The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

King Fahd called Prince Sultan.

"Prince, do you think we imported some cloud explosive bombs from the Panshan Group?" King Fahd's eyes were bright and full of desire.

Looking at the video, the huge mushroom cloud produced by the salvo is so powerful.

If this is a war, launching it towards the enemy will definitely have a great killing effect on the enemy.

In the view of King Fahd, the deterrent power of this cloud bomb is no less than that of medium-range ballistic missiles.

The benefits of Dongfeng Express were clearly demonstrated in this Gulf War.

If Saudi Arabia hadn't pulled Dongfeng Express out for a walk at a critical moment, maybe that lunatic Saddam would have actually ordered his troops to cross the border with Saudi Arabia and attack Saudi Arabia.

King Fahd never has too much of a good weapon like this.

The more good weapons you have, the more peaceful you will be when you sleep at night.

He doesn't have to worry about planes or missiles suddenly landing on the palace and can sleep well. That's because Saudi Arabia has established a complete air defense system.

Anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, "Avangard" individual air defense missiles, and "Aegis" air defense missile systems constitute Saudi Arabia's complete air defense system.

It is not that easy to break through Saudi Arabia's radar system and air defense system silently.

Prince Sultan said: "We have to test it. Panshan Group may not be willing to export such a large-scale murder weapon."

"You have to give it a try. They are even willing to sell DF-3, and they should also be willing to sell this cloud explosive bomb." King Fahd said, "Don't be afraid of spending money. If you have money to make, you have to spend it with your life. Europeans and Americans But jackals, tigers and leopards, we must have strong force to protect our wealth. "

King Fahd is very dissatisfied with Europe and the United States.

In order to get Americans to evacuate, Saudi Arabia and other countries have to keep oil prices low for three years.

In three years, Saudi Arabia alone has lost at least tens of billions of dollars.

If possible, he would rather use the money to build the army so that the army has strong combat effectiveness.

"Okay, I will go to China in a while. Then I will meet our old friend and ask him." Prince Sultan said.

King Fahd pondered slightly and said, "If possible, ask him if he is willing to sell mushroom bombs to us. Three or five mushroom bombs are enough!"

Mushroom bombs, this is the real killer weapon.

Currently, the only countries in the world that can legally possess nuclear weapons are the Soviet Union, the United States, China, the United Kingdom and France.

In other countries, it is illegal.

Like South Africa, everyone knows that South Africa has produced mushroom bombs. This can be imagined from the difficulties South Africa is facing now.

Like Israel, during the Fifth Middle East War, in order to end the war, Israel shipped mushroom bombs to the United States under the supervision of the United States, the Soviet Union, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, indicating that Israel no longer had mushroom bombs and only had civilian nuclear power plants, but countries such as Saudi Arabia did not I believe that Israel has not secretly hidden mushroom bombs.

There was also Iraq, which almost had mushroom bombs, but they were all blown up by the Americans during the Gulf War.

Others, such as India, have lost the possibility of possessing nuclear weapons.

King Fahd knew that it was extremely unlikely that Saudi Arabia would develop its own mushroom bomb. Even if it had the ability, it would probably be sanctioned if it was discovered.

So, if you can spend money to buy it, that would be great.

As long as it can be solved with money, it's not a big deal.

"As for mushroom bombs, I'm afraid it's unrealistic!" Prince Sultan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "China doesn't have many mushroom bombs, so how could it be willing to sell them?"

"If the Chinese were short of foreign exchange more than ten years ago, it might still be possible. Now, they won't sell many weapons!" Prince Sultan shook his head and sighed: "There are also people who want to buy DF-3 from them. , but was rejected.”

China now has tens of billions of dollars in foreign exchange reserves, and this is because China continues to import raw materials, grain, production lines, oil, and buy gold. Otherwise, there will be more.

At this time, if you want to use money to throw money at China, it is no longer as easy as before.

King Fahd smiled: "You have to give it a try. There are also cloud bombs. The military ones are not good. We can negotiate in the name of firefighting and import some firefighting tanks. We have so many oil fields, so we must prepare them." Be prepared, lest the oil field catches fire one day.”

Prince Sultan suddenly laughed.

Military equipment has many restrictions, but civilian use is different.

There are not so many facilities for civilian use.

When King Fahd mentioned this, Prince Sultan suddenly felt that the possibility of importing cloud explosive bombs was not small.

"When you go to China this time, talk more about cooperation, send more people to study in China every year, and talk more about cooperation in oil." King Fahd said: "You are now the crown prince. This time Go take Bandar and Khalid with you!”

Prince Sultan is the king's younger brother. He is not only a prince, but also the first deputy prime minister, defense and aviation minister and military director. Prince Sultan is also the crown prince.

Prince Sultan has two sons, the eldest son is Bandar and the second son is Khalid.

Both sons have experienced elite education. Bandar is only 42 years old now, but he already has a rich political career. In 1978, he successfully persuaded the U.S. Congress to sell F15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. In 1983, he was appointed as the Saudi ambassador to the United States. ambassador.

Prince Sultan heard the hidden meaning of the king's words. He was dissatisfied that his son Bandar was too pro-American.

Since being appointed as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Bandar has spent a long time in the United States and part of his time in Europe. He has a lot of connections in Europe and the United States.

If it was in the past, it would be fine.

But now, times have changed, and we have to learn to balance.

This time, letting Sultan take Bandar and Khalid to China has a deep meaning.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prince Sultan agreed.

Saudi Arabia is the country with the largest oil reserves in the world, much more than other countries. With a huge amount of oil, Saudi Arabia does not need to make foreign exchange as difficult as other countries. For Saudi Arabia, making foreign exchange is easy.

On the contrary, Saudi Arabia is worried that there is too much foreign exchange and it has to be spent.

Saudi Arabia has a lot of assets in Europe and the United States. Although the Saudi royal family is not as good at financial management as the Kuwaiti royal family, this is only relative.

The Saudi royal family's overseas assets are very huge. Even if the Saudi royal family loses Saudi Arabia one day, the Saudi royal family can hope to restore with its overseas assets. Even if it cannot be restored, it can continue to enjoy a luxurious life with its huge overseas assets.

However, the Saudi royal family must also seek benefits and avoid harm, diversify investments, and not overly rely on any country.

Now Saudi Arabia is holding high the banner of non-alignment and independence, and at most it will form an Arab coalition to promote the integration of the Arab League.

Like Bandar, being too pro-American is not a good thing, because it is easy to be labeled, and the image of the United States in the Arab world is not good now.