The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Moscow.

A conference room.

"We must speed up the delivery of fighter jets and give Iraqis greater support so that they can start a war. Even if they don't start a war, they will be more confident. In this way, international oil prices will rise faster!"

"For us, only the higher the oil price, the more in line with our national interests!"

"Two hundred planes, let the pilots fly directly!"

"The Su-27 fighter is not good, the MiG-29 fighter is good, and the Su-25 fighter is good!"

The Su-27 fighter is currently only equipped with the Soviet Air Force and the National Air Defense Force. As a third-generation fighter developed by the Soviet Union with great effort, and also a heavy fighter, the Su-27 fighter is currently the most advanced fighter in the Soviet Union.

This aircraft began to be developed in 1969, made its first flight in 1977, made major improvements to the fuselage design in 1979, entered service in 1985, and last year the Soviet Ministry of Defense approved the Su-27 as the standard fighter for the Soviet Air Force and the National Air Defense Force.

So far, after nearly 20 years of research and development, the Su-27 fighter has finally become the main force of the Soviet Air Force fighter group.

Not to mention exporting to Iraq, the Su-27 fighter jet is not even equipped by the Warsaw Pact countries.

Compared with the Su-27 fighter jet, the MiG-29 fighter jet is not that important.

The MiG-29 fighter jet is a twin-engine fighter jet developed and produced by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. It is also the first model in Soviet history that is defined as a fourth-generation fighter jet in terms of design concept (Soviet standard fourth-generation fighter jet). Its prototype first flew on October 6, 1977. In 1982, the MiG-29 was put into mass production at the Moscow and Gorky Aircraft Manufacturing Plants, and began to be equipped with troops in 1983.

The MiG-29 fighter jet is a fighter jet with excellent performance and unique characteristics. It has a unique fuselage design, stealth performance, excellent performance parameters, can cruise at supersonic speeds, has rich onboard weapons, has strong combat capabilities, outstanding maneuverability, adapts to a variety of complex air combat environments, and has advanced electronic equipment, which improves combat effectiveness.

In the Soviet Air Force and the National Air Defense Force, the MiG-29 provides powerful air combat capabilities.

The Soviet Union also banned the export of the MiG-29 fighter jet at the beginning, but later changed its strategy and allowed its export.

Of course, the MiG-29 fighter also has its flaws. The biggest flaw is that its combat radius is only 600 kilometers, which is the Soviet Union's national air defense fighter.

The MiG-29 fighter is not an all-weather air superiority heavy fighter like the Su-27 fighter, and it is not so sensitive.

As for the Su-25 fighter, it is a single-seat high-subsonic close-range air support attack aircraft developed by the Soviet Khoi Design Bureau in the 1970s. It began to be developed in 1968, first flew in February 1975, and was equipped in the Soviet Army in 1984. It is the main force of the Soviet Air Force and the National Air Defense Force, and it is also the main force of the air force of the Warsaw Pact countries.

In addition to being used in the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries, the Su-25 fighter was also exported to Iraq and other countries.

In the Afghan War, the Soviet Air Force invested nearly 50 Su-25 fighters. During the war, each Su-25 fighter was dispatched an average of 360 sorties per year, almost once a day, maintaining a high continuous dispatch rate.

Iraq had 100 Su-25 fighters, which participated in the Iran-Iraq War. When fighting against the Persian Air Force, the Su-25 fighter played a great role.

At first, the export price of the Su-25 fighter was about 4 to 5 million US dollars per unit. Later, with the depreciation of the US dollar, the export price of the Su-25 fighter continued to rise. Now the export price has soared to 10 to 12 million US dollars per unit. If it is an improved version, the price has reached 15 to 20 million US dollars per unit.

Regarding Saddam's war, the Soviet Union took a tacit attitude and made promises to Saddam behind his back.

After all, no matter how you analyze it, the Soviet Union felt that Iraq's war would be of great benefit to the Soviet Union.

Although the Soviet Union was dissatisfied with Iraq's attitude towards Europe, the United States and the East, Iraq was still worth fighting for.

No, Iraq had purchased 200 fighters before.

Even Iraq was trying to purchase Su-27 fighters.

Now Iraq does not have the courage to start a war. It has sent troops to the border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, but that is just to threaten Kuwait and make Kuwait make concessions in the negotiations.

They decided to give Saddam the courage to start a war.

The Soviet Union wanted to use this method to tell the Iraqis that they support Iraq in making the regional situation tense!

The rise in international oil prices is of great benefit to both the Soviet Union and Iraq!

Both the Soviets and the Americans hope that Saddam will start a war, which will benefit both sides.

The Soviet Union is looking forward to the United States getting involved and falling on Iraq. It would be best to fight for more than ten years like the Vietnam War, investing hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars in it, and then the Soviet Union will win without fighting.

The situation reversed that year, from the United States attacking the Soviet Union to the Soviet Union attacking the United States, wasn’t it because the United States plunged into the Vietnam War for more than ten years, spending hundreds of billions of dollars, and gave the Soviet Union an opportunity!

If the United States also falls into it this time and loses blood for more than ten years, even if the United States will lose in the competition with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will win.

For the US military, the Soviet Union only looked up to the US Navy and Air Force, and the US Army, the Soviet Union has always looked down on it.

In the 1950s, the fully armed US military, which had the most advanced weapons at the time and was armed to the teeth, was defeated by a group of farmers. Later, in the Vietnam War, the US military failed to win for more than ten years, costing hundreds of billions of dollars. According to data released by the United States, 46,300 people were killed, 10,300 people were at risk in non-combat, 153,300 people were injured, and 5,500 people were missing or captured.

How could such an army fight against the Soviet Army? !

As the first in the world to complete the construction of mechanized troops, the Soviet Army truly ranks first in the world, far ahead of the second place! The Soviet Union's steel torrent is definitely a nightmare for the enemy.

As for Iraq, its military strength is now very strong, with 1.2 million regular troops, thousands of tanks, a large number of armored vehicles, and a large number of artillery. In particular, the Type 80 main battle tank equipped by Iraq is highly regarded by many military experts as the most powerful main battle tank, with fierce firepower, strong armor defense, and strong mobility. It has a very eye-catching performance in the Iran-Iraq War.

Even the Soviet Union's T72 main battle tank, if hit by the Type 80 main battle tank, can't withstand a shell from the Type 80 main battle tank.

The Soviet Union has been collecting relevant intelligence over the years, and has already figured out the performance of the Type 80 main battle tanks equipped by Iraq, Persia and other countries.

Even the Soviet Union got four Type 80 main battle tanks from relevant countries for research.

For the Soviet Union's powerful intelligence system, it is easy to do this, and it is not difficult at all.

Therefore, the Soviet Union is very cautious about the East, and even actively releases goodwill, so as to normalize the relationship between the two sides.