Chapter 1254 Sir, times have changed (second update, please subscribe)
Washington in mid-March was bathed in the warm spring light. Although the pedestrians on the street were still wearing spring clothes, the air was filled with The breath of spring.
In the garden outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Oval Office of the White House, the lawn that withered in winter has begun to grow young seedlings. Although the windows were closed, the spring light from the garden still shone into this office - this is the office of the most powerful ruler in the world today, at least that's what Americans think!
As the owner of the office, Kennedy also thought so - the United States is the best. Since World War II, this has been an almost eternal truth in the minds of these Americans.
Even in their world perception, the world is the United States, and the United States is the world. Of course, sometimes we need to face the real world.
At this time, the four people in the room were concentrating on studying another country far away from the United States.
“Iraq!”
Robert McNamara pointed to Iraq and said:
“If the rule of the Kingdom of Iraq can be restored, as a member of the Baghdad Pact, Member states can re-form the encirclement of the southern part of the Soviet Union with Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.
At the same time, northern Iraq is also extremely suitable for deploying missiles. According to intelligence provided by the Nanyang military, their new medium-range missiles. The range is only 3000 kilometers.
If deployed in Musandam, it can only cover Moscow, but deployed in northern Iraq, it can cover almost all major Soviet cities, including Leningrad, and most countries in the Warsaw Group. "
As Secretary of Defense, McNamara is extremely supportive of helping to restore the Kingdom of Iraq. After all, this will form a comprehensive encirclement of the southern flank of the Soviet Union.
"And more importantly, , which helped interrupt the Russian expansion in the Middle East. Now Iraq, like Egypt, is completely controlled by the Soviet Union! "
"Yes, Mr. President, since Qasim came to power through military reforms four years ago, Iraq, like Egypt, has become the spokesperson of the Russians in the Middle East, which has seriously damaged us. interests. "
As soon as Secretary of State David finished speaking, Robert asked:
"Will this become a trouble like Cuba?"
When it comes to intervening in foreign countries, the Kennedy brothers are extremely cautious. There is no other way. Who told them to listen to the experts in Cuba and eat A big loss.
“Even if it becomes a trouble, it is Nanyang’s trouble, Mr. President.”
David said:
“It has nothing to do with the United States. Nanyang sees opportunities in Iraq. In fact, the reason why they have refused to recognize the Qasim regime is for today - or in other words, to intervene in Iraq at the right time. This is also the reason why they support the Iraqi Princess Qadia. , they are now seeking the opinion of the White House!”
His subtext has been very clear. They are just asking for the opinion of the United States. Regardless of whether the United States is willing or not, Nanyang will eventually take action.
Of course the United States does not have to support them, but in the end it has to face reality. Instead of doing that, be a good person.
After the Secretary of State finished speaking, looking at Iraq on the map, Kennedy thought for a while and asked:
"Why did they intervene in Iraq? In comparison, Britain, Britain Iraq’s interests are broader.”
“Mr. President, Nanyang’s offshore oil fields in the Persian Gulf have determined their focus on the Middle East. The United Kingdom may have once hosted Iraq and has extensive interests in Iraq. ——But that is all in the past, and Britain is very happy to see the Qasim regime overthrown. After all, the Qasim regime had nationalized the Iraqi oil company two years ago."
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Although many records mention that Iraq nationalized the oil industry in 1972, in fact, it had already begun during the Qasim era. After Qasim was overthrown, due to lack of technical strength, Iraq once again introduced Foreign investment, oil extraction, and more than ten years later, nationalization began again.
I can only say...the pigs were fattened and then killed!
But even so, a group of fat pigs still rushed over to be killed.
“But as we all know, although the British oil fields have been nationalized, British public opinion does not support the British in safeguarding their oil interests.
After all, Britain and Nanyang are different , Nanyang is different from us. They can send out their troops to attack Iraq at any time as long as they want. There is no need to consider any pressure from public opinion, and of course there is no need to consider the resistance of the opposition. After all, there is no opposition in Nanyang. .”
When he said these words, David's expression became a little complicated. No matter that the Western world has always used the "Miracle of Nanyang" to prove the success of the Western world, as we all know, there are extremely significant differences between Nanyang and the Western world.
That country doesn’t even have “discovery”, and almost none of other political things in the Western world, so what is there?
That’s capitalism!
Absolutely 100% capitalism - can any capitalist except Nanyang control a country?
So, many times, when it comes to criticism from the outside world, Nanyang’s answer is light-we are different from you.
Yes, Nanyang is different from any other country in the world.
He is a mixture of a kingdom and a private company. The so-called "republic" is actually just a name that connects the kingdom and private companies.
Modern society is extremely unfamiliar with this type of national government that has never existed in human history. Of course, it is impossible to use the traditions of various countries to ask it.
It is precisely because of this that Nanyang can act unscrupulously without considering public opinion or domestic opposition.
This is Nanyang’s advantage!
"So in other words, Iraq is likely to be controlled by Nanyang in the future? Will Nanyang's control of Iraq have an impact on our interests in the Middle East?"
"Mr. President, we need their help. Even in the Middle East, Nanyang's intervention in the Middle East will help our confrontation with the Soviets."
David looked at the president and said:
"The most important thing now. The most important thing is to defeat the Russians. We need Nanyang to rush forward to stop the Russian expansion in the Middle East. Of course, we can also do it ourselves, but Mr. President..."
Looking at the president, David did not. Continuing, he was obviously telling him - or else we'll end up on our own! Faced with the Secretary of State's silence, Kennedy thought for a while and then asked:
“When will they take action?”
David replied: “Later this year, Mr. President!”
“Keep in touch with them, we have to Make sure to get the news there as soon as possible."
McNamara said on the side:
"Yes, Mr. President, the Ministry of National Defense will establish a liaison group with Nanyang for communication between the two parties!"
Nodding, Kennedy looked at the map again and said:
" Also, if it is convenient, we should invite Princess Aditya or Prime Minister Saied to visit Washington. We cannot allow Nanyang to expand its power in the Middle East. The United States can also play an important role in it. Let them know that when they do, After returning to Baghdad, we will definitely need help from the United States.”
Peach picking!
I, Kennedy, am still very good at it!
In this way, with everyone's own thoughts, Washington agreed to Nanyang's plan - to help restore the Kingdom of Iraq!
As a result, there were more people involved in the Iraqi affairs, which originally only involved Nanyang.
"In addition to the CIA, the Pentagon will also send a liaison team to jointly implement the "Sky Garden Plan" with us. According to the agreement reached between us, the United States will provide Iraq with 500 Ten thousand dollars of armed equipment.”
Listening to Cheng Peng’an’s introduction, Li Yi’an looked out the window. At this time, his mind was not on Iraq, but on the Naval Research Institute.
“They are nothing more than some old M1 rifles and M1 carbines. It is simply a crime to let the Royal Army use them against the AK47s in the hands of Qasim’s troops. Those American generals in the Pentagon have no idea about the war situation. Things have changed and the M14 is behind the times! ”
Apart from complaining, Li Yian also knew that people are like this in many cases. Only after they have learned a lesson will they wake up. Only after the US military suffered losses in Vietnam will they realize that times have changed.
“Times have changed...”
Listening to Your Excellency’s sudden emotion, although Cheng Pengan was a little confused, he still agreed:
“Yes, times have changed! ”
When did the times change?
No one knows, but for the Naval Technology Institute, they don't know when they opened the door of the times.
“...At your suggestion, we sponsored the Applied Physics Laboratory of Taiping University four years ago to conduct a research project. The main goal is to experimentally prove that position positioning can be achieved by using the characteristics of terrain profiles. Then there was the possibility of correcting the inertial navigation system. In 1959, the Air Force Avionics Equipment Laboratory began to use small laser ranging devices to replace radar altimeters and conduct several flight tests to see if it could improve position accuracy..."
In the Naval Research Institute, while Li Yi'an was listening to the researchers' reports, he cast his eyes on the launcher in the distance. Its structure is similar to the US military's MK-13 single-arm tilt launch system, but it is a product of the Nanyang Defense Department. Developed separately, it is a multi-purpose launcher that can not only launch Tianjian 2 anti-aircraft missiles, but also Aslok anti-submarine missiles. In the future, it will also integrate anti-ship missiles.
However, it is launched now Hanging under the frame is a missile more than 5 meters long.
“Two years ago, we used the modified BQM-34A “Firebee” UAV to successfully conduct a flight test of the cruise missile’s terrain matching guidance system at the missile range. Four Firebees were used for the test. For the cruise missile guidance system test, 3 aircraft were modified, and the fourth aircraft was used as a backup. A series of tests were conducted under different wind speeds, and it was found that the influence of wind speed on the guidance of low-altitude flight was an extremely important issue. In addition, it was also under different terrains with varying heights. Verify guidance system accuracy
During the test, the "Firebee" took off from the ground and was recovered with a parachute. The first flight took more than 30 minutes, and then dozens of tests were conducted. In order to avoid radar detection, it must fly at ultra-low altitude. Sea-launched cruise missiles are required to fly at an altitude of less than 30 meters. Tests have proven that the arithmetic deviation of the circle is less than 160 meters.
The guidance system tested on the "Fire Bee" used many standard parts. The missile uses a radar altimeter to ensure it flies close to the ground, and uses a terrain matching system to accurately correct the missile's position at specific points on the route. The real-time measured data is compared with the data stored in the computer. ”
During the introduction by the technicians, Li Yian looked at the report in his hand. Compared with the missile on the launcher in the distance, the photos in the report were more intuitive. Its appearance looked extremely familiar—— A cylinder, the shape of a typical Tomahawk missile.
This is the "Tomahawk"!
Nanyang's Tomahawk, although it does not have a GPS satellite positioning system, is guided by terrain matching. system as well as the inertial guidance system, which was still manufactured
To a certain extent, it can be regarded as the original model of the Tomahawk missile, or the "Tomahawk Ski" version... In fact, even the Ski version cannot compare. After all, its performance has shrunk significantly. .
Because there is no suitable small turbofan engine, it can only use a small turbojet engine, which results in its range being only 870 kilometers.
And it uses inertial navigation plus terrain matching guidance. Although its hit accuracy is very high compared to missiles of this era, the circular probability error is far less than that of Tomahawk or Tomahawk.
“What is its hit accuracy?”
“50 meters!”
When the researchers on the side answered, they had unconcealable pride on their faces. They had enough reasons to be proud. After all, for now, this is the missile with the highest hit accuracy in the world!
“It can carry a 500 kilogram warhead and accurately hit a building 800 kilometers away!”
During the researcher’s explanation, Li Yian nodded and said:< br>
“Then launch!”
With the command given, the cruise missile on the launcher, driven by the solid booster, flew into the sky, watching the drag At this moment, a thought flashed through Li Yian's mind as the cruise missile dragged the smoke from its tail.
Times have changed!
(End of this chapter)