Dominate South Asia

In world trade, arms trading accounts for a large proportion, especially high-end fighter jets and other arms, which are extremely profitable, and many of them come with political conditions.

To put it simply, only if the relationship between the two parties is good can there be a high-tech arms trade. It is absolutely impossible for two hostile countries to conduct arms trade. Once the arms trade is reached, there will be more political conflicts between the two countries. cooperate.

When Saudi Arabia ordered a large number of weapons agreements from Pakistan, including fighter planes, warships, tanks, etc., it immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction from the United States. Saudi Arabia is a major financier, and the various arms ordered from the United States make the big American capitalists happy. It has blossomed, but now, many order agreements have been handed over to Pakistan!

The United States has always treated Saudi Arabia as a quasi-ally. Even the main fighter jets of the Saudi Air Force were opened up by the United States to Saudi Arabia. In the end, Saudi Arabia chose the F-15, the standard air superiority fighter of the U.S. Air Force, which Saudi Arabia purchased. The difference between it and the standard model in the United States is only the identification of friend or foe. Of course, the price is a bit higher. There is no way. The Saudis demand more, so the price of the equipment is naturally higher. Saudi Arabia has even equipped several of the U.S. Air Force's strategic early warning aircraft E-3.

And now, Saudi Arabia has actually ordered a large amount of equipment from Pakistan. How can the United States make money from this? Members of the U.S. Senate quickly passed a resolution to put pressure on Saudi Arabia!

Unfortunately, they hit a wall again. Saudi Arabia has a very cold attitude towards the United States. Which country's fighter jets Saudi Arabia orders depends on Saudi Arabia's own wishes and has nothing to do with the United States!

Initially, Saudi Arabia purchased ballistic missiles. The United States is very unhappy. Now that Saudi Arabia has bought so many weapons, it is almost impossible for American arms dealers to open the door to Saudi Arabia, and the Americans are even more unhappy.

No matter how unhappy they are, they really have nothing to do with Saudi Arabia. The United States needs Saudi Arabia’s oil and Saudi Arabia’s attitude.

so. The United States has nothing to do with Saudi Arabia, so it can only exert pressure on the other party, which is Pakistan!

Islamabad.

"Mr. President, we are very unfortunate to see that Pakistan exports a large amount of weapons to Saudi Arabia, which will seriously undermine the regional military balance. Moreover, you are said to be exporting Tomcat fighter jets, which is a serious violation of our American Grumman The company's intellectual property rights." U.S. Ambassador Robert Hamad said: "So, on behalf of our government, I express my most serious protest to you! I hope you can cancel these contracts and let us get back on track. "

Robert's words sounded majestic. In fact, the momentum is not enough. Even Robert knows that the biggest role of his protest is actually to express the attitude of the United States. Pakistan will not be threatened by U.S. sanctions.

If Robert had a choice, he would not want to be the ambassador to Pakistan when he takes office. The relationship with Pakistan is quite friendly. When he was in office, he encountered obstacles everywhere. He was really not a fool. If he had known better, he would have chosen to be an ambassador to the island country.

Sure enough, with a sneer on his face, Hamad said to Robert: "Mr. Ambassador, our contract with Saudi Arabia has not affected the situation in the Middle East. We are a responsible big country. As for saying that we have infringed on intellectual property rights, please ask. Has Grumman applied for intellectual property rights in Pakistan?”

If you want to sue the other party for infringement of intellectual property rights, you must first apply for intellectual property rights locally. The reason is that simple, and for most third world countries, there is no dedicated department to manage this matter.

Even if they apply in the United States, it is only applicable in the United States. In Pakistan, it is not subject to the United States at all.

What's more, what is intellectual property infringement? Mhammad continued: "Besides, how come the powerful variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft we developed ourselves infringes on Grumman's intellectual property rights? All technologies are our own, including those used by us. It has adopted a fly-by-wire operating system and its own body design uses composite materials in many places. If it is just the same appearance, it is called an infringement of intellectual property rights. Then does your F-15 fighter infringe on the Soviet MiG-25? intellectual property rights?”

The MiG-25 pioneered the layout of rectangular inlets and twin vertical tails. If you have to mess with it, all twin vertical tail fighters can be said to be imitations of the Soviets.

What Mhamad said made Robert speechless. He knew that his visit this time would have no results, but his arrival represented the attitude of the United States.

"If you insist on going your own way, you will be sanctioned by the entire Western world, and you will no longer receive any high-tech Western products." Robert said.

"Mr. Ambassador, are you tired of always being like this?" Mhamad said: "There are no eternal friends or enemies between countries, only eternal interests. As an ambassador, you don't understand this. Does the sentence make sense?"

Of course I understand this. The United States and Pakistan used to be friends, but now they are strangers. In the future, they may even become enemies! This is what Robert understood.

"I hope we can still be friends." Robert thought for a while and said to Hamad.

"That's not what I meant." Muhammad said: "The confrontation between countries is just a matter of interests. For example, your invasion of Panama was for the interests of Panama. Now, we can exchange some interests. What do you think?"

Pakistan exported weapons to Saudi Arabia and robbed the business of American arms dealers. This is the fundamental reason for the US protest this time. In this case, why not find some business for American arms dealers?

It's a pity that Robert is too stupid and didn't understand what he meant! Muhammad could only remind this guy actively.

"What interests?" Robert asked.

"The interests of American arms dealers." Muhammad said: "I have a piece of information that can allow them to obtain the benefits of exporting fighter jets."

New intelligence, can they obtain the benefits of exporting fighter jets? Robert was stunned: "What information?"

"If you are willing to change your attitude." Muhammad said: "As long as you give up interfering in the transactions between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and other countries, we will naturally be good friends with you, and we can tell you the information."

If there is such information, Robert can make the decision. After all, the United States has imposed sanctions on Pakistan several times, but they all ended in failure. This time will definitely be the same. The United States is aggressive, but in the end it will end in a whimper. If there is other information that can allow them to obtain more fighter exports, it will naturally be beneficial.

"Okay." Robert said: "I will report to the country. As long as your information is accurate and reliable, we are willing to give up our current attitude."

"The value of this information is very high." Muhammad said: "Now, Taiwan is in contact with the Soviet Union to negotiate the purchase of Su-27."

Taiwan! Purchasing Su-27! This news immediately surprised Robert so much that his eyes were about to fall out. How could this be possible?

"You must act quickly to stop the Taiwanese from making this deal. At the same time, as compensation, your F-16J79 can be exported to Taiwan." Muhammad said, "The number of fighters needed by the Taiwanese is at least 100. This is a large order."

"Okay, I will report to the country immediately." Robert said.

Watching this guy leave, Muhammad smiled. It was so easy to get rid of this guy again. For the United States, this intelligence is very important.

If you look at the photos taken by satellite, Taiwan is like an unsinkable aircraft carrier, standing in the east of the mainland. In the American strategy, the containment of China is to construct the first island chain through island countries and Taiwan.

There is no need to recount the history of that time. After Chiang Kai-shek ran to Taiwan with his butt sticking out, he no longer had the ability to set foot on the mainland. In order to balance the emerging China, the Americans began to support Chiang Kai-shek in all aspects. The advanced U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was equipped to Chiang Kai-shek, and he kept flying to the mainland to harass until he was finally beaten down by the Hongqi-2.

All of Taiwan's current equipment is from the United States. However, with the easing of relations between the United States and China, especially in order to fight against the Soviet Union, the two countries entered a honeymoon period, and Taiwan was temporarily put aside. Especially after the August 17 Communiqué, Taiwan's dream of obtaining F-16 aircraft from the United States was shattered. Now, Taiwan's main equipment is still the outdated F-2 fighter. The only more advanced fighter is the self-developed IDF Ching Kuo. Unfortunately, the project has not been completed yet and it will take at least a few years of test flights.

Taiwan has not given up its efforts to obtain advanced fighters, especially after the Soviet Union began to promote the Su-27 fighter everywhere, and the Taiwanese people finally became interested.

The Su-27 is a twin-engine heavyweight air superiority fighter. In terms of performance, it is far better than the single-engine fighter like the F-16, and even better than the IDF developed by Taiwan. This fighter is actually not Taiwanese technology at all. The radar comes from the APG-67, which is the radar of the F-20 Tigershark. The fuselage is similar to the front fuselage and air intake of the F-18, especially the engine. It was originally planned to use the American F404, but the United States did not export it, so it could only use the TFE-1042-70 engine. This thing is OK when installed on a trainer, but when installed on a fighter, the thrust is insufficient, which greatly affects the performance of the IDF fighter. (To be continued ~^~)