Chapter 441 Argentina's Type 42 Destroyer
Not rich? If it were in the past, it might make sense, but now Pakistan has robbed India and is already a rich country. War is the easiest way to create wealth. How much war reparations have the Indians paid? Pakistan is still poor? Besides, how is this possible if it wants to give their warships for free? The United States also made money through transformation, but it was discovered by Pakistan.
Edward said goodbye and left, Musha Af said to Mhamad: "Sir President, we have made the British angry, and we are afraid that we will not be able to complete this transaction."
"Hmph, I could have ignored the matter of their deducting our Nizam Khan's wealth and completed the deal with them, but they dared to speak out and ask us for 50 million US dollars. Our money is not so easy to be cheated." Mhamad said.
"What should we do?" Musha Af said.
"Find alternatives," Mhamad said: "Those who have regional air defense capabilities are not the British who have them."
In addition to Britain and the United States, can we still find the Soviet Union? Musha Af frowned immediately. Although the Soviets are now open and even fighter jets like the Su-27 dare to push them into the international market, after all, Pakistan has fought with the Soviets for so many years, and in recent years, it has even beaten the Soviets even harder. How could the Soviet Union sell warships to Pakistan? Even Gorbachev, who relied on Musha Af, agreed, he always had to take care of the emotions of the people below?
"Who?" Musha Af asked.
"Argentina." Mhamad said: "Send people to contact Argentina. They are now in a hurry to sell their two Type 42 destroyers and two T-submarines. Let's just buy them together."
The Type 82 destroyer is the pride of the British Royal Navy. Unfortunately, after the aircraft carrier plan was ruined, such destroyers became hot potatoes. The price was too high to be built or used.
As a result, based on the 82 destroyer, the UK developed a destroyer with a small displacement, the 42 type, which was also equipped with javelin air defense missiles, becoming the main air defense weapon of the British Navy.
During the Cabernet War, the weaknesses of the Type 42 destroyer were revealed. In order to reduce costs, the military limited the displacement of the entire ship; in order to increase weapons and electronic equipment, the shell structure of the entire ship was simplified. The thin-shell hull was used, so the structure was weak, easy to penetrate, and easily caught fire due to heat. Many of the structures inside also used light aluminum alloys, which had a low ignition point of only a few hundred degrees. As a result, after being shot, it caught fire directly. This was how the Shelffield and Coventry were hit.
However, in addition to these factors, there are many facts that have been overlooked. The Argentine Navy also has Type 42 destroyers, and there are two!
The British dared to sell everything for profit. At that time, in the development stage of the 42 model, Argentina ordered two ships, one built at the Barroinfurness shipyard in Vickers, and the other built at the AFN Naval Shipyard in Osantiago, Argentina. Vickers provided the components of the second ship. The total cost was 30 million pounds.
The first ship, Hercules, started construction in June 1971 and was delivered to service in 1976. The second ship, "Holy Trinity", started construction in 1971, but unexpectedly occurred while installing, and was attacked by left-wing terrorist bombs, causing the hull to sink. It was delivered in early 1981 and put into service in July. Afterwards, it arrived in the UK for testing. Then, it suddenly returned to Argentina in early 1982. The Argentine Navy was ready, but unfortunately the British top leaders did not respond.
Therefore, when the Flying Fish missile was used to sank the Shelfide, the British did not lose money, and the Argentine Air Force was also aware of the situation, so they had the same type of warship!
After the Battle of the Falklands War, the Argentine military government collapsed and its military strength began to shrink significantly. Due to the evil relations with Britain, the two Type 42 destroyers began to decline in their integrity. Therefore, the Argentine Navy had long been interested in selling these two warships.
At the same time, the two T-submarines were also incompletely built, but the Argentine Navy, which lacked military expenditure, was unable to operate and use these two submarines and pushed them into the international market. The only thing that was interested was Taiwan. Unfortunately, after the mainland issued a statement, it was ruined.
After two more years of release, the Argentine Navy's requirements had long been lowered. In the past, they planned to sell for a high price, but now they almost sold it for money. In fact, Mhamad had been interested in these warships before, but he had never taken action. Argentina's temperament was gone, so he could bargain.
Four ships are packed and bought together!
At the same time, this can also put pressure on the British.
After receiving the instructions from Mhamad, Musha Af immediately sent people to Argentina to discuss the purchase of these four ships. The two 42 models, each of which has been in service for ten years, are priced enough, and the two submarines have not been used much after they are built. Just like stock cars, the price is higher, each of which is 10 million. In this way, 30 million US dollars can be bought.
At the same time, Mhamad also gave two million US dollars in activity funds. If necessary, he could bribe those officials. This method would work in any place and those officials who had benefited could give the green light to the acquisition.
What Mhamad values is that besides the two Type 42 destroyers, there are naturally these two submarines. The current Pakistani Navy is almost an empty shell, and the aircraft carrier formation is even less large. With these two submarines, it can act as the underwater protection force of the aircraft carrier formation before there are nuclear submarines. It is impossible to confront the United States. It is completely fine to bully the navies of weak countries.
For these two Type 42 destroyers, Mhamad valued the most the javelin missiles above. Although Argentina did not have many missiles, this is a bait, a bait that made the British take the bait!
The Pakistani representative who went to Argentina to negotiate was very smooth. A few days later, he sent back the message. The Argentine Navy was very happy to learn that someone had taken over their hot potatoes and immediately stated that it could be sold at the price set by Pakistan.
So, under the leadership of Navy Chief of Staff Zahar, the Pakistani Navy went to Argentina to receive these warships and carry out training.
After learning the news, the British were shocked.
Originally, they thought Pakistan had no choice but to sell standards to Pakistan. If Pakistan wants to have regional air defense capabilities, it can only choose British javelin missiles.
Now, they were half guessing. Pakistan chose the javelin missile, but it was not the British Type 82 warship, but the two warships from Argentina!
Argentina's Type 42 warship is simply a shame for the British navy! If we had known that the Cabernet War would break out in 1982, Britain would never have exported the Type 42 to Argentina! And now, these two warships continue to cause trouble for Britain and are actually competing with its own Type 82 destroyer!
There is no buyer of the Type 82 destroyer that our side intends to retire, and potential customers have already purchased the Argentine Navy warship! The British were so angry that they planned to wait for Pakistan to continue to come to find it.
Argentina has very few javelins. Even if Pakistan buys them, if they want to make them practical, they need more bullets and have to buy them with the UK. At that time, the UK can open its mouth and ask for a missile of 500,000 US dollars.
However, a few days later, the British intelligence agency received a notice from the CIA that domestic technicians in Pakistan were conducting reverse surveying and mapping of javelin missiles with Chinese technicians!
Reverse surveying and mapping! This is China's specialty! Although it is only 1987, China has shown its talent in this area. Although the sea javelin missile uses a liquid ramjet engine, this single-use engine is not very technically difficult. China's aerospace technology is very developed. When this missile is surveyed and mapped, China and Pakistan can have this missile at the same time!
The British who received the news were very angry. It turned out that when Pakistan purchased the Type 42 destroyer, it had long thought of reverse mapping! Moreover, Pakistan's electronic technology is very developed now, not only can survey and map, but also improve and produce better ones!
What to do? The British ambassador came to Mhamad again.
"President Mhamad, we heard that you were going to reversely map our javelin missiles, and we were very shocked. This missile was produced by us in China. You did this as an infringement." Edward said to Mhamad.
Infringement? In later China, infringement was too common. Pirated novels on the Internet were flying everywhere, and the country had never made great efforts to crack down on piracy.
Mhamad glanced at Edward and said, "Infringement? We reverse mapping is Argentina's missile, not your missile. Our transaction has nothing to do with your country, right?"
"We also exported Argentina's missiles," said Edward.
"Then you go and find Argentina." Mhamad said: "We surveyed and mapped this missile, which is an agreement with Argentina."
"The agreement is invalid, we are the manufacturer of this kind of missile!" Edward was almost angry.
"The wealth of Nizam Khan is also from our Pakistani. You Britain will not count the wealth directly on the heads of the Indians, and then embezzle them all on the excuse of the Indians' breach of contract?" said Mhamad.
Chapter completed!