Chapter 617: The Saudi King's Wishful Thinking
Fan Yize's words speak to the foundation of the strength of a country.
Saudi Arabia has always regarded itself as a Middle Eastern speaker, but this speaker is a country with zero industrial base, and once it encounters the kind of situation that Fan Yize said, it will be quite passive.
It is true that the Saudis have money, but that is based on peacetime, the normal income of the oil trade.
And if you use money to buy all military consumables, the cost of war will be twice as high as that of a normal country, and often even ten times higher.
The army built by Saudi Arabia with dollars over the years has world-class weapons and equipment, but its combat effectiveness is not even second-rate.
In the face of the invasion of a strong enemy, Saudi Arabia relies on its own armed forces and a completely industry-free environment, which is simply not enough to resist any targeted military action by a strong enemy.
As the Saudis themselves said, the stationing of US troops in Saudi Arabia is completely an indication of the weakness of the Saudi national strength and the fact that it cannot withstand the toss at all.
Naturally, the Saudi government is well aware of this.
In contrast, although the Saudi government also has some short-range tactical missiles, Iran is a country that has the ability to develop and produce its own medium- and short-range missiles.
The number of Iran's old Scud missiles alone is several times that of all Saudi missiles combined, not to mention the large number of medium-range missiles that Iran has specifically designed to destroy Israel, which can completely cover the entire territory of Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis are rich, but will they be able to buy the same number of missiles as Iran?
The answer is completely impossible, because Iran is manufacturing missiles at a rate that far exceeds the number of missiles that Saudi Arabia can buy.
In the course of modern warfare, no matter how advanced a country's military equipment is, the real combat capability of its troops will be greatly discounted under the condition that it does not have any domestic industrial capacity.
If Saudi Arabia wants to develop its own industry, it will inevitably move closer to the direction of the military industry in the end, and Salman's words have already been very purposeful, and on the basis of cooperation with India, cooperate with Saudi Arabia.
The industrial cooperation signed between Future Technology Group and India is a full range of military technology and industrial equipment cooperation services, and such cooperation is difficult to carry out in Saudi Arabia.
Unless Saudi Arabia can really get rid of the control of the Americans and does not need to listen to the United States at all, then it is possible for Saudi Arabia to really get help from the Future Technology Group.
But if Saudi Arabia does do so, the United States will be the first country to clean up Saudi Arabia.
The terrorist attack in New York, the United States, is inextricably linked to Saudi Arabia.
Even European countries have put aside the United States and expressed dissatisfaction with Saudi Arabia's links with a large number of international extremist organizations, and imposed various arms sanctions on Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is prohibited from purchasing any weapons-related equipment and products in Europe.
But the United States is the only one that does not, and is even covering up for Saudi Arabia in many ways.
If at this time, Saudi Arabia eats the gall of a leopard and really breaks with the United States, and the thunderous measures of the United States will inevitably befall Saudi Arabia as soon as possible.
You must know that the US Fifth Fleet, as well as the more than 100,000 ground troops in Iraq, plus the US military bases in Saudi Arabia, can get rid of the Saudi royal family at any time, so that the revival of the former Arab Spring can be revived on Saudi soil.
Fan Yize said so much, although there is no famous saying, but he is telling Salman, I know your desire to develop industry, but will you, the godfather of the United States, agree?
Similar to India's all-round industrial cooperation, Saudi Arabia will be the first to pass the United States.
The United States guarantees the dominance of the Saudi royal family over the country and the security of the Saudi royal family, but the Saudi royal family must be obedient, at least in the general direction, and cannot run counter to the United States.
It is not a day or two that Saudi Arabia wants to develop industry, if the United States really agrees, the Americans will already earn this money on Saudi Arabia, and it will be Fan Yize's turn.
Salman naturally heard Fan Yize's voice, but the United States has indeed turned Saudi Arabia into a leek garden, and it has grown a little, so it is about to cut a stubble.
For the Saudi government, it is like a flock of sheep raised by the Americans, and when there is more wool, it will come to pick it up.
Recently, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States has been discordant, and it is also some decisions made by the United States, which has made Saudi Arabia deeply worried and helpless.
"Is Mr. Fan worried about the attitude of the Americans?" Muhammad asked.
Fan Yize shook his head very dryly and said: "I'm not worried about the United States, I'm worried that once such cooperation is launched, it will not be fruitful." ”
The United States, Fan Yize has nothing to worry about, as long as it shows the strength that the United States does not have the courage to act, the United States can only obediently make concessions to itself.
And the worst result is to use strength to teach the United States a lesson, which is not a problem for Fan Yize.
However, the origin of this matter is in Saudi Arabia, if Saudi Arabia cannot withstand the pressure of the United States, no matter how huge the order is, it will not really be completed one day.
It is foreseeable that once full-scale industrial cooperation is launched, the Americans will not do anything to the future technology group, but will exert huge pressure on Saudi Arabia.
Salman is a pragmatic politician, this kind of person will not take any big risks, and once the Americans really put pressure, Salman will find it difficult to insist.
A simple concern is a thorough explanation of the critical issue.
"Mr. Fan doesn't have to worry about this problem, we are determined to promote industrial development."
However, Fan Yize underestimated Salman's determination, or underestimated Salman's political methods, for Salman, the United States' further pressure is more of a political bargaining chip for him.
The industrial cooperation with the Future Technology Group will attract pressure from the United States for Saudi Arabia, but the United States will not easily tear up the face with the Saudi royal family, and the final result will inevitably be that both sides will make concessions, and Salman is creating a bargaining chip that can make the United States compromise.
At that time, Salman can abandon the industrial cooperation with the Future Technology Group, but it must be after the United States agrees to the conditions.
As a result, Salman did not suffer no matter what, and in the end he just gave up those projects related to the military industry, but the basic industry could still be retained.
Saudi Arabia has already figured out the attitude of the Americans, otherwise Saudi Arabia would not have continued to attract foreign companies to invest and build factories in Saudi Arabia over the years.
At the same time, in Salman's view, this kind of final result will not have any actual loss to the future technology group, that is, it will give up some projects, but overall it will still be very profitable.