Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

"What a pity." Yannick smacked his lips with regret. Since time travel, he has only met Churchill, one of the three giants of World War II, and he was still in a state of having a stroke and could not even speak. As for Roosevelt and Stalin, they have never met, which is really a pity. I don't know if Roosevelt's physical condition can last until the end of the war.

"Any news from Roosevelt recently?" The situation in the United States today is much worse than before. It can be said that it has fallen into a desperate situation. If Roosevelt was still worrying about his country and its people, his physical and mental health might be affected, and he might not even live to see 1945.

He also wants to see the president be taken to Europe and tried before the European Military Tribunal. Then he was sent to keep Churchill company. It was interesting to think about the scene. At that time, Stalin was the only one missing from the Big Three in this time and space, but Yannick felt that with Stalin's character, he would not become a prisoner even if he sobered up. Maybe one day he would choose to commit suicide while he was awake, and instruct his subordinates to burn his body so as not to leave it to the enemy or anything else.

Is this plot a bit familiar?

Reinhard naturally didn't know why Yannick suddenly mentioned the former president and shook his head. "There is nothing special. He is just recuperating at home. Does he need special attention?"

"That's not necessary." Yannick shook his head. There was no need to waste his intelligence power on an old man.

No longer thinking about these things, Yannick thought of how to deal with these excess weapons and equipment.

Arms business!

The arms trade has always been one of the most profitable industries in the world. Not only is its profit huge (300% profit is too small), but it also generates long-term and sustainable benefits, and is accompanied by political consequences. Income is a very profitable and very impure business. Historically, the arms trade has been compared with the drug trade and smuggling trade, and has been called the world's three major profit-making industries.

As for the reasons for huge profits, the first reason for huge profits in the arms trade is its high degree of monopoly and high technology. In the future, only more than ten countries in the world can independently develop and build third-generation fighter jets, and only two or three countries can independently produce third-generation fighter jets. For fourth-generation and above fighter aircraft, only four or five countries can produce high-performance air defense missiles, only seven or eight countries can independently build third-generation main battle tanks, and six or seven countries can build regional air defense ships. And technologies such as nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles are only in the hands of a few powerful military countries.

Secondly, arms itself is an extreme monopoly industry, and because this monopoly has political and strategic significance, it is highly protected by the government and becomes a tool of the government. In today's market-oriented economy, the monopoly status of the arms trade is further strengthened. This determines that countries without weapons R\u0026D and production capabilities can only turn to these countries for their own national defense and political needs and purchase arms and weapons from these big countries at high prices.

For example, an F-35 in the United States costs more than 100 million U.S. dollars (and it will go up even more when sold to allies), plus supporting weapons, software, training, upgrades, etc., resulting in large expenses when the buyer is locked in , one plane costs at least the price of three planes.

Russia, another arms power, may sound even less authentic than the United States. During the Soviet era, there was a "smart trick" of putting MiG-21s into MiG-23 shells and selling them to Egypt and Syria, which caused serious problems for these countries. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, they used monkey tanks to recharge their batteries and overheated broken aircraft carriers for fishing. India was stupidly hung and slaughtered for many years.

In 1994, a Russian aircraft carrier "Gorshkov" suddenly suffered a boiler explosion and eventually ceased service. In fact, this aircraft carrier has only been in service for only 7 years. It has fallen out of fashion like this. Russia is not willing to give up on it, so it is wondering if it can save some money to repair it and continue to serve it. But at that time, Russia had not yet emerged from the shadow of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. After two years of work, the money could not be collected, and it was finally decided to sell it. They came to India and said that they would give the aircraft carrier to India "free of charge", but this "free" was conditional and was only limited to the aircraft carrier itself. The aircraft carrier needs to be renovated and renovated, and it also needs to be equipped with carrier-based aircraft. These costs all require It will be borne by India itself, and the specific maintenance work will be done by Russia. The maintenance cost is about US$1 billion.

India thought that although this modification was a little more expensive, the aircraft carrier was free, so it decided to sign the contract. According to the contract, the delivery time in Russia should be 2008. However, due to frequent accidents during testing, it was not officially delivered to India until November 2013. So far, the aircraft carrier's maintenance costs have increased from US$700 million to US$500 million. Not only did Russia throw away the hot potato and make a lot of money, but it also gained experience in aircraft carrier maintenance and manufacturing. It can be said that it made a lot of money.

In this way, the arms dealer traps you not only because he needs your purchases to share his scientific research costs, but also to kill you. If you are determined enough to withstand the pressure and do not fall into his trap, he will arm you with high-tech equipment. The neighboring countries will keep you living under pressure until you can no longer bear it and seek a stronger army to update equipment.

Different from ordinary market rules, arms trade is not necessarily a consensual one. In many cases, small countries are coerced by the comparison effect and fall into this scam one after another. This scam is run by arms dealers or other political entities, but the threat it brings is real, so even if you know that this is their way of forcing you to submit, you still have to pay because you have to pay for it. The country is responsible for your people.

Yannick had not bothered to think about this in the past. The weapons and equipment he produced were not enough to arm the army, so how could he still sell them. Even if buyers take the initiative, they can only sell weapons that are about to become obsolete.

However, now that the overall situation is gradually settled, it seems that we can actively expand sales channels.

Yannick reached out and tapped South America on the map. "Reinhard, once the war is over, we will be left with a lot of weapons and equipment. If they are allowed to rust, mold, and take up space in vain, it will be a huge waste."

Reinhard was such a smart man, he immediately guessed what Yannick meant. "Your Highness, I will get it done as soon as possible."

Yannick sighed softly and sighed. "War is the main theme of human history, and the short-lived peace is so insignificant." He knew that they didn't even need to specifically instigate them, and wars of various sizes would still occur. This has always been the case from ancient times to the present. Humanity has never stopped fighting. It was in the past, it is now, and it will be in the future.