Chapter 385: Fixed-wing attack aircraft
"Pablo is crazy, isn't he?"
"I can't see it, he just believes in his own power!"
"Offering a bounty on the police of the whole country, is this called believing in yourself?"
"People are rich, what is the reward for the police, give him a fighter jet, he dares to be president, do you believe it?"
"Letter, what is a plane, I heard that those guys have submarines!"
Shepard lay by the pool with freshly squeezed juice and basked in the sun, while his cheap dad, Commodore John Sr., lay in the chair next to him.
After getting Carlos, the head of the Fourth Reich, Shepard, who felt that the previous house did not suit his taste, prepared a 3,700-square-meter coastal house in Malibu, and the price was not expensive, only 12 million, equivalent to one-tenth of the booty that Carlos exploded.
Because it is an existing house, after completing the purchase procedures, Shepard simply moved the whole family here, and in order to ensure the living standard of the family, he also imitated Carlos to get a professional service team of 20 people, not counting the other three professional chefs who are proficient in French, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese cuisine, and a whole security team.
After all, he is a famous capitalist no matter how he says it now, and if his family is not rich enough, he will be laughed at when he goes out.
Even in order to get more sets of good things, he also went to several auctions in Europe and got a lot of good things.
Of course, his previous life was actually not bad, after all, it was also a naval family, and there were many stars in the family.
So, in fact, Old John hated Shepard's appearance very much, and even criticized Shepard as a young man in his twenties for not being mature enough, and he had to worry about a little money, but he himself enjoyed a luxurious life without any burden, and even snatched Shepard's collection of 53 limited edition Jaguar, which is called filial piety to the elders.
But Shepard doesn't care, anyway, he has prepared a private helicopter for himself, which he usually sits on when he has something to do, but considering the problem about Kobe, Shepard changed back to a ground vehicle after taking a few helicopter rides.
Today coincided with the weekend, and John Sr., who didn't have much work, and Shepard and Shepard were relaxing and enjoying a strong massage from a Brazilian aunt while chatting about the current business of Shadow Company.
After the Reagan administration came to power, the top priority was naturally to confront the Soviet Union, and for this reason, a large number of policies of opening up sources and reducing expenditures during the Carter era were ruthlessly abolished, and the CIA received more appropriations, greater authority, and correspondingly, naturally more and greater tasks.
In addition to fighting the Soviet Union, the war on drugs is another task that the Reagan administration has to take measures to, and as for why the drug war is so important, it is not that the president is concerned about the health of the American people, but mainly because the outflow of dollars is too serious.
The outflow of 180 million US dollars a day, and it is still cash, is an important reason why the drug war is launched, and the signing of an extradition treaty with the Colombian government is actually one of the tasks, cutting off the source of drugs, is the top priority of the drug war.
But because of the Soviet factor, the transfer of ground troops has become a taboo, after all, there are also many Soviet-backed guerrillas active in Colombia, such as the 19 guerrillas who once kidnapped the families of the Medellín group.
Therefore, if it wants to directly crack down on Colombian drug traffickers, the United States can only rely on Colombians, but the government also understands the latter's situation, so in fact, the US military still has to inevitably participate in it, but at most the air force will be dispatched, which is the bottom line drawn by the high-level.
Ground operations can only be handed over to the Shadow Company, they will cooperate with the Colombian military and police to operate, and the mission of the Shadow Company is not only to fight drug dealers, destroy drug factories, but also burn crops to be planted by Shadow Company, and even the burning of crops is a particularly high priority.
The USDA is even ready to provide pesticide and professional support for the operation.
Of course, not only pesticides, but also incendiary bombs are among the weapons of choice, but given the current situation in Colombia, it is unlikely that it will be possible to operate on the ground.
Shepard prefers to carry out this mission by means of aerial bombardment, but Shadow
The only air vehicles available to the company at present are old antiques like Katarina, although the bomb load is large, but the huge size and slow speed are not very feasible in a place like Colombia, after all, drug dealers also have anti-aircraft guns and individual anti-aircraft missiles in their hands, and the source of these weapons, you know everything, if you don't understand, just ask a well-known intelligence agency, after all, no one will fund those right-wing guerrillas except for them.
And when the guerrillas get weapons, they generally don't really use them, after all, someone bids higher, work is work, business is business, if you can't tell the difference, then don't mix in the mountains and rainforests of Colombia!
Therefore, Shepard is still ready to engage in a little less sensitive air vehicle, it is best to fly more than 10,000 meters easily, hang a few tons of bombs easily, and even hit missiles or something!
"You're going to make it clear that you want ghosts?"
Old John rolled his eyes, he didn't pour cold water on his son, after all, who doesn't like ghost fighters, they have good looks and combat effectiveness, but how can this thing be used by a mere military contractor, this is the main fighter of the U.S. military in active service, and a lot of worthless allies are not qualified to open it, let alone the Shadow Company.
"Ghosts can't do it, so can A6!"
The A6 Shepard is talking about is a two-seat subsonic attack aircraft, which, like the Ghost, is very active on the battlefield in Vietnam, but this thing is also an active model, and it is not the kind that you don't think about at all.
"You can't be realistic, or do you want to think about Hellcat?"
"My grandfather drove it, so I drove it too, right?"
Shepard shook his head, what is the value of that old plane from World War II that can be used to fly, it is not as good as Katarina, at least Katerina can also be used as a civil aircraft.
"Wait, I have a good idea!"
As an old navy, Old John is naturally very familiar with equipment, after all, he will have to command the aircraft carrier if he is promoted again, so he soon has a recommendation suitable for Shepard...
"A1H, I think it's a good fit!"
"Well, that Douglas Skyraider?"
Shepard recalled it carefully and found that this aircraft seemed to be quite suitable, after all, those jets were good, but the cost was also a big problem, but the A1 Sky Raider didn't have to think too much!
"Then I'll take care of Congress, and you'll get the plane?"