Chapter 352: Selling the Tomcat to England
Nathan didn't know that Jenny had already begun to secretly cultivate him, cultivate Nathan's influence in politics, and the scene where Nathan was greeted at the airport was, of course, deliberately arranged by Jenny.
Originally, Jenny thought that she would not develop with Nathan, but after discovering Nathan's true identity, Jenny knew that she had hope, and if Nathan continued step by step, she would eventually get together with Nathan.
I have a hard time, because my marriage cannot be decided by myself, but I have to abide by the family arrangement. Only Nathan's status is enough to bring benefits to the family that he can be with him!
It's like some crossings in later generations, as a poor dick Si crossed, and I want to live the life of a rich second generation, what should I do? can only train my father to be rich.
If you want to be with Nathan, you can only cultivate Nathan step by step, which may be very difficult, but I don't care, I already knew that there would be today when I became a civilian on a whim.
When I saw you, I was mistaken for life.
With Jenny's applause, several others also applauded, but, piecemeal, it can be seen, Nathan's proposal, was not agreed.
Speaker O'Neill was also a little embarrassed: "These specific plans, Nathan, the opinions you put forward are very special, now, no matter what plan we take, it will take time, but looking at your proposal, the improvement of our carrier-based aircraft, we can't wait, this fund is too big, it is difficult for Congress to allocate so much money to the Navy." ”
The Navy wants it, but what about the Air Force? It's noisy, I don't know how long it will take.
Therefore, now O'Neill has not only opened the topic, saving himself from continuing to toss on the tax cut just now, but at the same time, he has also begun to ask another question, the navy wants such a large amount of allocation, the country really has no money, do you have any plans for the navy itself?
"My personal opinion, our navy can sell our retired warships, as long as Congress can approve the sale, then, we can raise more funds."
The U.S. Navy sells its own warships, and it is not sold casually, this requires the consent of the state, and those decommissioned warships are also taxpayers' money!
After the decommissioning of US warships, it is not that they are not used, and many warships are mothballed after they are decommissioned, such as a large number of Essex-class aircraft carriers, which are mothballed after they are decommissioned, and can be opened at any time once a large-scale military war breaks out.
It's a pity that now I have to find a way to find funds for the navy, and if I stay up for a few more years, when Reagan takes office, I will vigorously put forward the plan of the 600 fleet, and the navy will be funded, how much will it cost.
It's a pity, in the past few years, it can't be delayed, in these few years, the Soviet Union will definitely be terrifyingly strong, and when Reagan comes to power, he will not be able to return to heaven.
As a small naval major, he actually has to worry about these bad things, but fortunately, he is prepared.
Nathan continued to introduce to the people below: "For example, the Essex-class aircraft carriers that we have mothballed can be sold, and as long as we sell two, there will be enough funds to reequip our Navy's Panda fighters." ”
Nathan had a smile on his face, he had already thought about it, among the decommissioned and mothballed aircraft carriers, the Oriscani and the Good Richard, were recently decommissioned, and they could be re-opened, and the Oriscani was thrown into the Navy cemetery in 76 years, and now that it has passed, maybe it can be launched soon.
Sell two aircraft carriers.
"You say it easily, who do you sell it to?"
It is not easy to sell arms around the world, especially aircraft carriers, and only a handful of them can afford to buy them, and even fewer of them cannot pose a threat to the United States after they are bought.
"Sell to the UK." Nathan had already thought about it: "The British Navy is about to degenerate into an offshore escort, relying on their current light aircraft carriers, relying on their Sea Harrier fighters, they can't complete NATO's protection tasks at all, they need our large aircraft carriers." Now, the British are quite interested in our Tomcat fighters, and as long as they get an aircraft carrier from us, they will definitely order a Tomcat, so that even if we give the aircraft carrier to the British, we will be able to complete the Tomcat upgrade ourselves just by relying on the Tomcat order. ”
The empire on which the sun never sets, has now become scum, they have been in service for many years, the old World War II aircraft carrier has been decommissioned, and the newly built Invincible, which is still in the trial period, is a little guy with a displacement of 20,000 tons, at most it can be anti-submarine, compared with the American supercarrier formation, it is definitely scum.
They actually relied on such a military expedition and beat Argentina down, which can only show that compared with the British expeditionary force, Argentina is even weaker.
Nathan also sighed in his heart, now, giving the aircraft carrier to the UK, the British Falklands War, it should be easier, right? Moreover, the British Navy became stronger, and when it confronted the Soviet Union, it was even more helpful.
Selling to other countries will have political problems, but if it is sold to Britain, then there will be no worries, after all, after World War II, Britain automatically stepped down from the position of the world leader, quite smart, closely followed the United States, acted as a follower of the United States, and was definitely the most loyal little brother.
Nathan mentioned that the United Kingdom, while dealing with the decommissioned aircraft carriers, also has to sell them Tomcat fighters, so that of course, there will be funds for the upgrading of Tomcat fighters, and funds for the development of various new weapons for the Navy.
But... There is one more problem, which is more important.
"British, do they have money?" This parliamentarian, as if he was not accustomed to Nathan's straight-line military style, was against Nathan everywhere, and now, hearing Nathan's talk about selling to the British, this parliamentarian immediately began to ask sharp questions.
If the British have money, why should they constantly reduce their military spending, but now, the British navy has almost been abolished, and their politicians, in order to save money, even say that aircraft carriers are useless, and are keen to destroy their aircraft carrier formations.
Now, Nathan's joke is so funny.
"Yes, they didn't have any money." "But last time, when I went to the UK, I talked to their top brass and I fooled them into privatizing their state-owned assets so that their government could raise a lot of money, and if we negotiated terms with the British, they would allow our capital to come in as a condition for giving them aircraft carriers in the process of privatization of assets, what do you think?" ”
Nathan's proposal instantly made the opposition in the entire conference room disappear, and everyone was looking at Nathan with wide eyes, this guy is not a politician, it's a pity!