Chapter 227: The Art of Hegemony 3
The Soviets had only ten "Krasukha" in their hands, and the system could be used in pairs or even singles. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
With only two on the outskirts of West Berlin and two in western Poland, the possibility of a leak is slim to none.
This is just one of the games in the game between the United States and the Soviet Union, and in the East, a certain big country has purchased a regiment (20) of "Mirage" fighters for the first time, which has surprised many people in the industry.
Because it was not bought from France, but from the Soviet Union!
A regiment costs only $200 million, and a full set of weapons and spare engines are also given free of charge.
Compared with the unit price of 20 million US dollars on the French side, the price of weapons and parts is simply too valuable.
Although the "Mirage" fighter provided by the Soviet side is not brand new, at most it is second-hand, but it is still much stronger than the Jian-7 series of the air force of a certain big country.
Previously, the United States had sold F-16 and even F-14 to it, but the price of the "Fighting Falcon" was $20 million, and the unit price of the "Tomcat" reached $40 million.
Judging from the scale of foreign exchange reserves of a certain big country of more than $2 billion, it is impossible to purchase them without loans, not to mention that Saudi Arabia's big missile deal was leveraged by the alliance.
The F-14 equipped with a regiment, not counting weapons, burned eight dollars, and almost a third of the deposits of the treasury......
But the allure of American-style equipment is incomparable, and a major country has spent $150 million to purchase 24 Min-use "Black Hawk" helicopters.
In addition, the two sides also discussed the installation of 40 J-8II with AN/APG-66 (V) fire control radar, cockpit display system, and new fire control computer, which are F-16A/B command equipment.
The main difference is that the US side offers $400 million, with a unit price of $10 million, while a certain large country is willing to pay only half of the modification fee.
From the side, 10 million dollars can buy a "Mirage" fighter with a full set of weapons and spare parts from the Soviet Union.
And there is no doubt that the performance of the "Mirage" (version of the nineties) is higher than that of the J-8II, just by looking at the cockpit.
Since the United States is unwilling to transfer core technologies, a certain major country can only temporarily shelve this project and purchase the alliance version of the "Phantom" instead.
After the revelation at this time, the French government and Dassault expressed their indignation and strongly protested against Moscow, which is a serious infringement.
The alliance said that this is not a "Phantom", but a "Phantom" fighter developed by its own side, with 100% intellectual property rights!
Moreover, at the time of signing the contract, a certain major country retained the right to purchase additional fighters for the same price within 18 months.
After all, this deal is too good value to pay for in gold, and the price of gold has been rising, and in exchange for Western countries, at this price, it is impossible to negotiate at all.
A certain big country believes that these "Phantoms" are much more advanced than the American-made F-16A/B, although the combat effectiveness is lower than that of the F-14 "Tomcat", but the unit price is cheap!
Since the feedback from the pilots has been exceptionally good, and the Air Force is very satisfied with the state of these fighters, it is very likely that they will be purchased.
For the Alliance, it doesn't matter if a certain power uses these "phantoms" to defend itself, anyway, this French fighter has already been figured out by its own side.
The finished products of the two regiments were parked at the airport, and they could engage in an aerial confrontation as an imaginary enemy at any time before the customer picked up the goods.
During the coalition's blockade of West Berlin, France has spared no effort to help the United States, participating in the joint airlift operations of the NATO bloc.
Just take this opportunity to give the alliance a good knock on this teasing country, lest it forget who it is.
The French Prime Minister personally visited Moscow, and his purpose was also very clear, that is, to find out the source and ask for the guilt.
Taking into account the trade volume between the two sides, Big Pineapple finally stated that the alliance would not sell "Phantom" fighters to third countries.
As for the provenance of this fighter......
Of course, it is independent research and development, even if it is all French, it has no half-dime relationship with France!
When Dassault asked to buy the "Phantom", the price he saw was a ton of gold and a fighter!
It should be noted that one regiment (20 aircraft) must be purchased at one time, otherwise it will not be accepted.
The current price of gold is more than $31 million a tonne, which is more expensive than France's own products and equivalent to the level of American-made F-15s.
The clever French did not become stubborn, but took advantage of a certain great power to buy the equipment of its air force.
But the other party is not stupid and said that they can look at it casually, but they will not sell it, let alone disassemble it.
In desperation, the French had no choice but to sacrifice their own "Puma" helicopter to transfer technology in exchange.
A certain large country has introduced a similar "Super Wasp" helicopter, which basically meets its own needs, and it is not so urgent for the time being.
If the performance of the Phantom is not known, Dassault's products will not be sold, and Paris has invited a major country to join its own program for a new generation of main battle tanks.
The other party is still in the era of the "big 59" battlefield, and is very interested in this bait (at least not five pairs of weight wheels)!
Under the premise that the United States is unwilling to transfer the M1 "Abrams", the new main battle tank developed by the French GIAT group is in the hands of it.
In order to allow a certain big country to take the bait as soon as possible, the French side also provided it with ten AMX-30s free of charge and transferred 105 mm armor-piercing shell technology.
After a series of efforts, Dassault finally got two Phantom fighters for $30 million each.
After arriving at his hometown, he immediately disassembled and discovered the mystery of the two fighters, which were veritable French goods.
The avionics system is very advanced, and the production date of the components is a few years away, which makes the French intelligence services make a bold assumption that they are from the future!
So everything makes sense, the evil alliance must have mastered the time travel technology!
From the time when France stole the "Phantom" and came to sell it in this time and space, they did not sell American fighters for fear of provoking the United States.
The CIA has long had information and speculation about the French intelligence services, but it is difficult to get close to the target.
US reconnaissance satellites have taken a large number of photographs of F-15 and F-16 fighters taking off and landing at airfields in the interior of the alliance.
In fact, selling cars has long been leaked about the era of the young people in the second cargo, and it is impossible for the chicken to change the date of each part to the era of the Union.
As long as a Western agent steals a car, he can find out the ins and outs, so there is no need to hide and hide the fighter plane.
Besides, there are so many American fighters, common sense simply says that they are all inflated, right?
Speaking of inflatable......
The young man suddenly remembered a joke:
Youth A: Alas~! My girlfriend is always angry!
Youth B: Alas~! My girlfriend always leaks!
A Youth: ......
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Thanks to the promotion of policy measures and market mechanisms in many aspects, coupled with the supplement of the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises, various industries have shown unprecedented vitality and vitality, which effectively cooperates with the comprehensive promotion of the economic strategy dominated by the pineapple.
According to the statistics released by the Union Economic Department, the GDP of the Soviet Union reached 1.25 trillion US dollars in 1984, an increase of 18% over the previous year, and the momentum is strong, and it is expected to maintain a growth rate of more than 15% this year.
With $3.87 trillion this year, the United States continues to be the largest economic power, while Japan ranks third with $1.16 trillion.
If it weren't for the global consumer appliance market, which was strongly impacted by a large number of Soviet Union and East German products, Japanese electrical appliances would still lead the industry and bring the country's GDP to more than $1.2 trillion.
The World Bank's results are very different, considering the dual factors of oil and gold prices, the agency believes that the GDP of the Soviet Union is only 1.15 trillion US dollars, which is a full 100 billion US dollars lower than the data released by the alliance.
However, the major financial institutions and statistical organizations have acknowledged that the Union economy has fully recovered, and on the basis of consolidating its traditional strong industries such as petroleum, metallurgy, and munitions, it has also given birth to light industries dominated by consumer electrical appliances.
It has formed a very complementary advantage with the previous industrial structure, due to the change of manufacturing concept, coupled with effective product research and development, and changed the previous rough, simple, and durable low-end image.
Instead of actively catering to the demands of consumers, combining beautiful appearance with fashion styling, although the price has risen, but after all kinds of products are put on the market, they have still been sought after and loved by a large number of customers.
The Soviet Union manufacturing industry no longer deliberately circumvents its Western counterparts and continues to stick to the markets of satellite countries and allies, but brings forth the new, forges ahead, and comprehensively enters the Western market led by Europe and the United States while improving the development of technology and its own competitiveness.
Even if it is difficult to estimate the specific sales and profits of the alliance's products this year, in the field of telecommunications alone, Myphone, as the dominant brand of mobile phones, will not create a value of less than 15 billion to 20 billion US dollars.
The "Business Journal" rationally believes that in the long run, the revival of the light industry manufacturing industry in the Soviet Union can enable it to gain a higher market share and higher profits, and economic growth will also have a bright future.
This determination and belief to catch up without fear of hardships and dangers, once put into action, will bring a great sense of crisis to Western countries, especially Japan (which also belongs to the West), which is based on manufacturing and drives its own exports.
The triangular business competition between the United States and Japan, as well as Europe, has always existed, and the entry of the Soviet Union has brought the situation to a fever pitch.
Because in the automotive industry, this up-and-coming rival has not yet fully developed its strength, and has only launched a few non-production models.
Despite this, the world's major auto giants have been shocked by a handful of new Soviet cars.
In contrast, Japanese products, known for their delicacy and delicacy, have become ugly ducklings that are impossible to look at.
The status of Germany's three major brands, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen, is also in jeopardy in the face of this rising star.
U.S. manufacturers are using the Soviet Union as a template to design their own next-generation products, which was previously unthinkable.
"Not bad!" The chicken gave a positive affirmation to the glorious performance of the big pineapple
Historically, in 1984 the GDP of the United States would reach $4.04 trillion, and Japan had $1.29 trillion.
The alliance is only 0.938 trillion US dollars, compared with the previous year, there is a negative growth.
Thanks to their presence and the help of the big pineapple, the golden pair not only completely reversed the unfavorable situation, dragged Japan down, but also further narrowed the gap with the United States.
Under the joint efforts of Western countries to suppress the military confrontation with the NATO bloc, it is not easy to achieve such results, and it is even more commendable.
"It seems that the United States does not want much value in our oil!"
The big pineapple did not rejoice, because it was supposed to appear.
Within a week, the international oil price plummeted from $23 to $18, which is not far from the historical halving of $14.
“…… A full year ahead of schedule! ”
The chicken was also stunned for a while before speaking, but he didn't expect that fanning the chicken wings could actually cause such side effects.
After the launch of the "Star Wars" plan, Su Lian did not passively parry, but threw out his own "Galaxy Wars" plan as a countermeasure. Speaking of which, you fight yours, I fight mine, and each one fights his own.
This is a big gap from Washington's estimates, and the US government is furious that Saudi Arabia has arbitrarily finalized a multibillion-dollar contract with the Soviet Union, including intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
In particular, its hardcore little brother Israel has been seriously threatened, and while strengthening its defense capability, the United States has secretly approached Venezuela, Kuwait, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries to offer preferential conditions, so that they can greatly increase production in the name of expanding their market share.
In this way, even without the help of Saudi Arabia, Washington can deal a heavy blow to the Soviet Union, which has been earning foreign exchange from oil exports, and in disguise remind its allies in the Middle East not to easily go off the roadbed, otherwise it will be very dangerous!
"At the moment, we can support it!"
The big pineapple has been warned in advance, and the alliance is ready to deal with it, and the dollars for the winter have been in place, which can theoretically last at least about five years.
In 1984, Soviet oil production was 600 million tons, equivalent to about 4.4 billion barrels, calculated on the basis of 1 billion barrels of exports to the West.
For every dollar that falls in international oil prices, the Soviet Union's foreign exchange earnings will be reduced by one billion dollars.
Now that it has slipped to $5, it is equivalent to more than $5 billion directly evaporated by the United States.
This is tantamount to the United States offsetting the same amount of money previously paid to the alliance from the energy sector.
Considering the impact of the rise in gold, the impact on Soviet oil exports and foreign exchange earnings is likely to be much larger in history.
What is even more terrifying is that this is far from the bottoming level, and Washington will not stop until it falls to thirteen or fourteen dollars.
It means that starting this year, the alliance's revenue will be virtually reduced by tens of billions of dollars.
For the United States, the $20 billion Texas oil field is a net profit.
In this contest, Washington is still in a dominant position to win and not lose.
It is conceivable that if this price continues for five years, the alliance will be forcibly robbed of more than half a billion dollars in foreign exchange earnings.
No matter which country it is, this is a huge amount of money.
Soviet-made arms importers such as Iraq, Iran, Libya, and Syria will reduce their military spending due to the impact of oil price shocks, which will affect the alliance's arms trade.
The Union's foreign exchange reserves have reached an all-time high of more than $50 billion, and the treasury is unprecedentedly abundant.