meter-high stainless steel monument to him, the first monument to a former Soviet leader in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. )
But. Western countries breathed a sigh of relief, especially the United States, if Andropov can continue to be in power, it is very likely that the Soviet Union will overcome some inherent contradictions at home and embark on the road of benign development. That's even more terrifying.
The death of Andropov plunged the top of the USSR into a brief panic, because, none of them thought that the general secretary was still very young and had unfortunately died, and. No successor was designated.
A few days later, at the Extraordinary Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Chernenko was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU and Chairman of the USSR Defense Committee. ≦≧ two months later. At the first meeting of the 11th Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was elected Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, born on September 24, 1911 in a Russian peasant family in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, after a series of ascensions, met Brezhnev in the early 50s, and was appreciated by him, and since then has been working with Brezhnev, considered an important member of the "Dnepr Gang" and Brezhnev's "chief steward". Many have long considered him to be Brezhnev's confidant and successor. But after Brezhnev's death, Chernenko failed to gain the support of the majority faction in the party, and watched with great depression as the former head of the KGB, Andropov, became the general secretary of the party.
Only now, after the death of Andropov, he finally assumed the post of chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, but at this time he was already 73 years old.
In the old people's gang, he was not very old, but he was the oldest person to take up the top leadership position of the CPSU.
Looking at the trembling Chernenko speaking at the party meeting, everyone below knows that the leader of the Soviet Union is probably also temporary, so who will be next?
Gorbachev was full of confidence, because he had already won the favor of the general secretary, and he needed to get closer to the old man, and with his support, he would have a chance to walk on that throne!
Defense Minister Ustinov was very depressed, and he several times proposed with the new General Secretary that the military operation in eastern Iran could begin at any time. ≦≧
However, this old man did not see the benefits of the southward advance to the USSR at all, he was an unenterprising person! Every time Ustinov brought it up, he said that he had to discuss it again, but he never took it out for discussion, and Ustinov saw that this leader just wanted to maintain the status quo.
It's a pity that such a good opportunity has been delayed, and Ustinov saw that his troops could be dispatched at any time, but, because the supreme leader did not speak, he could only spend it on the border, and now, the logistics and materials have been fully prepared, and they have been consumed in vain.
A bold and visionary leader is the most important thing! Ustinov misses General Secretary Brezhnev a little. ≦≧
Chief Kusai breathed a sigh of relief, the old Chernenko became the general secretary of the Soviet Union, and he was only a transitional figure, he did not have any courage, just maintained the status quo, so there was no need to worry about those Soviet troops going south to invade. Iraq can finally get a respite, and it is also a chance for Iraq to make great strides.
Iraq has invested a lot of money.
In terms of military products, Iraq's Mirage 4000 and F-20 fighters are steadily being produced, gradually replacing their backward fighters, and at the same time, Iraq is also working hard to increase the proportion of localization of these fighters, so that more parts and components can be produced in Iraq, and the export fighters of Super Seven are also continuously exported to Pakistan through Iraq's modification, Pakistan uses a small number of F-16 and a large number of Super Seven fighters imported from the United States to build its own sky defense umbrella. Defend against the USSR in the west and India in the east.
Iraq's missile industry is also developing rapidly, using C801 missiles to modify cruise missiles, after two generations of immature Red Bird 1 and Red Bird 2, has developed to Red Bird 3, advanced small turbojet engine and enlarged missile body, finally has a range of 500 kilometers, and mature inertial navigation plus terrain matching, so that the accuracy of this missile has not changed.
On the basis of the OTP-23 surface-to-surface missile imported from the USSR, Iraqi technicians are actively eating up the technology of this missile, hoping to be able to imitate it on its basis.
And the production line of air-to-air missiles is being assembled.
In terms of ground weapons, improved T-72 tanks are also in continuous production, and in addition to equipping another tank division of Iraq's Northern Military District, a small number of tanks with improved ergonomics have also begun to be exported to Saudi Arabia. Two heavy-duty truck production lines have also begun to settle in Iraq, and new infantry fighting vehicles are under development.
Basic industries are also being built to support industrialization, and experts from abroad are helping Iraq to find minerals in Bakhtalan and Kurdistan provinces and to build metal smelters in suitable areas.
Iraq has achieved universal primary education, and under the direction of His Excellency Qusay, Iraqi higher education has begun to develop, with the establishment of several modern comprehensive universities in Baghdad in addition to the Naval Academy in Basra, employing renowned professors from home and abroad to teach.
While infrastructure construction was in full swing, militarily, the two Iraqs fell silent. The National Liberation Army of Iran in Tehran, which has grown to 30,000 men with the support of Iraq, has been trained by Iraqi instructors, and even the equipment of an armored brigade eliminated by Iraq has been enriched into this army.
This has led to speculation that Iraq does not want to use its own forces anymore, and that they want the National Liberation Army of Iran to continue the offensive in order to avoid greater casualties among their own troops.
Qusay has always denied this, he only said that the war between Iran and Iraq for several years has done a great harm to the people on both sides, and the two sides now want to resolve these disputes peacefully, but I am afraid that no one believes these words.
Qusay does want a peaceful solution, and he is doing his best to do so. However, in the process of peaceful settlement, there will still be bloodshed.
Another major event in Qusay was Iraq's first nuclear test.
Now, thanks to the unremitting efforts of Iraq's nuclear weapons technicians, Iraq's first nuclear weapon has finally been manufactured, but since the external international threat has disappeared, how to detonate Iraq's nuclear weapons has become a difficult problem for Qusay.
This thing, taken out with great fanfare, was not a show, but a suicide, so at first, it was intended to be detonated in the Hijara Desert, but then Qusay changed his mind.
If you don't experiment, you will never know that it will succeed, and if you do, you can't be discovered, and even if you do, you have to refuse to admit it, and you can't let people find evidence, so underground nuclear testing is the best choice.