The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 518 Things are changing

In the evening.

I had dinner here with my leader. The dinner was simple, with three dishes and one soup.

Not long after we finished eating, leaders from the China Aerospace Industry Corporation and the military came over.

Then the sale of Dongfeng-3 missiles was discussed.

When the leaders of China National Aerospace Corporation and the military heard this, they were very excited. Sell it! Why not sell it!

Before, they saw that the China North Industries Corporation was making huge amounts of money, so other ministries and commissions had to go to the China North Industries Corporation to beg for US dollars, so it was inevitable that they would have to do a lot of favors.

Now, the situation has changed and good days have finally come to China National Aeronautics and Space Corporation!
To be honest, China North Industries Corporation used to be the most popular company in the country every year, so it was impossible for them not to be envious.

Even the China Aerospace Corporation has become a subsidiary of the Panshan Group Corporation under the China Ordnance Industry Corporation. It can even be said that it is a subsidiary of the Southwest Ordnance Industry Corporation under the Panshan Group Corporation, and specializes in producing the "Eagle Strike" series of missiles and the "Aegis" series of missiles for the Southwest Ordnance Industry Corporation.

After deducting costs, the China Aerospace Corporation can only earn some hard-earned money and barely make ends meet.

If we can get these 50 billion US dollars now, even after deducting the costs, we will have a profit of 49 billion US dollars.

With such a huge amount of money, 49 billion US dollars, if invested in China's aerospace industry, the aerospace industry would have taken off long ago. It would be impossible to surpass the United States and the Soviet Union, but at least China would not be without its own fighter jets, helicopters, air-to-air missiles, and air-to-ground missiles!

In the military industry today, those who live the most comfortable lives are those in the weapons industry system.

Why can you live the most comfortable life?

It’s just because you have money!

With the large amount of foreign exchange earned by Panshan Group every year and the continuous capital injection, even if it is military-to-civilian conversion, it can help the factories in the weapons industry system to move into the urban area to rebuild the factories with a clean slate, and then be neatly incorporated into the local industrial bureau or provincial industrial department.

In comparison, the military-to-civilian conversion of other weapon systems has to rely on state funding, so it is no exaggeration to say that they are in dire straits.

As for helping Saudi Arabia build missile bases and train personnel, this is just a small matter.

After seeing these people’s statements, the old man made a more determined decision.

Just as Liu Tao said, on the current international stage, China is just a supporting role. The United States and the Soviet Union are the two poles competing for hegemony, and they are the protagonists.

If the sky falls, there will naturally be tall people holding it up.

China only cares about making money and accelerating its own development. Many development problems actually boil down to money issues. If they seem to be problems now, it’s because there is no money!

If you have money, many problems will no longer be problems.

With this money, the troops can be equipped with a batch of advanced missiles and also develop more advanced missiles.

When people offer money to my door, there is no reason to refuse it.

The next day, the leader took Prince Sultan to visit China's strategic missile base and took a close look at the Vostok-3 strategic missile that they were about to purchase.

Before this, no foreigner had been able to visit China's missile base in this way.

Prince Sultan was very happy after personally visiting the Vostok-3 missile.

Sure enough, this trip did not disappoint him. With a good friend to help, things progressed quickly.

To be honest, he had previously tried to purchase the US military's "Lance" ballistic missiles as a test of purchasing the US military's medium-range ballistic missiles. However, the US government believed that Saudi Arabia's move would completely undermine peace in the Middle East, and one end of the scale would tilt towards Arab countries, which the US did not want to see.

Although Israel has advanced weapons, sufficient funds and technology, as well as a systematic combat plan, the country is indeed only the size of a palm. A few missiles can destroy a large number of key facilities and institutions in Israel, and the country will face the risk of paralysis.

What's more, Israel does not have a systematic missile defense system. Even though the United States supported Israel's "Patriot Missile" a few years ago, its interception rate against artillery shells and missiles was not satisfactory.

The United States naturally does not want the balance in the Middle East to be broken, so even the "Lance" ballistic missile with a range of 200 kilometers is very taboo and it directly rejected Saudi Arabia's request.

The Americans are not even willing to sell short-range missiles like the Spear, let alone medium-range ballistic missiles.

After several years of efforts, Saudi Arabia had to give up and turned its attention to China.

Because China is the third country in the world to possess medium-range ballistic missiles.

Moreover, in recent years, the relationship between the two sides has continued to heat up!

While the two sides were negotiating on the purchase of Dongfeng-3 medium-range ballistic missiles, Liu Tao took the opportunity to spend some time with his family.

Now that I have returned to the capital, I can't just finish my business and leave.

At the same time, Liu Tao also learned about the results achieved by the two sides in the negotiations after the US delegation arrived in China.

It can be said that both parties got what they wanted.

The United States cut off one of Libya's channels for obtaining weapons, and at the same time asked China to cooperate in certain aspects. China also imported a large number of agricultural products to solve the problems caused by domestic drought.

In recent years, China has suffered severe drought. Every year, a large amount of grain is imported from overseas for disaster relief and water conservancy construction.

If large quantities of food had not been imported from overseas, no one knows how many people would have starved to death.

China has also received support from the United States in its "rejoining the WTO". It can be said that China's "rejoining the WTO" has entered the countdown.

Although China needs to commit to further reforms and provide a timetable for reforms in relevant areas, there will be external pressure in this regard, but it is also a driving force for further reforms.

Just when Liu Tao was leaving Beijing, Saudi King Fahd's special plane officially arrived in Beijing to start a three-day visit to China.

China welcomed King Fahd's visit with great ceremony. Such high ceremony is rare and occurs only a few times a year.

This also fully reflects China's respect for King Fahd and Saudi Arabia!

When the two sides held a press conference, there was no mention of military trade, but rather they were talking about deepening cooperation in economic and trade areas.

After all, all of these have to wait until all matters are completed and arranged before being released in some form. This will have a deterrent effect on necessary countries and at the same time avoid some external interference.

By that time, everything has been done, the overall situation has been determined, and some external interference will be of no use.

Liu Tao took a plane back to Kunming City, Yunnan Province.

This time, Panshan Group will set up three companies, and these three companies will be relatively unique. They will not take 100% holding, but will disperse the shares to create a confusing effect.

Because these three companies will be listed in the United States!

The headquarters will be located in Hong Kong, and research institutes will be built in various parts of China. Some research institutes will also be built overseas, but the main body will still be in China.

(End of this chapter)