Bright Sword Military System

Most of what this chapter talks about is my own perception, and has nothing to do with the direction of the book, so it is free, and you can skip it if you don’t like it.

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Wang Xuexin was delayed in three stores for a few days because of the Hongqi 61 incident.

In the past few days, I have been busy discussing, analyzing, and planning with Professor Su and others almost from morning to night. When I am hungry, I will eat a few mouthfuls of steamed buns, sleep on the table for a while when I am sleepy, and continue discussing when I wake up.

Surface-to-air missiles are not as simple as imagined, although the Eighth Route Army at this time already has the basis for developing this equipment in principle: it has radar, computer technology, and continuous thin-rod warheads.

But it is not easy to integrate all these things together, and from time to time, problems of one kind or another will pop up.

Fortunately for Wang Xuexin, the estimated production cost of this missile is not high, to be exact, it is not high for Huaxia.

The main reason is that Huaxia's labor costs are very low, and at the same time, most of the technology can be self-produced without importing, which can minimize the cost as much as possible.

In fact, the biggest advantage is that military industrial enterprises operate under the control of the Eighth Route Army, just like modern state-owned enterprises, there is no possibility of monopoly at all.

In this regard, it should be said that state-owned enterprises and private enterprises each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

At this time, Yingjiang's military enterprises are all private enterprises, so-called contractors.

The way it works is that the government makes these contractors bid for whatever equipment it needs.

During World War II, Eagle Sauce had more than 50 contractors. Once the government needed any weapons and equipment, these contractors would desperately lower the price in order to survive and obtain orders. In the end, the government could obtain satisfactory products at extremely low prices... If the product If you are not satisfied, the contractor will be kicked out before long.

This is also one of the reasons why Yingjiang military equipment developed so fast during World War II. At the most exaggerated time, it could reach an average of one aircraft carrier a month.

But such private companies can easily go to the other extreme: monopoly.

Because in the process of production and competition, it is inevitable that the big fish will eat the small fish among various enterprises. As a result, fewer and fewer military industrial enterprises will eventually form a monopoly.

Developed to modern times, Yingjiang's military enterprises have been concentrated in the hands of the six giants from the original more than 50, and these six giants still monopolize different fields: some monopolize fighter jets, some monopolize warships, and some land Battle equipment and more.

At this time, the disadvantages of private enterprises appeared: military enterprises monopolized the market and controlled the right to speak, which in turn controlled the lifeline of the country.The result is that the price depends on what the military company says. A coffee cup costs more than 1000 US dollars, and a toilet seat cover costs tens of thousands of dollars.

What kind of shells cost $70 a round?

If you use such shells to hit the enemy, I am afraid that the enemy's treasury has been emptied before it is exhausted!

In addition, regardless of any equipment, whether it is an aircraft or a warship, the cost of the same configuration or even worse configuration and worse performance is two or three times that of Huaxia.

Why is the military equipment of the modern time eagle sauce so broken, as a technological powerhouse, the things it creates are always unsatisfactory?

In fact, capitalists are smart!

It's not that they can't make good things, but... If they make good things for the country in one go, how can capitalists make money?

The more profitable way, of course, is to cut corners and make a low-performance aircraft according to the country's quotation, in which there is a lot of room for upgrades and improvements.

As for upgrades and improvements...you have to pay more.

Therefore, the F35, which was originally positioned to be mass-produced "cheaply", has become a sky-high price.

But the Eagle Sauce government has nothing to do about this situation, because the technology has been monopolized by these military industrial enterprises, and there is no semicolon except what they can manufacture.

The result is that Eagle Sauce, which seems to be technologically advanced, can't make one or the other, and the things it makes look good but have no practical significance... In short, it burns all kinds of money but doesn't produce many useful things.

However, Huaxia can catch up with Yingjiang in various ways with much less military expenditure than Yingjiang.

Therefore, all state-owned enterprises are not acceptable, and all private enterprises are not acceptable. State-owned enterprises and private enterprises should perform their duties in the country to reach a balance point.

Among them, industries related to the lifeline of the country must not be fully privatized, such as communications, energy, military industry, transportation, agriculture, and so on.

Each of these industries is related to the life and death of China. If it is completely released, only a small country is fully capable of mastering one of them with all its strength. It will be easy for a small country to control a big country, and then the big country will fall apart. .

The reason why capitalist countries dare to let go is only because those who control the country are the same group of these private business owners, and it is impossible for them to give up their cash cow to others.

For example, is it possible for Lockheed Martin to sell?

Controlling this company means unlimited wealth and power. Once it is sold, it will only be exchanged for limited wealth, and these limited wealth will not be able to hold because of the loss of power... No fool would do such a thing!

Similarly, industries that are the lifeblood of Yingjiang, such as transportation, communications, energy, etc., are also monopolized by a small number of people, and it is also impossible for them to sell. They will firmly grasp these industries to make money while controlling Eagle sauce this country.

It is impossible for other countries to enter these industries and leverage the eagle sauce to lock its neck. This is what they call privatization... Can privatization that cannot be accessed by other countries' funds still be called privatization?These privatized enterprises are controlled by those who control the state, in other words, they are controlled by the state. Are they still called private enterprises?

The decline of Yingjiang is not due to anything else, but success and failure. It used to reach its peak due to healthy competition among private companies, but now it is declining because of the monopoly of private companies.

The ridiculous thing is that when Eagle Sauce has become a counterexample, there are still many people on the Internet clamoring in various names to privatize industries related to the lifeline of the country...

What happens when these industries are privatized?

Is the result something we can afford?

Who will be the happiest?

Huaxia, who hadn't been able to deal with it before, once a lifeline-related industry is completely privatized, it only needs to print dollars madly to choke him by the throat and easily defeat it!

Don't be so cool!

Modern eagle sauce has actually discovered these problems, but it has not been able to solve them.

Because this is not just a problem of corporate monopoly, but also a problem that the control of the country has already fallen into the hands of these companies... Once the control and lifeline of the country are in the hands of these companies, who else can bring them down?Who else can say no to them?Who else can stop them from continuing to maintain their monopoly dominant position?

So Ying Jiang can only take one step at a time.

And, if you can't reform from within yourself, then...you get the idea!

If Eagle Sauce wants to maintain its own wealth and advantages, it can only bring down other countries and mess them up.