I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?.

Chapter 752 Replacement
Victoria Province.

Lu Jianfei arrived at the manor on time and found that the other party came a little later than usual.

But more importantly, the person in charge was replaced.

"Hello, I am the new leader of the negotiation team, Andrew Beckett."

He was a bald white man in his forties with a strong military air. He took the initiative to greet Lu Jianfei.

The two shook hands politely and sat down. Andrew continued:

"Kevin has returned to China to report on his work due to normal personnel transfer. His work will be continued by me. I basically understand the situation, so please don't worry."

Andrew forced a fake smile on his face, but the person sitting next to him still had a stern face and no expression.

On the contrary, on Lu Jianfei's side, everyone had a sincere smile on their face.

Space arms negotiations are an extremely complex process that requires not only military personnel and strategic experts, but also a large number of scientists and cosmologists to provide advice. After all, this topic is too large, and without the help of professionals, any decision made based on traditional thinking will be stupid and one-sided.

Both parties in the negotiations in Victoria were well aware of the tense situation last night, but they just happened to be waiting quietly for news at their accommodation during the recess.

Early this morning, General Kevin, who was in charge of the Air Force, flew back to take charge of the situation and was replaced by Andrew from the Navy.

Obviously, many people have to bear the responsibility for such a result of falling behind. Andrew and others are well aware of this, so now Amei's team is a little absent-minded, even the other side has noticed this.

However, just as the negotiations are still proceeding as scheduled, the general environment of the threat of alien civilizations has not changed, and the general trend of cooperation will not change. As long as there is no complete breakdown, what needs to be done still needs to continue.

David Usnow stood up and took the lead in proposing the first item on today's agenda:
“As for developing weapons to fight against extraterrestrial civilizations, we currently tend to classify them into two categories, namely kinetic weapons and energy weapons.

Energy weapons include lasers, plasma swarm launchers, super-equivalent hydrogen bombs and other weapons that do not cause damage through obvious physical media; kinetic weapons mainly use gunpowder, electromagnetism, etc. as propulsion means, and use kinetic energy as the main method to destroy alien warship materials.

In principle, all weapons used in space in the future should be classified in this way, and different levels of control should be implemented according to their levels. Above a certain level, they must regularly inform each other of their location and status, and both sides will send supervision teams to conduct random inspections. "

He then submitted a written document with more specific materials. After reading it carefully, our representative nodded:

"We basically agree, but further discussion is needed on the role and personnel of the oversight panel."

Andrew: "This opinion can be recorded. We have no objection. Then let me add some additional clauses based on the Federation's response to the recent world emergency."

Lu Jianfei perked up and sat up a little straighter, knowing that the highlight was about to begin.

Andrew: “We suggest building a comprehensive bilateral strategic trust-building mechanism, especially real-time situation notification within the low-Earth orbit range, to prevent misjudgments caused by unexpected factors.

This mechanism can ensure that no matter what unexpected situation occurs, both sides can eliminate the other side's wrong intentions within 3 to 5 minutes to stop certain illegal actions that exceed the limit and break the balance! "

This was pointing at the monk and calling him bald, and Lu Jianfei had a blank expression on his face.

The other side seemed a little indignant, and finally they began to whisper to each other and discuss this temporary proposal.

After a few minutes, Lu Jianfei raised his eyebrows and responded: "We agree with the idea of ​​establishing a mutual trust mechanism, but we also agree that expanding the scope of this mechanism to the world can better ensure the common security of the earth."

After hearing the word "global" in the translation, Andrew's expression eased a lot, and he felt much more satisfied. He then took the opportunity to test the waters and said,

"According to the proposal of our experts, we can establish a set of early warning monitoring network based on low-orbit, medium-orbit, high-orbit and synchronous orbit satellites, manned space stations and manned aerospace vehicles, with two sets of people on the ground and in space on duty at any time, which can be linked with the highest command center.

Both parties have the same right to know the status of the monitoring network at any time to prevent emergencies.

Of course, if it needs to be expanded to a global scale, a corresponding monitoring network with global coverage may be needed, and even ground and sea observation centers may be needed as confirmation. "

After Andrew finished speaking, Lu Jianfei secretly complained for a while, feeling that she was worthy of being called Amei. She was really good at making use of the topic to make something out of nothing.

Not only do they monitor the world strictly and openly in the name of peace, but they also build observation centers in other countries' territories or territorial waters in the name of "for your own good."

Of course, if it is expanded to the world, there will inevitably be more than just two parties involved, but just like the combined fleet and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, the rules are fair, but the results may not be.

"We fully agree with your opinion."

Lu Jianfei answered without hesitation:

"Strengthening the construction of a global mutual trust mechanism is an important guarantee for maintaining world peace!"

……

"ASML announced that because TSMC is currently in an abnormal operating state, it will temporarily stop providing subsequent spare parts and warranty services."

"Shin-Etsu Chemical said it will temporarily suspend the supply of consumables to TSMC in the next few months due to production capacity reasons."

“The high-purity silicon supply industry has been affected, with previous suppliers suspending delivery contracts.”

"..."

Zhang Siren stood in his office, stuffing important documents into his briefcase one by one, while listening to the latest news brought by his secretary.

Good news: TSMC is in our hands! Wafer production capacity has doubled, chip production capacity has doubled, and process technology has been greatly improved!
Bad news: The upstream and downstream of chip production are very dependent on suppliers. Due to the current regulatory measures and Aramco's support, many important suppliers are calling for quitting. Without these high-purity chemical raw materials and mechanical spare parts, TSMC will not be able to operate normally.

However, Zhang Siren was not in a hurry, as if he didn't care at all.

Because there is good news:

There are domestic ways to replace all the things that are cut off. Huanghe Semiconductor still has a large number of key chip production technologies such as lithography machines. Even if TSMC is cut off from supply, it can quickly resume supply by giving them some time.

Even better news: TSMC still has a large backlog of orders that have not been delivered. If it breaches the contract, it will need to pay huge compensation according to the contract.

This sounds like bad news, but with the backing of national finances, this amount of penalty is insignificant compared to the value obtained. By the way, it can also legitimately transform the production line and provide development space for domestic semiconductors.

As one thing grows, another shrinks, and the spring of the ternary system is coming!
(End of this chapter)