Battlefield Contractor

"I'm afraid you don't know everything." Aladdin shook his head.

"The first word that came up was Eisenhower. Eisen himself experienced the growth of the American military.

When MacArthur expelled retired World War I veterans in 1932, he was still a major staff officer under MacArthur. He didn't even have a special car to go to work, and he had to take a bus to pass on the military information of the Ministry of Defense.

At that time, the US military had only 300,000 people, which was almost a fraction of the current 1.3 million, and its weapons were backward, and its equipment and tactics were at the level of World War I.

But by the end of World War II, the US military has become a super military power with more than 10 million troops and 1,200 warships and hundreds of thousands of fighters.

In the course of World War II, the US military industry has been greatly developed. On the one hand, many countries, such as Britain, France, and even Japan, are purchasing military materials from the United States.

Especially in Japan, more than 75% of Japan's strategic materials are bought from the United States, including oil, steel, weapons, machine tools, and so on.

Let alone the United Kingdom, it has sold almost all of the assets that Americans can value overseas and bought weapons from the United States on a large scale.

On the other hand, the United States itself has been seeking a way out of the Great Depression in those years.

Therefore, as soon as the Pearl Harbor Incident broke out, the United States immediately issued large-scale bonds to raise capital from the private sector, and then went to arms dealers to purchase arms. "

"The history of America's fortune?" Lin Rui said mockingly.

Aladdin smiled, "Don't underestimate this. In other words, Eisenhower had only 300,000 U.S. troops when he joined the work, which is not among the European and American powers.

By the time he left the White House in 1960, the United States had become the world's largest military power, and the production capacity and scale of its military industry had reached an extremely terrifying state.

Later, the atomic bombs, computers, and space programs that we were familiar with were all budgeted by the state to the military, and the military went to pull a bunch of companies to engage in scientific research.

California became a first-tier state in the United States at that time, and some large companies started to become arms giants at the same time.

And in 1960, Eisenhower had prepared to meet with Soviet Chairman Khrushchev to discuss a disarmament agreement including the restriction of strategic nuclear weapons.

As a result, on the eve of the talks, the U2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane invaded the Soviet Union without the authorization of the president and was shot down. The relationship between the two countries fell to a freezing point, and Eisenhower was furious.

This is why he made a televised speech when he left office to remind the public to be wary of the military-industrial complex. "

"But what does this have to do with the problems we are currently encountering?" Lin Rui frowned.

"Listen to me first." Aladdin smiled, "The standard process is that those defense contractors describe terrible enemies to everyone every day, including but not limited to hostile countries, terrorists, etc., to scare the American people.

Let the Yankees know that this world is not safe and that demons will threaten their free world at any time,

Then the defense contractors in Congress made generous speeches to allow the government to approve more military spending, send more soldiers overseas, provoke more people, and let the United States have more enemies.

Then the enemy attacked the United States, and the defense contractor went on to describe to everyone how terrible the world is...

Yankees have lost their sense of security every day, and the U.S. military has also discovered a trick. After conflicts with other countries, it will be extremely easy to ask Congress for money.

Since then, the US military has learned the problem of touching porcelain. Every year when it is about to ask for money, they will go out to touch porcelain. Events such as conflicts, tensions, etc., are all this background.

But they are not the only ones who have discovered the trick to this. In fact, the secret agency started its layout a long time ago. "

"Secret society organizations, I know they are related to some big companies. But it's not very clear." Lin Rui frowned.

Aladdin smiled, "The origin of the secret society organization is a group of radicals during the Cold War. It includes the former Soviet Union and the United States.

In fact, after the Cold War, it was not only these radical soldiers who were most disappointed. There are also those large military industrial enterprises.

In fact, throughout the Cold War, except for nuclear bomb reserves, the United States has maintained its leading position in other fields.

But the United States has been advocating that it is threatened by the Soviet Union, and it is the idea of ​​these people.

On the one hand, this expression is to maintain the morale of the whole people, and on the other hand, it is also for the smooth passage of the huge amount of national defense funds. "

Lin Rui nodded, "There is nothing wrong with the enterprise for commercial interests."

"But when the benefits are huge, some things will go bad." Aladdin sighed.

"In fact, in addition to these radical soldiers, there are also large military-industrial groups in the formation of the secret society.

I told you before that the secret agency was built in a conference call that I didn't meet.

Among them, four representatives are representatives of military industry giants from the United States. At that time, out of common worries about the end of the Cold War, they formed a secret society organization. "

Lin Rui looked at Aladdin in surprise, "Aren't you kidding me?"

"Of course not. There are people in the United States and the Soviet Union, and those military-industrial groups are rich. The secret agency was built under such a background.

So although the Americans knew about the existence of the secret society, they kept it secret. The CIA did not dare to investigate.

A large part of this is due to some kind of resistance, and the resistance that can influence the CIA, who can you guess? "Aladdin mocked.

"Those military industry giants." Lin Rui's expression became cold.

Aladdin replied, "Not only them, but also those on Wall Street. So the military-industrial complex is formed when power is combined with money and force.

But those military giants are smarter. Are they big entrepreneurs after all? How could they be stupid?

Around 2000, they keenly felt that the secret society organization was out of control.

The monster they funded and cultivated with one hand has already begun to break free of the chains.

So they began to try to clear the relationship with the secret society organization. But the secret society has grown to a point beyond their control, even threatening them in turn. "

"What a funny story." Lin Rui shook his head. "But what does this have to do with the problem I want to solve."

"It's very important. Lockheed Martin is the goal of the secret agency.

One of the earliest funders of the secret agency was Lockheed. In order to avoid continuing entanglement with the secret agency, the company merged with Martin Marietta in 1995.

And changed its name to Lockheed Martin Corporation. I want to use this to part ways with the secret society organization. "Aladdin replied.

"The AGM-183A missile is a new product of Lockheed Martin. So the secret agency wants to deal with them?" Lin Rui frowned.

"Lockheed Martin stumbled in the process of developing the AGM-183A missile, and the test fires repeatedly failed." Aladdin mocked.

"They are the 145th on the Forbes Global 2000 list, and they have maintained their position as the world's number one weapon manufacturer all year round.

With the research and development capabilities of this behemoth, all four AGM-183A missile tests have failed. Do you think it was accidental? "