The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 447 Capital is bloody (Subscription required)
In addition to exploring the domestic market, increasing sales in the domestic market and investing overseas, Takeshita Noboru also thought of other ways.

For example, lowering interest rates can release corporate loans into the real estate and stock markets.

As a result, as the yen appreciated and their wealth increased, ordinary people began to consume and buy real estate and stocks.

The real estate market and stock market will become Japan's reservoir.

Thinking of this, Takeshita Noboru quickly wrote down the idea that had suddenly occurred to him.

Of course, whether it can be done or not needs to be demonstrated by experts.

But at least these ideas can extend his life for at least another month.

At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in the United States, U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker showed no joy at all.

The extent of the depreciation of the USD/JPY this time was beyond their expectations.

The US government hopes that the dollar will fall, and the speed can be faster, but definitely not like it is now, with a drop of more than 10% in one day and a drop of 30.24% in a week, because that means the wealth of the American people will directly shrink by 30.24%, which is difficult for anyone to accept.

In the past few days, the American media has criticized them harshly.

In the latest polls, support has hit rock bottom.

They must find a way to deal with it, otherwise they will definitely be in trouble.

To be honest, the Plaza Accord was led by the United States, and five governments jointly intervened in the foreign exchange market to make the dollar decline against major currencies in an orderly manner in order to solve the huge trade deficit of the United States.

The agreement stipulated that the yen and the mark should appreciate significantly to restore the overvalued dollar.

In their scenario, after the Plaza Accord was signed, countries began to sell dollars, which in turn led to a selling frenzy among market investors, causing a sharp depreciation of the dollar.

In this way, the United States' huge trade deficit problem can be solved.

However, the rapid and drastic depreciation of the US dollar is a very troublesome problem.

The huge trade deficit is no longer a problem, but a new problem has emerged. If this new problem is not solved properly, they will all suffer.

"Then print another batch of dollars!" James Baker gritted his teeth and made a suggestion with a fierce look in his eyes.

The others frowned slightly at this suggestion, but still nodded in agreement.

It is not glorious in itself that the United States surpassed Britain to become the world's economic hegemon.

In fact, this is normal. After all, capital is always stained with blood!
Before we knew it, three months had passed since the first launch of a small launch vehicle.

Xichang Satellite Launch Center is China's satellite launch base. It was established in 1970 and is one of China's three major space launch centers. The Xichang Launch Center was put into use in 1982.

The Xichang Launch Center is located in a mountainous area, in Mianping County, LSYZ Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is one of the launch sites with the most complex local climatic conditions among the world's top ten launch sites.

At this time, at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the carrier rocket has been set up, and the "Beidou Test 2 Satellite" is on board the carrier rocket.

This new type of carrier rocket, named "Long March 56.3B carrier rocket" by Liu Tao, is 3.35 meters long, with a diameter of 2.25 meters for the first and second stages, a diameter of 3.0 meters for the booster, a diameter of 4.2 meters for the third stage, a maximum diameter of 458.97 meters for the satellite fairing, a take-off mass of 5.5 tons, and a synchronous orbit carrying capacity of tons.

Many experts from the aerospace field came this time.

This launch mission is indeed of extraordinary significance!

The Beidou Experimental Satellite No. 3 weighs exactly 5 tons.

Prior to this, Liu Tao had carried out two carrier rocket launches, launching two Beidou test satellites into space.

This time, the 'Beidou Test Satellite 3' is larger and heavier. Once it is successfully launched, it will serve in space for 10 years!
As the launch entered the countdown, the sound of the countdown "10, 9, 8, 7" reached everyone's ears, and the reporters also became nervous.

As a significant space milestone, reporters would naturally take photos and record it. ".3, 2, 1!"

"ignition!"

Tongues of flame spewed out from the bottom of the rocket, and the Long March 3B rocket flew straight into the sky.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, the rocket was safe and sound, and no accidents occurred.

In the night sky, the rockets are so dazzling.

In the command center, everyone's expressions eased a little. During a rocket launch, the first ten seconds are crucial.

Most launch accidents occur at this time!

But they cannot take it lightly now, because a satellite launch is only considered successful if the satellite is put into orbit.

The rocket continued to rise in altitude and fly farther and farther.

The ground is conducting tracking and observation, and continuously reporting the situation to the launch center.

140 seconds into the launch, during the first stage of flight, the boosters began to separate.

The four boosters successfully separated from the rocket. At this time, the rocket was located at 102°94' east longitude, 28°13' north latitude, an altitude of 61.75 kilometers, and a speed of 2.49 kilometers. At 160 seconds, the second-stage engine was shut down, and then at 343 seconds, the second and third stages separated.

Wait until 1540 seconds and take off the instrument cabin.

At 1630 seconds, the solar panels unfolded.

It can be said that at this point, the launch mission was a complete success.

There was warm applause inside the launch center.

All the astronauts were very excited. No matter whether it was a navigation satellite or because of its 5.5-ton carrying capacity, it had extraordinary significance for China's aerospace industry.

Mr. Qian came from Beijing to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. When the complete success was announced, he was so excited that he couldn't help but applaud.

He didn't expect that just over four months after his last meeting with Liu Tao, Liu Tao actually developed such a launch vehicle.

With this launch vehicle, many heavier satellites can be launched.

Liu Tao was also very excited at this time. There were already three Beidou test satellites, so as long as one more Beidou test satellite was added, four Beidou test satellites would be able to initially form a regional navigation system.

Moreover, Liu Tao has installed electronic thrusters on these "Beidou experimental satellites", which can change their orbits in space as needed.

Next, a series of tests will be conducted on the ground and corrections will be made.

It is estimated that it will take about two years to actually form a preliminary regional navigation system.

There is still a lot to do in the next two years.

In this regard, Panshan Group is cooperating with China Aerospace Corporation to carry out a series of tests, as well as subsequent navigation satellite launches, navigation system development, etc.

However, the successful launch of the Beidou Experimental Satellite 3 was not reported, and even the successful launch of the Long March B carrier rocket was not reported.

The United States or the Soviet Union would not be able to obtain accurate intelligence in a short period of time. They would only think that China had launched a satellite without knowing the specific situation.

The global satellite navigation system must be kept highly confidential and must not be known to the Soviet Union or the United States. Otherwise, with the aerospace capabilities of the Soviet Union and the United States, it would be easy for them to build a global satellite navigation system. By that time, China would have no advantages at all and might even be unable to maintain its development due to lack of a market.

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