Chapter 611 Arms Sales to Iraq
"Yes, it's our Hussein-type sounding rocket." Saddam said: "The guidance system of our sounding rocket is very primitive. I hope Pakistan can improve it with advanced electronic technology."
"Okay." Mhamad said: "We can improve for you, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, our improvements must be carried out in secret and not known by other countries, especially the United States."
"That's of course." Saddam replied: "To keep it confidential, I hope your country can send technicians to our Iraq to make improvements. All kinds of expenses will be paid by our Iraqi side."
Although Iraq has long become poor after the Iraq-Iraq War, Iraq is still an important oil exporter in the Gulf. As long as it can produce crude oil, it will have new revenue. Saddam spares no effort in the military, especially ballistic missiles!
If the Hussein missile guidance system is improved and the accuracy is within 50 meters, it will be a big killer weapon!
"We now have 100 Hussein missiles in our country, and we hope we can improve them as soon as possible," Saddam said. "I hope we can sign this improvement agreement."
At Saddam's strong request, the two sides signed an agreement that the improvement fee for each missile was 50,000 US dollars, and the contract totaled 5 million US dollars. As for Pakistani technicians working in Iraq, they would receive an additional remuneration.
The unit price of the Scud missile is actually only $150,000 now, and the improvement cost of $50,000 is already a lot. However, electronic technology is very expensive now, and ballistic missiles can only make up for the defect of no nuclear warhead if the hit accuracy is high enough.
After discussing this contract, Saddam was very satisfied and appreciated Pakistan's defense industry. The next day, he visited Pakistan's tank manufacturing plant. Seeing Pakistan's latest main battle tanks and advanced tanks with welded turrets, Saddam continued: "I don't know how this tank performs compared to our t72 tank."
Now, the most advanced tank equipped by the Iraqi army is the T72. All equipped in the Iraqi Republic Guard is the sharp knife of the Iraqi armed forces.
However, the performance of this tank is not advanced. Originally, the t72 tank was a simplified model of the Soviets. After being exported to Iraq, it was even more of the monkey version. It is said that between the two layers of armor, the places where composite armor was originally installed were sand. Such a tank was OK when confronting the Iranian chief tank. When fighting against the American m1 tank, there was only a lot of beating.
The tanks in Pakistan are different. They adopt the overall design of the Leopard tank, and the low turret is used, with a large engine power. The fire control system is advanced, and the armor is also highly confidential for Pakistan. The overall capacity is far greater than that of the T72 tank, and it can face the m1 tank head-on!
Should we export advanced armor to Iraq? Mhamad made a decision after just a little comparison: the Iraqi army must be made stronger!
The reason is very simple. According to Saddam's nature, after the Iran-Iraq War, he wanted to pay back the debt. Invasion of Kuwait not only allowed him to lose the huge loans in Kuwait, but also allowed him to take all the wealth of Kuwait for himself. Therefore, the Gulf War is almost indispensable.
Mhamad is not a saint. Although he could predict what happened in the Middle East, he could not stop it. Since he could not stop it, he had to try to push it in a direction that was beneficial to him.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait, even if it turned against the entire Middle East, it would have turned against the entire Western world. The United States will quickly make a decision to send troops to the Middle East and help Kuwait restore its regime!
This war in history was a battle to restore the confidence of the United States. The various high-tech weapons of the United States came on the stage, which made Iraq unable to fight back, and soon drove the Iraqis away from Kuwait. Moreover, the Americans began to be full of confidence in their combat effectiveness. The haze of the Vietnam War was gone. From then on, the Americans began to point fingers around the world and interfere in other countries' internal affairs. This was a very bad start! Especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States became a unipolar power, which was very unfavorable to Pakistan. Pakistan now has vaguely possessed South Asian hegemony and had a good relationship with China. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the Americans must find new enemies to serve as excuses to continue to maintain their huge military expenditures and maintain their global deployment of troops.
At that time, the United States will definitely check and balance China and Pakistan, and Pakistan will have even more sad days, which is something Mhamad absolutely does not want to see.
Therefore, Pakistan should help Iraq to turn the Gulf War into a war that makes Americans bleeding and allow them to continue the failure of the Vietnam War!
It is best to let the Americans suffer trauma in this war, and the Americans will not be as powerful as the future generations! If they want to achieve this goal, they must make Iraq stronger.
In war, the most dead people are of course ground combat! Exporting Iraq to some main battle tanks that can harden the M1 tank is also beneficial to Pakistan.
And in the future, during the battle, the Americans found that this kind of tank was difficult to deal with and would not blame Pakistan. Because now, Saddam is still a hero in the Western world, and as for the devil, it is Khomeini.
Only when Saddam took action against Kuwait did the United States begin to vilify Saddam.
Thinking of this, Mhamad said: "Of course, our tank and a model specially improved for desert areas are exported to Iraq, which is very suitable for Iraq's terrain. How many vehicles do you need?"
"Two hundred vehicles." Saddam said: "We need to order two hundred vehicles first and continue to order later. The total number may remain about five hundred vehicles."
"Our factory price is three million US dollars, including various ammunition, four million US dollars per vehicle. Can you accept it?" said Mhamad.
Four million US dollars! Although it includes ammunition, the price is not cheap. You should know that the 69 tanks ordered by Iraq from China are only hundreds of thousands of dollars per vehicle.
"Our main battle tank has a 1,500 horsepower engine." Mhamad said: "The maneuverability is excellent, and the fire control system can support shooting while moving. The shooting accuracy of the dynamic countermeasures is as high as 80%. The 120 mm large-power cannon can ensure hits at a distance of 2,000 meters. These are the most advanced technologies. In the future, wars will not be an era of winning by quantity."
"The price is not high, we can fully accept it." Saddam said.
"In addition to main battle tanks, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles should be equipped with a large number of weapons." Mhamad said: "Your desert areas are many, ordinary cars are not suitable for the harsh environment in the desert area. The troops should develop towards mechanization. Equipping a large number of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles can give the army a faster response ability, especially wheeled infantry fighting vehicles equipped with anti-tank missiles. The 8*8 series wheeled infantry fighting vehicles we developed on them is very suitable for your needs. Moreover, the Red Arrow 8 anti-tank missiles equipped on them can penetrate the armor of any Western main battle tank.
The Red Arrow 8 is an excellent anti-tank missile. Pakistan has introduced a complete set of production lines for production and is also installed on various vehicles. For example, among the wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, there is a special anti-tank missile launcher. In the desert area, it is elusive and kills tanks behind sand dunes, one hit and one hit is accurate!
Now, all these equipment are sold to Iraq! By then, Americans will be in trouble.
"Yes, we must be equipped with wheeled infantry fighting vehicles." Saddam said: "The number of such infantry fighting vehicles must be large, at least there must be thousands!"
The wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are cheap and have very low cost of use. After negotiation, the two sides signed a contract of 1,000 vehicles for a price of 500,000 US dollars per vehicle, and Pakistan will gradually deliver them in the past five years.
"President Mhamad, we have gained a lot when we come to Pakistan this time." Before returning home, Saddam said to Mhamad: "The friendship between Iraq and Pakistan will last forever."
"Mr. President Saddam, our beliefs are the same. In the past decade, Iraq has fought arduously with Iran in order to deal with Iran's export revolution, and you are the hero of our world." Mhamad said: "No matter what happens in the future, we Pakistan will firmly stand on the same front with your country."
"No matter what happened?" Saddam's eyes lit up: "President Mhamad?"
"Yes." Mhamad said: "Whatever happened."
If you have to click on it, you can't be too straightforward. If Mhamad said directly, Brother Saddam, come on, I will give you spiritual support and dig a hole for the Americans later, Saddam will definitely notice it. How do you know I am going to invade Kuwait?
The arms dealers are shameful, and Mhamad must support Saddam in order to continue to develop healthy domestic military-industrial enterprises. Moreover, in Mhamad's mind, a series of plans have begun to be brewed.
Chapter completed!