From arms dealer to king of war

Qiao Jia deliberately leaked the news about the UAE's big purchase...

In fact, not only the United Arab Emirates, but also Qatar has an even larger order.

Boss Qiao wants to use these arms orders to leverage those arms companies to work hard.

There is no need for you to fight, just bring your goods over and let me try them out. Only when the trial results are good, will you be qualified for the final bid.

The UAE's status is not critical, so their political needs will not be too high.

A $15 billion purchase order for fighter jets is enough for companies like Dassault and Mikoyan to do their best.

If coupled with Qatar's indefinite arms purchase plan, not only those selling fighter jets will have to pounce, but those selling ground army equipment will also have to pounce and call them daddy.

In the final analysis, arms are still commodities, and they have political connotations, but this political connotation also depends on who and what period of time.

For example, because Britain has a ban on the export of any military products to Argentina, the United States is currently looking for someone to lobby Britain, hoping to get them to open the ban on Argentina's Martin Baker ejection seats so that they can export F -16 to Argentina.

The early confrontation between the NATO system and the Soviet system was a confrontation with strong political meaning.

However, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the decline of Great Russia in the later period, they have reached the point where they sell non-cutting-edge equipment as long as they can, and sell weapons with instructors coming for fixed-point training.

So DaRu’s arms have always been very popular in Afika...

In the beginning, you pay to buy the weapons, and I arrange for the instructor to help with the training. By then, everyone has feelings for each other. As long as you are willing to pay a little more, the instructor will work hard for you.

Later it developed directly to the point that after giving enough money, Wagner would come first, and weapons and other things would come later.

Arms companies rely on the country where they are located, and they can do many things to sell weapons.

The "political connotation" that everyone imagines, excluding factors such as great power competition and geopolitical interests, is actually mostly realized by arms companies.

Early Central Africa is the most typical example. The Wagner team recruited by Boss Joe is the most important force in defending Bangui, the capital of Central Africa.

This is not a simple employment, but a kind of 'political interest' based on the deterrence of Russia.

The general meaning is that if ordinary warlords see that you are protected by a big enemy, they will not beat you.

This is the output of political interests achieved by arms companies relying on their country's influence.

To put it bluntly, these things are not worth mentioning...

The real big sellers of weapons do not sell simple weapons, but sell safety and victory.

Otherwise, why would people spend money on you?

In fact, the same goes for Lao America, but their products are much higher-end than those of Da Russia.

So they divided their allies into three, six or nine, and then exported their own high-end military products, unified the weapons standards of their allies, and formed a huge market.

The EU and NATO are not the same thing, and it is impossible for them to give up their arms industry, so they have always been somewhat resistant to this.

Therefore, many EU countries have joined forces to design and manufacture many high-end arms products, forming a competitive situation with the United States.

However, the U.S. military-industrial complex is more powerful. It doesn’t matter if you don’t buy my account. I find someone to create a threat theory about a certain person, and then create tension to force Congress to increase the budget. I can eat my own military spending and be full of money.

This is what the legend says, if I get ruthless I will even hit myself!

Arms are commodities, and they are also tools used by military-industrial interest groups to plunder profits. Their core connotations are not high-end at all.

There was once a movie called Lord of War, which made many people feel that they understood what an arms dealer was and that this profession was awesome. They even thought that ruthlessness and ruthlessness were the standard features of an arms dealer.

But the reality is that people like Yuri are just small players doing dirty work, because it is not him who creates demand in the big environment, and it is not him who decides victory or defeat...

He can't even control his own destiny, he is just a humanoid trading channel.

Sometimes there will be some unspeakable business, and then both parties need someone who is familiar with the transaction to open up the joints. Finally, if something goes wrong, they can be pushed out and take the blame.

The real international arms trade is actually more about the export of a sense of security.

The United States provokes regional disputes and creates regional turmoil. No matter what the ultimate goal is, they actually create a demand for security. Then the military-industrial complex gets enough of the sweetness and grows to an unstoppable level.

Eric's trip in the Middle East went very smoothly. Shah's super order with a total price of up to 120 billion US dollars not only made Eric a superstar in the eyes of the military-industrial complex, but also stunned the big-mouthed Tang.

The guy was preparing to launch the Shah's trip after offending a bunch of people in the country.

If you say you want to dance, you won’t lie!

When the Shah moves, Qatar must follow suit. However, because they were kicked out of the GCC, the situation they face is more complicated.

Boss Joe's reminder made Al Thani suddenly enlightened, and Qatar began to spend a lot of money to build momentum for the World Cup.

The overwhelming publicity, combined with the project plans hyped by various professional media companies, attracted global attention.

It is not for the World Cup itself, but to use super infrastructure projects to stimulate investment, and then to attract large foreign capital to form a protective umbrella.

As soon as the Shah paid the protection fee and Eric arrived in Qatar, an $80 billion order was handed to him.

But Qatar is not satisfied yet, they are looking outward for procurement.

According to Qiaojia's understanding, Qatar is preparing to make efforts in three directions: army, air defense, and navy. In addition to the 80 billion it plans to give to the United States, they also have a military purchase budget of more than 50 billion U.S. dollars.

Al Thani clearly told Boss Joe that he could operate some of the funds.

In the past, Boss Qiao always felt that the tycoons in the Middle East spent money without blinking an eye, but because of Eric’s trip to the Middle East, he learned part of the inside story of the so-called arms purchase...

Things are not what he thought!

There are no fools in this world!

It is true that the oil tycoons' money comes from the ground, but they are not happy to let them waste it.

The combined arms orders of the Shah and Qatar are US$200 billion, which has completely exceeded the production capacity of the United States.

Because there is no share of low-end weapons in this order, not even fighter jets.

Because the early F-35 orders from the United States have been scheduled for ten years.

The needs of the two wealthy people are basically focused on main battle tanks, high-precision missiles, air defense systems, and electronic radar systems, which are particularly expensive projects.

There are still very complicated procedures to fulfill this order.

And it will take about 5 to 8 years for the old and American arms conglomerates to fully digest it.

This money is not given in one lump sum...

For such a large military procurement contract, it is normal to negotiate the details for three to five years.

First sign a contract of intent and issue a letter of guarantee of about 2 billion from an international bank, and the care of the United States will arrive immediately.

The core interest of the so-called "protection fee" is that as long as the old and American arms groups accept this contract, they will act as a protective umbrella to ensure that the Shah's royal family will not encounter the color revolution led by the United States...

The person who paid cannot die, otherwise who will fulfill the contract?

This is similar to Qatar’s plan to use the World Cup to bring more capital into the game.

If you want to make money from me, you must ensure my safety without harming your own interests.

This is the typical rights and security derived from purchasing power!

If you want to maximize your purchasing power, this money cannot be given out all at once.

Don't use money to test other people's bottom line. This is true anywhere in the world and at any level.

Because if you can get more by breaking the contract, then the person who spends the money will definitely suffer double the loss in the end.

In this regard, Russia is definitely a model of immorality, which is why their international reputation is so poor.

Therefore, Eric's big harvest is claimed to be 200 billion, but the initial actual payment from Shah and Qatar is only 2 billion. This amount of money will not be released until the details are negotiated.

After the arms group has internally coordinated its share according to its own capabilities and obtained approval from the Ministry of Trade, detailed contracts will be finalized with the two companies, and then the actual deposit payment will begin.

The deposit for international arms transactions is far from as high as the outside world imagines. 20% or even 5% is normal.

The reason has been mentioned before, giving too much can easily lead to greed.

The United Arab Emirates is a typical example. They are sincere. The F-35 they ordered at a high premium has a long way to go and is likely to be wasted.

This kind of 'non-delivery' situation is extremely common around the world...

Some of them are because the seller really wants to default on the bill...

For example, the Department of Trade of the United States will sometimes jump out and say that certain weapons cannot be sold to certain countries, and that they need to make a detailed evaluation before deciding whether to sell them.

This delay may last ten years!

In some cases, it is because the buyer has achieved his goal and bought a safe period through arms purchase, and then does not want to pay the balance to take delivery of the goods.

The most typical example is that Romania tore up its order for the "Chasing the Wind" frigates with the French Naval Group.

Because France worked with money in the early stage, it threatened and condemned Russia. In addition, the performance of Russia's Black Sea Fleet was really weak. Romania felt that it was not worthwhile to spend a lot of money to maintain two guided missile frigates in order to guard against them, so it simply broke the contract. .

This kind of ‘buying and selling short’ is very fucked up sometimes!

Therefore, the reality is that it is difficult to do business in the international arms market. This is the result of the French Naval Group approaching Boss Qiao to cooperate, and the Mikoyan Design Bureau putting all its efforts into it.

But what Boss Qiao never expected was that things would develop beyond his expectations...

He originally only wanted to attract large European manufacturers into the game, targeting arms companies like Italy and France.

The arms industries of these two companies are quite developed. As long as they can free up some orders, they can sponsor their own gadgets and at the same time place their fleets off the coast of Yemen.

But after Qiao Liang and Jiami called each other, Boss Qiao realized that he seemed to have underestimated the appeal of the order!