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"Some time ago, Yisie Lian proposed to us to order a batch of new PW1120 engines and avionics equipment. We expect that this is a harbinger of the start of mass production of Yisè Lian's self-developed Lion fighter jets." National Security Affairs Assistant John Pendek ster said.

They all know that Israel has been developing its own fighter jets. At the beginning, it was converted into a Cub, but now it is developing a new type of Lion fighter. The American engineer hired by Israel has been in contact with this project and has a high evaluation. , I think the performance of this aircraft will be no less than that of the American F-16 fighter jet.

However, it will take at least three to five years for this fighter jet to complete its trial production and enter the Air Force service. Could it be that Israel has solved all the problems now, and is it going to mass produce this fighter jet?

Now, the F-16 fighter jets of the United States have entered service in many countries. The United States hopes that this fighter jet can become a common third-generation fighter jet for NATO countries and replace a large number of existing second-generation fighter jets. Therefore, the United States will definitely not It is hoped that a new fighter will appear to threaten the export of F-16.

Therefore, the United States sells F-16 fighter jets to Israel at a very favorable price. When there are enough F-16 fighter jets in Israel, it will interfere with their current Lion equipment. When necessary, the U.S. Strong measures will also be taken to suppress such actions of Israel's self-developed fighter jets.

But now, the United States has no reason. Israel has been sanctioned by the United States, and the fighter planes cannot be transported. If it continues to suppress Israel, then the sky of Israel may really belong to Iraq.

Hearing John's words, everyone was thinking about this issue. After a few minutes of silence, Bush spoke first: "Israel is related to our interests in the Middle East. Israel's weak air force cannot satisfy our checks and balances against Iraq. Yes, under the circumstances that we cannot change our attitude towards Iraq now, we need to help the Israeli Air Force to restore its strength. Therefore, we have to support the Israeli fighter jets so that they can be equipped with the Israeli Air Force as soon as possible. On the surface, our sanctions against Israel are still going on, and we have stopped arms sales. Those engine and other parts are spare parts needed by the Israeli Air Force, and we need to provide these spare parts to Israel. This is also You can bypass the attention of those reporters. Let’s go through this critical period first.”

You can't support Israel explicitly, you can't export fighters to Israel, and now, Israel has to manufacture its own fighters. The United States can't suppress it, it can only support it secretly!The United States also needs to continue to support the training of Jewish pilots in American bases, so that the Israeli Air Force can recover as soon as possible.Israel's ground troops have not been lost, mainly because of the air force.

By mistake, or called a blessing in disguise, because of this series of events, a fighter plane in the world that would die without a problem in later generations was finally born staggeringly.

Faced with the rise of Iraq in the Middle East, the United States finally began to take countermeasures. Qusay made several provocations before finally making the American people resent the Jews. However, the top leaders of the United States remained sober.

Iraq must develop rapidly and must integrate Arab countries. This is one thing that Qusay must do, and he has done it very successfully.Only by uniting the Arab countries and forming a core with Iraq as the backbone, can they become a powerful presence in the world.

In the process of Iraq's rise, it will inevitably violate the interests of many countries, and it will inevitably be regarded as a threat by superpowers. However, we cannot stop developing ourselves because of this. Only when we are strong can we make a strong voice!Great changes have taken place in the Middle East today, and the backs of the Arabs have hardened.

Qusay is mentally prepared. As Iraq grows stronger, one day he will face hostility and threats from the United States. This is what he must face. However, he will use various methods to delay the arrival of this moment. With one more day of preparation, Iraq will be stronger.

Soviet Union, Moscow.

Gorbachev listened carefully to the analysis of Defense Minister Marshal Sergei Leonidevich Sokolov: "Since ancient times, we have been looking for a channel that can open up to the Indian Ocean. The Middle East , is also very important to our strategy, so we have been supporting regimes in the Middle East, such as Egypt, such as Libya, but now, these regimes are now flirting with Iraq, and Iraq has a faint presence in the Middle East. The status of the leader, like this, is very unfavorable to us, because Iraq is different from Egypt, Egypt was completely against us at the beginning, but now, the relationship between Iraq and the United States is very close!"

Gorbachev breathed a sigh of relief after the previous Minister of Defense Ustinov died of illness. Being young is capital, and being young is also a burden. Because he is young, he does not have enough qualifications, especially, His ability to come to power is inseparable from the support of Ustinov and Gromyko. Gorbachev's attitude towards them is very friendly, but the views between the two sides sometimes differ. Big differences.

Fortunately, as the most powerful commander of the Soviet Red Army and the most powerful high-level personnel of the Soviet Union, after Ustinov died, Gorbachev was replaced by Sergey, although this is also Ge Romeko was nominated, but Sergei no longer had the momentum of Ustinov, and he supported Gorbachev's opinions.

Sergey was born in 1927. He participated in the Far Eastern Army's war against Japan and World War II. He has been promoted by military exploits and has rich combat experience. Before he became the Minister of Defense, he had been serving as the former commander-in-chief of the enemy with the Soviet Army and Turkey. The 40th Division of the 108th Group Army of the Stein Military Region entered Afghanistan, and since then served as the head of the combat command group of the Soviet Ministry of Defense in Afghanistan. On April 1980, 4, Sokolov was commended for his bravery and resoluteness in commanding the combat operations in Afghanistan, and his selfless and selfless work. , and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

In fact, Gorbachev was unwilling to let Sergey serve as the Minister of Defense, because Gorbachev had been considering the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. This was simply a denial of Sergey's final battle. However, at Gromyko's suggestion, he still agreed.

It was only when Gorbachev really took over the power that he felt that all of this was different from what he had imagined, because there were many hidden forces, and he finally saw that as the leader of the country, he still could not exert himself. ambition.

Fortunately, Marshal Sergey respects Gorbachev very much, and agrees with Gorbachev's insistence on reforms to improve the status quo of the Soviet Union.

Chapter 865 Rocket Engine Test Run

"The Middle East is very important to the Soviet Union. This is the passageway for us to go south. From these perspectives, if Iran has liberated Iraq and can lease the eastern region to us, it will be very important for us. For us, it is the most meaningful thing, but now, we have not seen any such expression from Iraq. On the contrary, Iraq is now fighting very fiercely with the United States. Therefore, we need to seriously consider our attitude towards Iraq. For example, to put pressure on us by terminating our arms exports to Iraq," Sergey said.

"In that case, all of Iraq will be pushed to the United States." Gorbachev said. In terms of military affairs, Sergey can be regarded as a veteran, but he still lacks political experience. Look at the problem from a point of view.

"You said, is it in our interest to have a neutral Iraq, a neutral Middle East, or a Middle East that is completely tilted toward the United States?" Gorbachev asked.

"It goes without saying that two Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the Middle East are pro-American. If other countries are pro-American, our south will face serious threats. Iran was pro-American at the beginning, and we have to share a part of it. Focus on guarding against Iran, and later Iran became neutral, and our pressure was relieved." Sergey said.If in the war of invading Afghanistan, it is still facing a completely pro-American Iran, then the battle for the Soviet army will be more difficult, because the Afghan guerrillas will receive continuous assistance from the United States from Iran, and it is almost impossible for the Soviet army to fight against the US. Gotta win that war.

"So, the current Iraq is still very important to us. We can make Iraq more friendly to us by continuing to export weapons to Iraq. We sell arms, which can shorten the distance between Iraq and Iraq. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a valuable source of foreign exchange to carry out our reforms through our relations with Russia?” Gorbachev said.

Gorbachev's opinion, of course, is to maintain a close cooperative relationship with Iraq and increase aid to Iraq.

"Iraq has a big appetite, and they simply don't like the weapons we traditionally export to the third world," Sergey said.

"So, we can export some advanced weapons." Gorbachev said.

Sergey was taken aback. Are you going to give Iraq the most advanced Soviet weapons?

"Our MiG-29 has just been equipped with troops to form combat effectiveness. It should take another two years to wait until the Su-27 has fully formed combat effectiveness before exporting." Sergey said.

"Iraq is not interested in the MiG-29," said Gorbachev, who had already sold it.

"You won't say that you want to export the Su-27 to Iraq, right? We have just equipped dozens of them, and we are preparing to improve electronic equipment such as radar..." Sergey had a premonition that this general secretary might be With this in mind, he thought for a while and said, "Didn't Iraq want to participate in our satellite navigation project last time? Maybe, we can really consider absorbing Iraqi funds..."

The satellite navigation project is too costly. Due to the tight budget, it can only be delayed again and again. Anyway, all the satellites are from the Soviet Union, so there is no need to worry about leaks.

Now that the United States has started to build a network, the Soviet Union has to speed up its pace.

For Gorbachev, if he wants to reform and alleviate the domestic economic situation, he needs to have enough funds. Therefore, Gorbachev began to think about how to alleviate the current situation .Iraq is very rich in funds, so try to attract funds from Iraq!

…… In the Abgar area in the east of the Hijara Desert, in this oasis in the desert, several huge buildings have appeared, and there is a railway track in one of the buildings, leading to a distant The iron tower, that iron tower, is a launcher.

This is where the dúlì of the Arab countries independently carry out their space plans, the Arab Space Company!

Arab Space Corporation?Still want to study launch vehicles?Regarding this statement, the first thought of all astronauts in developed countries is that Qusay is crazy.

The launch vehicle is the most sophisticated delivery vehicle. For example, when welding a certain line, if there is an extra welding slag, it will cause launch failure.Although the Iraqis can assemble advanced fighter jets on the production line, there is still a big gap in launch vehicle technology.

Because, another problem is that Iraq can introduce the production line of fighter jets and assemble fighter jets by itself, but no country will provide launch vehicle technology. To be precise, until now, it has been able to launch its own launch vehicle There are only a handful of countries, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, plus the European Space Agency. The Europeans had to unite 11 countries to come up with the Ariane rocket. The technology of the launch vehicle will not be provided by any country. Iraq , Just relying on the introduction of various advanced processing equipment, do you think you have enough capabilities?This is a complete joke!

Iraq does not have any technical reserves, and the only thing that can be used as a reference is probably the Scud missile imported from the Soviet Union. In fact, the launch vehicle technology originally came from ballistic missile technology. The Vostok rocket used by the Soviet Union to launch the first artificial satellite, It was refitted with an intercontinental missile. However, the Scud missile can only be regarded as a tactical missile. It will take at least 20 years to develop the Scud missile technology into a launch vehicle!

Because, this is a relationship between quantitative change and qualitative change. Scud missiles have less fuel, small engines, and short range. It is not enough to enlarge it correspondingly. There will be many problems involved in the process, and it is not about connecting several Scud missiles in series. Then you can increase the shooting range, and the technology inside will only pay off after years of hard work and exploration.

The principle of developing carrier rockets is actually the same as that of developing ballistic missiles. However, the development of ballistic missiles is for the purpose of delivering nuclear warheads. Ballistic missiles are needed only when they have nuclear weapons. Under the current situation, Iraq only needs to It is enough to have a Scud or even a more advanced spider missile. There is no need to develop such a perverted existence of intercontinental missiles. Is it possible to use high-explosive warheads on intercontinental missiles?The circumferential error of hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters will make it a huge cost without any practical value.

Until now, Iraq has not taken any step towards nuclear weapons. Therefore, the international community has never suspected that Iraq wants to develop ballistic missiles. It's just an exaggeration to catch up with the trend of the world.

Of course, they didn't know that, in fact, the first product of this high-tech company in the legal cloak of Arab Space Company was a copy of the Dongfeng-3 ballistic missile!

It is absolutely impossible to imitate Scud missiles. Even the advanced spiders can’t get into Qusay’s eyes. The range is too short. Only Dongfeng-3, a ballistic missile with four engines connected in parallel, is right. Iraq's advancements in space technology have had an adequate boost.

Reverse surveying and mapping, thorough understanding of the principles, imitation, and self-development, this process, Iraq has carried out very solidly, and Iraq also has this strength, because some processing equipment in Iraq is already more advanced than that of the eastern powers.

Here, all Arab space technology talents returned from Western developed countries and local Iraqi scientific research personnel are gathered. The general director of the project is Dr. Saadi.

In one of the large rooms, Saadi is leading the most capable team to overcome the difficulty of imitating the engine.

If you want a rocket to fly, the engine is also the key. Inside the rocket engine is a complex gas-liquid mixing process. In many cases, there is no model to set it up, and it cannot be obtained through calculation. The only thing is experiment, repeated experiment, To be able to design the most reasonable engine.

Fortunately, Iraq does not need to carry out this process, because the engine of the Dongfeng-3 rocket, which they imitated, has already gone through that process completely.

That engine has been quietly lying on the test bench, and all kinds of instruments have been connected. The next thing is to test the performance of this engine produced in Iraq.

Looking at the engine under the strict protection of fire protection facilities, Saadi felt a little excited. After several months of hard work, they had thoroughly understood the technology of this engine, and then, using domestic processing equipment and materials, imitated a tower.

Now, it's time to ignite and experiment with this engine.

"The test has been completed, the fuel is ready to be filled, and the experiment can be carried out at any time." A technician in a white coat said.

The aerospace industry is a sophisticated industry. When everyone comes in, they can't lose a single hair. They all wear professional white coats on board.

"You can start," Saadi said.

A rocket engine, unlike an aero engine, requires hundreds of hours of durability testing, it only needs to ensure normal operation for a few hundred seconds.