Some things seem accidental, but when you look deeper, there is always something that is inevitable.

The quarrel in Khrunichev's conference room continued, but the power struggle above was not the whole of this era.

Although the Russian economy has suffered an extremely severe blow, it has improved a little compared to the situation after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The poor people went to the streets to sell clothes and exchange food for military medals. Perhaps the food supply in Russia has improved slightly, or it may be that the number of clothing and military medals is limited after all.

But no matter what, the people of this former empire can finally struggle to survive.

Moreover, some people live quite well, even beyond imagination.

Dimitrogozin is such a person. As a former defense system official, he is the so-called "successful person" who seized the pulse of the times and changed his life in one fell swoop.

Compared with the original history, Russia's power was greatly weakened. The Khitans' process of taking office relied heavily on military power and had to continue to rely on military power to protect their power in a foreseeable time. Therefore, they were burdened with a heavy financial burden and greatly weakened the Khitans' power and prestige.

Military heads have become a group that cannot be ignored in Russia's political and economic aspects.

Dimitrogozin relies on this fact to achieve a reversal of his life.

In 1993, Khrunichev, together with Energy Company and Lockheed, the United States, established an international launch service company to undertake international satellite launch business.

However, a good friend cannot cook without rice. Although the newly established international launch service company can obtain business through Lockheed, it does not have a rocket that can be used to launch!

Doing business requires capital, and launching satellites requires rockets. Satellite service providers cannot provide rocket production funds in advance, so Khrunichev needs to take out the money to produce a rocket himself, and then collect money from others after shooting it on the satellite.

But does Khrunichev have this money? Not to mention Khrunichev, even the national finances of Russia do not have this money!

what to do?

Dimitrogozin, an official of the Ministry of Defense at that time, came up with a solution.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia and the United States signed an intercontinental missile treaty to reduce the number of strategic weapons on both sides.

As an important strategic weapon of Russia, the UR100N intercontinental missile only allows Russia to retain 105. At this time, Russia has 170 UR100N in its arsenal, and another 65 almost unopened 99 new UR100N intercontinental missiles need to be removed.

Instead of destroying these missiles, why not use them to launch satellites? This is a profitable business.

Dimitrogozin relied on his internal relationship to destruction of these missiles. After obtaining control of the missile, he signed a rocket rental and sale contract with the International Launch Service Company - renting it first and then selling it. The missile storage is calculated as the rocket rented by the International Launch Service Company, and he has to pay another sale fee when he hits the sky.

In this way, Dimitrogozin didn't even have to pay for renting warehouses and logistics.

To destroy missiles, you must first get some money from the Ministry of National Defense, rent and sell missiles, and then get some money. At the same time, these missiles are stored in the warehouse of the international launch service company, which is not missiles but rockets. You can also mortgage your property and borrow money from the bank.

In this process of making money from nothing, Dimitrogozin has accumulated amazing wealth.

Of course, it is not easy to convert UR100N intercontinental missiles into commercial rockets. UR100N is an intercontinental missile launched by underground wells. It is equipped with high-quality nuclear weapons and military satellites, which can fully withstand acoustic vibrations caused by underground well launches. However, commercial satellites do not have such good seismic resistance and cannot use underground well launch methods.

However, using ground launch, the design of intercontinental missiles is considered based on underground well launches, and they cannot be launched in open air.

So what to do?

It's easy to do too!

Dimitrogozin used the money from the mortgage loan to transform an on-ground "silo". He used steel rings to circle the rocket's warehouse below, virtualizing the environment of a on-ground silo... becoming a unique on-ground silo in the world.

The renovation cost is only a drop in the bucket compared to his income from this business.

And how many of these are the contenders and ghost plots, they are really comparable to a legend like a Hollywood commercial blockbuster.

Does anyone think of this plan in the Ministry of Defense? How did he convince the Ministry of Defense to hand over the business to a private organization? Is anyone within Khrunichev accusing this loss of state-owned assets? How did Dimitrogozin suppress the investigation of himself? How did he become a supplier of international launch service companies? Isn’t this method of renting first and then selling? You should know that if the International Launch Service Company had not admitted that these missiles were rockets, Dimitrogozin would not only fail, but the storage and transportation costs alone would make him bankrupt. At that time, wouldn’t it be better for the International Launch Service Company to acquire these missiles from banks in the name of bankruptcy property?

Otherwise, Dimitrogozin is really a legendary figure. With so many impossible possibilities, he made it possible.

The sword light and sword shadows in this are so exciting.

It’s a pity and a pity that such a wonderful story is really unknown to everyone. I’m afraid no one can piece together its full picture, and no one can see it anymore.

With this single operation, Dimitrogozin became a major oligarch in the Russian aerospace field. After the 65 intercontinental missile-transformed proton rockets were used, Khrunichev began to use newly produced rockets to complete the launch business.

However, it was at this critical node that all five consecutive launch missions failed.

Russian Prime Minister Chernomerkin has been staring at Khrunichev from the beginning and issued multiple instructions in succession, requiring the international launch service company to ensure the launch success rate. However, even so, the failure of these five consecutive launches still seriously hit Khrunichev's international credit, and for a time, no one cares about the international launch service company's commercial orders.

As a state-owned enterprise, Chernomerkin can be said to have tried every possible way. He checked the accounts, dispatched supervisors, transferred the main figures of the former management, mixed sand from the main business department, and seconded the capable business personnel from other units. He visited the on-site office and used almost all the solutions he could think of.

But the rockets that were on the launch site should fail or fail, as if the Proton Rockets should not succeed at all.

The problem is that the production costs of these five rockets are all advanced by the state. The failure of the launch means that the national finances have lost all their money, which is really a damaging blow.

Against this background, another kind of remarks began to emerge in the government. Since Khrunichev has become a financial burden, privatization can at least get rid of the burden and obtain a valuable cash asset?

Such arguments gradually became mainstream in the media and system as individual voices failed in the first five launches. Among them, the Independent and Spark Weekly made great efforts, and Berezovsky even used his internal relationships, which put a lot of pressure on Melkin.

As we all know, Berezovsky has a close relationship with Gusinsky. As for Gusinsky, in addition to being one of the seven major financial oligarchs in Russia, he is also a Russian media tycoon. The Khitans were able to win in the second round of referendum, and Gusinsky made great contributions to the media war.

You should know that in his heyday, Gusinsky even dared to say, "It's just a monkey, as long as we want it to be president!" In any case, the Khitans did not have the courage to offend, and they would not offend Gusinsky from the perspective of interests.

Under such huge pressure, Khrunichev's privatization finally got on track. In Khrunichev's privatization bid, the one with the greatest chance of winning is of course Dimitrogozin.

Behind Dimitrogozin, it was not just himself. It was not just a Lockheed Martin, not only an international launch service company, but also some senior officials of the Ministry of Defense, not just these hungry oligarchs...

In order to make Dimitrogozin pay more, Khrunichev and others have no good idea.

But for some people, they don’t need to show enough value - as long as people realize how much damage they can cause. Just like the Tianjin gangsters before liberation, I can’t cure others, can I still harm myself?

I stab myself, and I will be scared to death.

"All the newly produced proton rockets failed to launch, which obviously caused design problems during the commercial launch transformation."

Garin Gerb, general manager of Khrunichev Space Center, finally stood up. No one expected that he would hit the board on him: "After our research, the engineers unanimously agreed that the most likely problem was the inertial navigation system. If the inertial navigation system fails, then it is obvious that these satellites will not be able to appear in the correct orbit anyway."

"So after research by the leadership of the space center, it was unanimously decided to demote the chief engineer of the inertial navigation system, Plesezke, and hold commercial civil liability penalties."

"It turns out that the proton rockets we produce are fine, and the Khrunichev Space Center has always been the pride of Russia's aerospace field. Our failure is not systematic, it is just trusting someone who is not trustworthy."

"All this is the fault of Presek, chief engineer of the inertial navigation system."
Chapter completed!