Chapter 441: Argentina's Type 42 Destroyer
Not rich? If it had been in the past, it might have made sense, but now, Pakistan has robbed India, and it is already a rich country, and war is the easiest way to create wealth, and how much war reparations have the Indians paid? Is Pakistan still poor? Besides, how is it possible to want to give them warships for nothing? At the beginning, the United States also made money in the name of transformation, but Pakistan saw through it.
Edward said goodbye and Musha'f said to Mhammad: "Mr. President, we have left the British angry, and we are afraid that we will not be able to complete this deal." ”
"Hmph, I could have done this deal with them without caring about their seizure of our Nizam Khan's wealth, but they dared to ask us for 50 million dollars, and our money is not so easy to be cheated of." Mhammad said.
"So what do we do?" Musha'af said.
"Find a replacement." "It's not the British who have regional air defense capabilities," Mhammad said. ”
In addition to Britain, the United States, can you still look for the USSR? Mushaaf frowned suddenly, although the Soviets are now somewhat open, and even fighters like the Su-27 dare to be promoted to the international market, but, after all, Pakistan has fought with the Soviets for so many years, and in recent years, the Soviets have beaten the Soviets even worse, how could the Soviet Union sell warships to Pakistan, even if Gorbachev, who only gained power with the help of Mushaaf, agreed, he always had to take care of the emotions of the people below, right?
"Who?" Musha'f asked.
"Argentina." "Send someone to contact the Argentine side, they are now in a hurry to sell their two Type 42 destroyers, as well as two TR1700 submarines, we will simply package and buy them back," Mhammad said. ”
Type 82 destroyer, the pride of the Royal Navy. It's a pity that when the aircraft carrier plan came to naught, this kind of destroyer became a hot potato, and the price was too high to build or use.
Outcome. On the basis of the 82 destroyer, the British developed a destroyer with a small displacement, the Type 42, which was also equipped with Sea Javelin anti-aircraft missiles and became the main anti-aircraft weapon of the British Navy.
In the Falklands War, the weakness of the Type 42 destroyers was revealed, and in order to reduce costs, the military limited the displacement of the entire ship; In order to increase the number of weapons and electronic equipment, the shell structure of the whole ship was simplified. The thin-shell hull is used, so the structure is weak, easy to be penetrated, and it is easy to be heated and fired, and many of the structures inside are also made of lightweight aluminum alloy, which has a low ignition point. Just a few hundred degrees, as a result. After being shot, it caught fire directly, and the Shelfield and Coventry were hit in this way.
However, in addition to these factors, there is one fact that many people overlook. Even the Argentine Navy, there are also Type 42 destroyers, and there are two!
The British, for the sake of profit, dared to sell anything, back then. When the Type 42 was still in the development stage, Argentina, the big man in South America at that time, ordered two, one to be built at the Barrow-inFurness shipyard in Vickers, and the other at the AFNE naval shipyard in Rio Santiago, Argentina. The components for the second ship were supplied by Vickers. The full cost is £30 million.
The first ship "Hercules" was started in June '71 and delivered to service in '76. The second "Holy Trinity" started construction in 71, but it had an accident during perching and was attacked by left-wing terrorists, causing the hull to sink. Delivered at the beginning of 81, entered service in July. After that, arrive in the UK for testing. Then, at the beginning of 82, he suddenly returned to Argentina, and the Argentine Navy at that time was already ready, but unfortunately there was no reaction from the British leadership.
Therefore, when the Exocet missile was used to sink the Shelfield, the British did not lose anything, and the Argentine Air Force also knew the roots, and they had warships of the same type!
After the Falklands War, Argentina's military government collapsed, and the strength of the army began to shrink significantly, and due to bad relations with Britain, the two Type 42 destroyers began to decline in good condition, so the Argentine Navy had long intended to sell these two warships.
At the same time, there are also those two TR1700 submarines, although they have been built, but the Argentine Navy, which lacks military spending, is simply unable to operate and use these two submarines and promote them to the international market.
In this way, after another two years, the requirements of the Argentine Navy have long been lowered, and they were previously intended to be sold for a high price, but now, they are almost sold for money. In fact, Mhammad had taken a fancy to these warships before, but he never made a move, and Argentina's temperament was worn out, so he had to bargain.
Pack four and buy them together!
At the same time, it can also put pressure on the British.
After receiving instructions from Mhammad, Mushaaf immediately sent people to Argentina to discuss the purchase of these four ships, the two Type 42s, each five million, have been in service for ten years anyway, this price is high enough, and the two submarines, which have not been used much after they were built, are like stock cars, the price is high, 10 million each, so that 30 million US dollars, these can be bought.
At the same time, Mhammad also gave $2 million in funding for the event, and if necessary, he could bribe the officials, which would work in any kind of place, and the officials who got the benefit could give the green light to the acquisition.
What Mahmad values, in addition to the two Type 42 destroyers, naturally there are these two submarines, the current Pakistan Navy, almost still an empty shell, the aircraft carrier formation is not large, with these two submarines, before there are no nuclear submarines, as an underwater protection force for the aircraft carrier formation, and the United States is unable to confront it, bullying the navy of a weak country, it is no problem at all.
And these two Type 42 destroyers, what Mhammad values most is the Sea Javelin missiles on them, although the Argentine side does not have much ammunition in reserve, but this is a decoy, a bait that makes the British take the bait!
The Pakistani delegates who went to Argentina for negotiations went very well, and a few days later, they sent back the news that the Argentine Navy was very happy to learn that someone had taken over their hot potatoes, and immediately said that they could sell them at the price set by Pakistan.
As a result, the Pakistan Navy, under the leadership of Chief of Staff Zahar, went to Argentina to receive these warships and conduct training by the way.
Upon hearing the news, the British were taken aback.
Originally, they thought that Pakistan had no choice, the Americans refused to sell the standard to Pakistan, and if Pakistan wanted to have regional air defense capabilities, it could only choose the British's Sea Javelin missiles.
Now, they guessed half right, Pakistan chose the Sea Javelin missile, but it was not the British Type 82 warship, but the Argentine two warships!
Argentine Type 42 warships are simply a disgrace to the British Navy! If it had known that the Falklands War would break out in 82, Britain would never have exported the Type 42 to Argentina! And now, these two warships continue to block Britain, actually competing with their own Type 82 destroyers!
There is no buyer for the Type 82 destroyer that it intends to decommission, and a potential customer has already purchased a warship of the Argentine Navy! The British were so angry that they were going to wait for Pakistan to continue to come to them.
Argentina has very little ammunition for its Sea Javelins, and even if Pakistan buys it and wants to put it into practical use, it needs more ammunition and has to buy it from Britain, and when the time comes, Britain can open his mouth and ask him for half a million dollars for a missile.
However, a few days later, the British intelligence department received a report from the CIA that the technical personnel in Pakistan were working with the Chinese technical personnel to conduct reverse mapping of the Sea Javelin missile!
Reverse Mapping! This is Huaxia's specialty! Although it is only 87 years now, Huaxia has shown its talent in this area, although the Sea Javelin missile uses a liquid ramjet engine, however, this one-time use engine, the technical difficulty is not great, Huaxia's aerospace technology is very developed, and when this missile is mapped and mapped, then Huaxia and Pakistan can have this kind of missile at the same time!
The British, who got the news, were very angry, it turned out that when Pakistan bought the Type 42 destroyer, it had long thought of reverse mapping! Moreover, now Pakistan's electronic technology is very developed, not only can it be surveyed and mapped, but it can even be improved to make a better one!
What to do? The British ambassador again came to Mhammad.
"President Mhammad, we were shocked to hear that you were going to reverse-map our Sea Javelin missiles, which are produced domestically and that you are doing so in violation of the law." Edward said to Mhammad.
Tort? In later generations of China, infringement was too common, pirated novels were flying all over the Internet, and the state did not make great efforts to crack down on piracy.
Mhammad glanced at Edward and said, "Infringement? We are reverse-mapping Argentina's missiles, not your missiles, and our deal has nothing to do with your country, right? ”
"Argentina's missiles are also exported by us." Edward said.
"Then you go to Argentina." "We mapped this missile because of an agreement with Argentina," Mhammad said. ”
"The agreement is null and void, we are the manufacturer of such missiles!" Edward was on the verge of breaking out of his rage.
"That wealth of Nizam Khan is also our Pakistan's, don't you Britain just count that wealth directly on the heads of the Indians, and then use the excuse that the Indians have defaulted and swallowed it all?" Mhammad said.
Between countries, it is necessary to maintain some politeness, and now Mhammad's words are simply a naked insult to Great Britain, and Edward is almost about to walk away. (To be continued......)