The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

As soon as Giroud left, the ambassador from the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia came to pay a visit to Saudi King Fahd.

"Dear His Majesty the King, we in the United States do not want Saudi Arabia to help Libya and provide weapons to Libya." The ambassador straightforwardly explained his purpose.

This time the losses were so great that after the news came back to the United States, the United States immediately held a meeting to discuss countermeasures and then came up with a plan overnight.

The first thing to do is to appease the emotions of the domestic citizens and let them vent their hatred and anger towards Libya and Gaddafi, so that more funds can be invested and larger-scale military forces can be mobilized.

The second thing to do is to replenish the carrier-based aircraft of the three aircraft carriers.

The carrier-based aircraft of other aircraft carriers took off directly, transferred through US military bases and allied airports, and headed straight to the Mediterranean Sea.

This reflects the benefit of the US military having a large number of overseas military bases, which can facilitate the deployment of troops.

The third thing to do is to order the three aircraft carrier formations to retreat away from the Libyan coastline to avoid being threatened by the Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles.

This battle proved the powerful threat of the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles to surface ships. Even with such powerful anti-aircraft firepower and interception firepower of the US military, it was still unable to shoot down all the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles.

The United States is now very afraid of the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile.

If the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missile showed its prowess in the Falklands War, some parts of the US Navy would be very disdainful, thinking that the British had degenerated, and Americans would definitely be able to stop it.

So this time, absolutely no American naval officer would think so.

The fourth thing to do is to cut off Libya’s channels for obtaining weapons and ammunition, especially the ‘Eagle Strike’ anti-ship missiles and ‘Aegis’ air defense missiles!

The United States cannot obtain specific intelligence from China, but South America, the Middle East, and Africa have long been infiltrated by the CIA.

The United States knows which countries have Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles and which countries have Aegis air defense missiles.

Of course, the most important thing is that China must stop exporting advanced weapons to Libya!

Saudi King Fahd took this opportunity to say: "Your Excellency Ambassador, we in Saudi Arabia are friends of the United States, and we want to buy medium-range ballistic missiles from you."

Now Saudi Arabia already has the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile and the "Aegis" anti-aircraft missile. Now it is missing an attack artifact that can bring destruction to the enemy.

If there are mushroom bombs here, it would be perfect. As long as there are three or five mushroom bombs, Saudi Arabia can sit back and relax, just humming with its feet up, and no one will take advantage of Saudi Arabia.

However, it is too difficult to get mushroom bombs. There are only a few nuclear-armed countries in the world. It is almost impossible to buy mushroom bombs. No nuclear-armed country is willing to sell mushroom bombs.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible! Saudi Arabia is very safe with the protection of the United States and does not need medium-range ballistic missiles!" The ambassador refused without hesitation.

In recent years, Saudi Arabia has made requests in this regard not once or twice.

But the United States and its allies refused without hesitation.

Because of the presence of medium-range ballistic missiles, Saudi Arabia has the confidence to speak and can easily become disobedient.

Saudi Arabia can import more tanks and armored vehicles, and it can import more third-generation aircraft, but as for medium-range ballistic missiles, there is absolutely no need to think about it.

After the ambassador left, Fahd's face turned gloomy.

Saudi Arabia has been working hard in this area in the past few years. With Saudi Arabia's industrial level, it is a no-brainer to develop ballistic missiles. These are among the world's most sophisticated weapons. Countries that can develop ballistic missiles can be counted on both hands. .

Therefore, the only way for Saudi Arabia to possess medium-range ballistic missiles is to purchase them!

The best solution is to buy from the United States. After all, American weapons are still very advanced.

However, after several years of hard work, the United States has never relented in this regard.

"It seems it's time to visit China!" Fahd looked to the east.

In recent years, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and China has grown by leaps and bounds.

Saudi Arabia has purchased a large number of advanced weapons from Panshan Group, including Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 'Avangard' air defense missiles, 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles, and 'Aegis' air defense missiles.

Moreover, Saudi Arabia also invests in China.

You can't put all your eggs in one basket.

This is true for individuals, and so is the country!

In the past, Saudi Arabia mainly invested in the United States, purchasing U.S. Treasury bonds, buying stocks of U.S. listed companies, and investing in U.S. companies; secondly, it invested in Europe, especially major European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, and Italy.

In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has begun to invest in China, and the amount of investment is increasing every year.

It even provides low-interest loans and even interest-free loans to China.

So far, none of these investments have suffered losses, but the value-added has been considerable.

Fahd made up his mind and then arranged for someone to contact him about his visit to China.

On the other side, Giroud rushed non-stop to Baghdad, Iraq.

Baghdad seems not to have been affected by the Iran-Iraq war and is still very prosperous. It can even be said to be more prosperous than before the Iran-Iraq war broke out.

Iraq is the focus of Giroud's trip. He wants to meet Saddam, pay tribute to the new strongman in the Middle East, and seek help in fighting the United States.

"If we openly support Libya against the United States, it is equivalent to openly supporting terrorist activities, which will have a great impact on our international reputation. Our actions in Europe and around the world will also encounter obstacles, and the Americans will not give up." Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz met with Giroud and said.

Aziz was very opposed to this matter.

First of all, the relationship between Iraq and Libya is very ordinary. Both Gaddafi and Saddam are strong men, each with their own ambitions, and they also want to become heroes of the Arab world like Nasser, which inevitably leads to spitting at each other.

Gaddafi has scolded Saddam many times, and Saddam has also scolded Gaddafi directly in public.

Saddam is known as the "Lion of Babylon", and Gaddafi is known as the "Lion of Africa".

It is pure nonsense to say that the two lions have a good relationship.

It is already very good that the two lions did not fight directly.

This is because Libya is located in North Africa and the two sides are far apart. Otherwise, I am afraid they would have started fighting long ago.

Secondly, the relationship between Iraq and the United States is quite good now. For example, the United States supported Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War. The oil produced by Iraq is mainly exported to Europe and the United States. There is no need to offend Europe and the United States for Libya.

It can even be said that Libya and Iraq are in a competitive relationship in terms of oil exports.

Thirdly, because Iraq has not yet decided the outcome with the Persians, it is really not appropriate to cause trouble again.

Once supporting Libya, causing Europe and the United States to turn to Persia and provide assistance to Persia, it will be very disadvantageous for Iraq, and even lose the Iran-Iraq War.

Now that Iraq has invested so much money and made so many sacrifices in the Iran-Iraq War, it can no longer afford to lose.