The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 728 Satisfactory Great East Wind
The live TV broadcast also provided commentary on the DF-3.

Everyone in Saudi Arabia who was watching the live broadcast on TV was shocked.

"Missiles? Our country actually has missiles this big?"

"Damn Saddam, I was always worried that the bastard would invade our Saudi Arabia. After seeing this DF-3, I feel safe and at ease now. I can sleep well at night and no longer have to worry about the invasion of Iraq!"

"Our country actually has such powerful missiles to protect us! Now I am extremely safe!"

"Should be fired at Baghdad to warn the damn Iraqis!"

"I'm just curious, could it be a nuclear warhead?"

"So majestic and cool! If you have this thing, why don't you take it out for a walk earlier? It's keeping me from sleeping well these days."

"If Iraq dares to invade us, this big guy will bomb Baghdad!"

Countless Saudis were excited at this moment.

Since the situation became tense, Saudi Arabia has also felt tremendous pressure.

The Saudis were particularly frightened by the fact that the Iraqis occupied the entire territory of Kuwait in just a few days.

Countless Saudis are nervous, scared, and ready to escape at any time.

But now, this tension and fear disappeared in an instant.

With the DF-3, Saudi Arabia has such a powerful weapon and no longer needs to fear the Iraqi invasion!

King Fahd gave a speech to the Saudi people in high spirits, "Our army is capable of maintaining national security and protecting people's lives and property. Once the country faces an invasion, these weapons of mass destruction will be launched immediately and fly to the capital of our enemy."

At this moment, King Fahd felt that buying these DF-3s was totally worth it!

It’s cheap and has a strong deterrent effect!
They also provided good after-sales service, teaching us step by step and then setting up a strategic missile base. They stayed there for several years without complaining about the whole process.

They will even help at critical moments.

Now at this critical moment, it is like a sword of Damocles hanging over the enemy's head.

The news quickly reached Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.

In the luxurious palace.

"What!? Damn it, they actually sold such a powerful weapon to Saudi Arabia!?" Saddam roared angrily after hearing the report from the intelligence department.

According to his plan, after defeating the US-led coalition, the Iraqi army would march into Saudi Arabia with the momentum of a great victory. By then, Saudi Arabia would surely surrender and he would easily capture it.

As long as Saudi Arabia is taken down, other Arab countries will be invincible and will inevitably change their ways.

His Babylonian Empire was established.

By then, relying on the world's largest oil reserves and the world's largest oil production, the Babylonian Empire will surely become a superpower, standing on equal footing with the United States and the Soviet Union.

But now, Saudi Arabia actually has a powerful weapon like DF-3.

This is simply fatal!

For a time, even Saddam was terrified of it.

He felt a huge threat, which was an instinctive reaction to his life being threatened.

He is a human being, and he is afraid of death!

Baghdad’s air defense force is very strong and has intercepted Persian planes and missiles, but the speed of planes cannot compare to the speed of missiles, and the Persian missiles are just backward missiles and short-range missiles.

DF-3 is a medium-range ballistic missile with an extremely fast speed. Can Iraq’s air defense force intercept it?

Even Saddam had no confidence in this.

If he cannot be intercepted, it means he will not be safe anywhere in Iraq unless he stays in the underground command center.

But how could that be possible? The Iraqi army suddenly calmed down and stopped provoking on the Saudi-Iraqi border.

The Kuwaiti National Army and Saudi Arabian troops are being expanded and trained, and weapons are arriving in a steady stream to arm these armies.

The wealthy Saudi Arabia and Kuwait even armed the armies of brother Arab countries such as Egypt and Syria to form an Arab coalition.

The entire Arab coalition expanded rapidly.

Including 50 troops from Saudi Arabia, 10 troops from Kuwait, 10 troops from Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, etc., 5 troops from Egypt, 3.5 troops from Syria, 1.5 troops from Pakistan, in addition to 8 mercenaries from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The entire Arab coalition has a total of 88 troops.

The Arab coalition is armed to the teeth, with 2500 tanks of various types, 4500 armored vehicles of various types, and more than 2000 combat aircraft. Although many of these are tanks and armored vehicles with relatively backward performance, such as the Type 59 tank, as well as some outdated fighter jets such as the J-5, J-6, and J-7, it is better to have them than nothing. Countries like Egypt and Syria are very envious of them.

As long as it is the Arab coalition, these tanks, armored vehicles and planes will belong to them after the war as gifts for their troops.

This is also why countries such as Egypt, Syria, and Pakistan are actively participating and are willing to follow Saudi Arabia's command.

The entire Arab coalition is led by Saudi Arabia.

The entire Arab coalition is armed to the teeth by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Middle Eastern oil-producing and wealthy countries, and every soldier wears a bulletproof vest and a bulletproof helmet.

By this time, all US troops had arrived, with a total force of 52.7 from the four branches of the military, including 29.5 from the Army, 8.2 from the Navy, 5.6 from the Air Force, and 9.4 from the Marine Corps.

More than 2000 tanks have been deployed, the main type of which is the Amrams M1A1, one of the land warfare equipment that the U.S. Army is proud of. It is equipped with an M-256 120mm tank gun that can fire depleted uranium armor-piercing shells. In addition, the M1A1 itself is also equipped with depleted uranium armor, which has outstanding protection.

美国陆军和海军陆战队当中还有2200多辆装甲运兵车，比如陆军的布雷德利M2系列履带式步兵战车、海军陆战队的LAV-25轮式步兵战车和AAV7A1型履带式两栖运兵车。

In addition, there are thousands of Humvee assault vehicles equipped by each infantry squad.

陆战队和陆军的作战直升机还有1700多架。其中陆军的主要是AH64‘阿帕奇’武装直升机、CH47‘支奴干’运输直升机、MD-530‘防御者’系列小型直升机以及HH-60‘黑鹰’多用途直升机等。海军陆战队有AH-1‘眼镜蛇’武装直升机、H-53‘海上种马’运输直升机、以及UH-1‘休伊’中型通用直升机等。

The Navy dispatched more than 200 warships, including 9 aircraft carriers, including the famous "Kennedy", "Raider", "Eisenhower", "America" ​​and "Lincoln". The carrier-based aircraft on them include F/A-18 "Hornet", F-14 "Bearcat" and others.

空军方面的作战飞机大约有1300多架。其中包括A-10攻击机、F16系列多用途战斗机、F15系列战斗机和目前世界最先进的F-117隐形战斗机。除了战斗机外，还有B-52战略轰炸机、B-1B战略轰炸机和世界上最先进的B-2隐形战略轰炸机。

The UK deployed a total of 3.7 troops, more than 100 combat aircraft, 16 warships, 220 main battle tanks and 170 infantry fighting vehicles. Most of the combat aircraft were the "Tornado" series fighters jointly developed by Europe. This fighter was jointly developed in the early 70s and put into use in the 80s. The combat tanks were mainly the "Challenger"-1, which is one of the main land combat equipment of the British Army. It came out in the early 80s and is equipped with a L11A5 120mm smoothbore gun and two 7.62mm machine guns. The body is also equipped with draped ceramic composite armor. The infantry fighting vehicles are mainly the "Warrior" series tracked infantry fighting vehicles. This infantry fighting vehicle was developed by the UK in the 70s and equipped with the army in 1986.

As for France, it has a total force of 1.2, 14 warships, 3 fighter squadrons, and dozens of tanks. The warships also include the aircraft carrier "Clemenceau" and other supply ships. The combat aircraft are mainly "Jaguar" multi-purpose attack aircraft. The "Jaguar" attack aircraft is a twin-engine multi-purpose attack fighter jointly developed by Britain and France in the late 60s. It was equipped with the French Air Force in the late 70s. This aircraft can perform various air combat missions or ground attack missions.

The remaining participating countries did not have many troops, ranging from a few thousand to only a few hundred, which was almost negligible.

The other countries sent a total of only 2 troops.

除此之外，还有只派遣海军和空军的。其中意大利派出了3艘护卫舰、1艘支援舰、2艘巡洋舰和10架战斗轰炸机；比利时出动了2艘扫雷艇、1艘补给舰、4架军用运输机和18架战斗机；荷兰派遣了2艘护卫舰和1艘战斗补给舰；西班牙派遣了2艘大型驱逐舰；澳大利亚派遣了1艘导弹驱逐舰、1艘护卫舰和1艘战斗补给舰；葡萄牙只派遣了补给舰在后方，主要是为英国海军运送补给和装备。

The remaining three countries, Denmark, Greece and Norway, each sent a combat ship.

The entire joint army has a total strength of 147.6 million, and its weapons and equipment are generally advanced.

The entire Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf appear particularly crowded because hundreds of warships gather there.

This can be said to be the first time that so many warships have appeared since World War II!
The entire 'Operation Desert Shield' was completed perfectly, allowing the coalition forces to gather without being attacked.

Live broadcasts are being conducted every day.

The entire news has always been ranked among the world's biggest news focuses, and the attention of the whole world is attracted here.

Some media used helicopters to take aerial photos, it was so spectacular, with hundreds of warships of various types, it was incredible.

At this point, no country would be optimistic about Iraq. After all, the coalition forces were too powerful, incredibly powerful.

Except for the Soviet Union, there is probably no country in the world that can resist the United Forces.

Any rational person would think that it would be better for the Iraqis to withdraw from Kuwait within the deadline and avoid this war, otherwise what awaits the Iraqis will be a complete failure.

Iraq is known as the world's third largest military power. Its military strength is very strong, but it is still far behind the military strength of the Soviet Union and the United States.

(End of this chapter)