Chapter 1243 Small countries compete for arms purchases
Park Yantae's fleet was powered by the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered transverse carrier George W. The USS Washington is a large aircraft carrier formation with three guided missile cruisers, sixteen guided missile destroyers and frigates, three attack submarines, and a number of logistics support vessels.
Those who have an impression of the USS Washington will remember that over the past few decades, it is the aircraft carrier group to which the aircraft carrier belongs, the US Seventh Fleet, that has been waging a long and continuous blockade in the Asia-Pacific waters against a rising country.
Their original intention was to keep the tentacles of the country out of the sea forever. It's just that they may never have thought that they would actually make wedding dresses for others one day, and they would make wedding dresses for their own dog-legged brothers.
After the outbreak of war against mutants in the U.S. government, this famous overseas fleet was patronized by a group of mutants. For ordinary people who have only the means of conventional warfare, the Seventh Fleet may be an impregnable fortress at sea. But for mutants, it's just an unguarded cheese.
Control the flow of water, control the air, control the metal, control the mind. A few small means caused the entire Seventh Fleet to collapse and completely fall into the hands of these mutants. Of course, for mutants, it's just scrap metal. But this does not mean that they can casually return these things to the United States. There is nothing so cheap in this world, even if the war is over and the United States has already conceded defeat!
In order to teach the United States some lessons, these mutants in the East directly began to openly sell these vital maritime military forces to all countries. And as soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted countless followers.
Not every country is so jealous of the United States, especially after it has become very clear that the United States has entered a period of decline. So there was no way to stop it, and this special auction was officially held on the high seas in the Asia-Pacific region. And in such an auction, there are not many countries that really have the strength to win the entire Seventh Fleet.
Japan and its neighboring country are the most popular options. Because in terms of economic strength, only these two countries can really eat such a large piece of meat. But in the end, no one expected that it would be South Korea that would take the entire Seventh Fleet. Of course, the price it pays is also absolutely heavy.
For a full $500 billion, this is almost impossible for South Korea, which has only $330 billion in foreign exchange reserves. This is an unacceptable price even for any country participating in the auction. Many people think that the South Korean government is crazy, but South Korea doesn't think so, and they are determined to do it.
In order to be able to take over the complete Seventh Fleet, the South Korean government first received a promise from the neighboring Big Brother to exchange all the fleet ship information of the Seventh Fleet in exchange for its support, and then it borrowed almost $200 billion in high-interest foreign debt from the Big Brother with the shares of its own large domestic enterprises. In order to completely take down the Seventh Fleet with absolute superiority.
It did, and the Seventh Fleet did belong to South Korea. But it also completely offended the United States. Even if they changed the names of all the ships of the Seventh Fleet to avoid suspicion and disguise, such as changing the Washington to Busan, it did not change what they had done.
South Korea itself knows this, which is why they will do everything they can to take advantage of this special period to expand their power. And for them at this time, now is an opportunity that must not be missed. Whether it is the whole of South Korea or Park Yantai himself, they need to use this credit to open up a new situation, so their speed must not be considered slow.
The full speed of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier at 30 knots made the Indians sad, and they really couldn't afford to toss the inferior products they bought back from Russia.
If you want to say that after World War II, who was the biggest wrongdoer in arms procurement? Then India can really take the championship on its head unceremoniously with a domineering attitude that is not self-serving.
Whether it has been scraped by Russia with knives in various ways, or it has bought 36 Rafale fighters from France at an astronomical price. The slogan of the Indian government has always been that we only buy the expensive ones, not the right ones. The Indians are not short of money in their hands, what they lack is weapons, they are armaments. This is what all the military-industrial countries in the world know about India. Because the world's third-class economy has always been on a long and tortuous road to self-development, any country will mercilessly raise its butcher's knife in its hands when faced with India's arms purchase request.
For example, when France sold its Rafale fighters to India, they directly doubled the unit price, from $64 million to $120 million, which made India's initial idea of purchasing 126 Rafale fighters directly come to naught. Because the Indian Air Force simply cannot afford the procurement cost of 20 to 30 billion.
Then, after many consultations, the French side refused to let go, and India, which could not find a replacement at all, could only pinch its nose and buy 36 Rafale fighters from the French Dassault company at a high price of $8.8 billion.
This price is double that of the first group purchase when they first started. At a price of 240 million, you can almost buy two F35s. And after this battle, all countries in the world have bowed down to India in terms of stupidity and extravagance in arms purchases.
And the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya that Ramammoujam is riding on is also a special product of India's idiot military procurement talent.
Vikramaditya, formerly known as the Russian Navy's Kiev-class aircraft carrier, the last ship of the Admiral Gorshkov. In 1999, Russia handed over the aircraft carrier to the Indian government in the name of gratitude for India's strong support for Russia in arms purchases over the years.
It sounds wonderful, but it seems that Russia, which has always been accustomed to opening its mouth to the lion of India, has finally felt a little guilty in its conscience, so it intends to rebuild friendly relations between the two countries in this way. But in reality this is not the case at all, because Russia very clearly says so.
Boats, we can give them away for nothing. But you have to pay for the modification. If you don't pay for the modification, then you look down on me. You look down on me anymore, and you still want a boat? You're undergoing a beating!
In the face of Russia's unconventional sales tactics, the Indian government gritted its teeth and finally nodded. And at this point, it is 2.3 billion yuan of modification costs and more than ten years of modification time.
2.3 billion in exchange for an aircraft carrier that can replace the main force of the active aircraft carrier, this business seems to be worth it. You know, the construction of the Liaoning cost about three billion US dollars, and from this point of view, although the Vikramaditya is a little old, it is not unacceptable.
But do you think that's all there is to Russia? Indians used their own blood and tears to tell every audience that things are far from being as simple as outsiders think.
The refurbishment of aircraft carriers is just an addition, and the real big head is on the carrier-based aircraft. The Russians have shrewdly controlled the length of the Vikramaditya's deck runway, leaving the Indians with the MiG-29K they are equipped with as carrier-based aircraft for their new carrier. This cost is more than 5 billion, and on the whole, this business is not much different from the French Rafale fighter.
The Russians finally slaughtered India, a regular customer, again, and India, which had been cheated a lot, could only swallow all the bitterness into its stomach with tears in its eyes.
Spent money on a new aircraft carrier, but only bought a second-hand modification, and it was a second-hand one that was basically impossible to operate at full power. There may be a sense of resentment and shame in any other person. But India didn't mean that, because he quickly found a sense of fulfillment in this failed business.
According to the media in India, the aircraft carrier will surpass the modernized Varyag-class aircraft carriers of their northern neighbor to a level that they have not been able to catch up with for two decades. Less than the above, more than the bottom. The third brother, who has always had a big heart, is still very easy to satisfy.
But can they really be so optimistic all the time? At the very least, when he watched Park Yantai rush to his destination at a speed of 30 knots, while he could only move forward at a speed of 29 knots in theory, but only more than 27 knots in reality, Ramammujam's heart really couldn't be optimistic at all.
India is obviously a big step behind the world, but those idiots at home always think that they can catch up with this and catch up with that. They don't do anything except empty talk and bragging, and they don't know how to do it at all. Will this really make India strong? Let India surpass the world power that has already risen?
This is not the first time Ramammoujam has thought about this issue, but he has never thought so deeply about it as he does now. He knew that if India was to really develop, it had to start changing. And this change should start with him.
As long as he can win the current credit, as long as he can sit in the high position of the Heavenly Hammer Bureau. He will be able to use his influence to penetrate deep into India. Cultivate your own power. If all goes well, with his prestige and the strength of his family, then he may not be unable to take the position of the helmsman of India. It was only by sitting in that position that he could make a radical change in the whole of India.
Ramammujam, who had already imagined that he was far enough away, was paying more and more attention to the task at hand. This made him unwilling to let Park Yantai escape from his sight at all. And just when he was about to take a risk and speed up his formation, a special accident happened to him first.