Chapter 256: Splashed
Sanctions are to prohibit other countries from having any trade relations with the sanctioned party, and sanctions have always been a tried and tested method by the United States, because he is the rule-maker and the defender of the rules.
Whether it is in the United Nations or other international organizations, the United States has the greatest right to speak, this is the reason why these people in front of them are full of confidence, Su Ming smiled faintly, it is really threatening, and he uses this trick at every turn, although there are countries that have declined because of US sanctions, but there are also countries that become stronger and stronger the more sanctions, such as China.
However, for Su's, even sanctioning Su's full range of industries has little effect, because Su's is not based on foreign trade, and if the United States wants Germany to participate in sanctions, the Germans must be willing to give up Odin, as for Pakistan, there is no need to worry, the Thunderbolt fighter project has brought a huge amount of income to Pakistan, and Pakistan will not be willing to give up.
Seeing that Su Ming didn't seem to eat this set, these three people had no choice, and Eli Burke among them was still a little unwilling, and continued to persuade Su Ming with a threatening taste: "Mr. Su, once we really start sanctions, it won't be canceled in a short time, $1.5 billion a technology license, Mr. Su, I advise you to think about it seriously, otherwise it will be too late to regret it when it comes to sanctions." ”
"The price of $1.5 billion is an insult to me, 15 billion is about the same, I welcome you to launch sanctions against me, you can see how it works."
The two sides broke up unhappily, and in the end the delegation went back without achieving any effect, and then soon came the news that the United States was preparing to enter the company Sushi Power within NATO to impose sanctions, Su Ming listened to it steadily, and there is only one project related to NATO, Odin at present, as long as Wigman and Rheinmetall, sure enough, within a few days, this news was denied by the NATO spokesman.
On the contrary, it is a bit surprising that Odin and Thor were soon selected for the British Ministry of Defense's new generation of army weapon system procurement integrated project, and the good news is still Su Ming's old acquaintance Lenny. Bateson came over to tell Su Ming personally, but soon, the Americans' retaliation came, and the British Ministry of Defense officially announced that because of some technical reasons, Thor and Odin were eliminated from this procurement project, and Bateson also reluctantly called Su Ming, saying that the Americans were under too much pressure and they had no choice.
Although Su Ming had already been mentally prepared, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, the British procurement plan this time was 700 Thor with 500 Odin, and the long-term plan was to use 10 to 20 years when the Raytheon was equipped with 2,000 units to replace the current special forces and helicopters in the major fleets.
Yes, now is not the era of big ships and huge guns, in addition to the fleet as a sea platform, the main offensive methods are mainly missiles or aircraft, although the British invented the vertical take-off and landing Harrier fighter, but this fighter also has a very significant disadvantage, that is, the bomb load is small, the range is short, it is a little better than the helicopter, and it is particularly troublesome to maintain.
Moreover, when the Harrier fighter attacks the ground, it can only use unguided rockets or bombs, and the missile can only use small short-range air-to-air missiles, in this regard, it is no different from a helicopter, of course, in terms of air combat, it is a high-speed and flexible fighter after all.
However, a light aircraft carrier can only accommodate more than 20 fighters at most, and if it is replaced by Thor, it can accommodate several hundred, and in this way, not only the offensive firepower has been greatly increased, but the combat radius has also been greatly improved compared with before, and the logistics support has also reduced a lot of workload.
After careful evaluation, the British believed that this plan was absolutely feasible, but considering the high price of Thor, they thought that it would be better to equip special forces first, although they were also equipped on ships, but only as an offensive strike force.
It is a pity that Britain was finally forced to cancel this purchase under pressure from the United States, which made many British people feel dissatisfied, thinking that the United States only interfered in Britain's defense affairs based on its own likes and dislikes, which is a very disrespectful performance, as the former suzerain, reduced to the current situation, followed by another bad news, under the United States announced that it would provide security, Belgium announced that it would abandon the purchase of Odin, so that the Wiegman company, which was already close to signing the agreement, was very angry, but there was no way.
Fortunately, there were no problems with the orders of several other countries, especially Austria, which was also under a lot of pressure from the Americans, and finally under the attack of Rheinmetall, the order was finally continued, or the United States had promised to compensate Austria for a part of the liquidated damages.
At this time, the domestic side finally came up with a temporarily available technical solution, although the radar surname and early warning system are not as good as the original set, but the most basic functions can be provided, and this system is compatible with Odin and Thor.
After the system was almost perfected, Su began to announce the public sale of Thor, in the countries within the scope of Galileo's license, the original model was sold, and the domestic version was adopted, and the price was reduced by 500,000 US dollars.
At this time, Su Ming didn't care about any safety considerations, anyway, there are no large batch purchases now, they are all purchased by dozens of units, and even the book has also obtained a sale license for fifty units, although they have quoted an order of two hundred and fifty units.
For the newly sold Thor, Su Ming found a Russian development company and designed a set of friend or foe identification/response devices, and after installing them, even if the country that got the Thor changed the friend or foe identification code after going back, it would not be able to shoot at the Thor or Odin equipped by the Su Clan.
In this way, it can prevent someone from using these weapons to deal with the Su clan, Su Ming is very complacent about the idea he came up with, this is Su Ming personally contacted, without anyone's hands, and after getting this device, Su Ming put his mind at ease and boldly began to sell it to the outside world.
Su Ming was even ready to take out the existing equipment of Thor for sale, when suddenly a news came out at this time, Yemen, which got five Thor, conducted an air confrontation drill with the United States, and lost to the opponent with a loss of five to one, pouring cold water on the very hot sales situation, although Su Ming didn't think this could represent anything, but his reputation was affected, and Su Ming thought about how to win back this game.
(To be continued)