Chapter 525: Kusai wants to buy Soviet weapons in bulk
Of course, Kusai heard about this incident, and, in detail, he said: "You are referring to the fact that your Air Force shot down a Korean Airline passenger plane, right?"
"What we shot down was not Korean Airlines' passenger planes at all! They were all caused by the CIA. It was an electronic reconnaissance plane disguised as a passenger plane!" Speaking of this, Balkovsky said angrily: "But the Americans did a very concealed job. We did not seize the advantageous evidence, so that they were hyped around the world. Our Soviet Air Force did it at all!"
"Is that?" Kusai asked in surprise: "The Americans went crazy and came up with such an idea! This should be condemned by the international community!"
"Yes, but we can't find any evidence now. I heard that a cargo ship in your country caught a surviving person on this plane. If this person is handed over to us by the Soviet Union, we can expose the American conspiracy internationally!" Balkovsky said. He had already explained everything. If he came down, it depends on how the other party answered.
"Is that right? I haven't received such a report yet. If there is, I will definitely hand him over to the Soviet Union! The Soviet Union and Iraq have always had very deep friendships. Soviet experts can be seen in our air bases and on our tank production lines." Kusai said: "We in Iraq attach great importance to our relationship with the Soviet Union. We can deepen our friendship and let the cooperation between us reach a new level."
"Yes, we have a deep friendship with each other. If we can continue to cooperate with each other, it will be of great benefit to both of us. This time it is an opportunity. Just hand over this person to us the Soviet Union..." Balkovsky didn't know what his Excellency Kusai was thinking, so he had to follow them.
"We are now entering a new stage in the war with Iran, but our weapons are still lacking. So, I want to import another batch of weapons from the Soviet Union." Kusai said: "I believe that the arrival of these batches of weapons will help us strike Iran more favorably."
His Excellency Kusai finally wants to import weapons from the Soviet Union again? Balkovsky was delighted that Iraq was originally a traditional exporter of Soviet weapons, but since Kusai entered Iraq's political arena, it has gradually become westernized and purchased a large number of weapons from the West. On the contrary, he was not interested in Soviet weapons. This made the Soviet senior executives in charge of weapons exports a little dissatisfied. They expressed their wishes to the ambassador to Iraq several times, and they must convince Iraq to purchase Soviet weapons!
It was not until Gorbachev visited Iraq and promoted the relationship between the two countries that he pushed the export of weapons one step further, and the export was given to the Iraq-72 tank production line. With a part of the foreign exchange income, Kusai has now offered to buy Soviet weapons. While he was happy, Balkovsky was also secretly speculating that Kusai was very smart. Is the weapons he wanted to buy able to be exported?
The Soviet Union's foreign arms sales were also restricted. Many weapons used by the military could not be exported in order to avoid leaking secrets to the West. For example, the export version was reduced.
Balkovsky looked at His Excellency Kusai with a smile and took out a document and took it over.
Turning to the first page, there are Sam-11 and Sam-13 air defense missiles. These two types of missiles, the former is a medium-low-altitude, medium- and short-range maneuverable air defense weapon system similar to Sam-6, which mainly undertakes field air defense tasks, and the latter is a maneuverable all-weather short-range surface-to-air missile weapon system, which are both recently equipped by the Soviet Union a few years ago. Exporting it to Iraq will probably have certain resistance, but the problem will not be very big.
On the second page, it is the Mi-24 armed helicopter. There is no problem with the export of this helicopter, because the Iraqi army was equipped with a batch of Mi-24 armed helicopters, which played a very good role in the battlefield between Iraq and Iraq. When Balkovsky looked at the number, there were a total of 100 aircraft! This was a considerable order for the Soviet helicopter industry, and he was very happy. However, looking down, eighty of them needed to be produced by themselves in Iraq, not only the body, but also the engines. What does this mean? Iraq still wants a production line!
Balkovsky's face began to sink, which was completely impossible. In the Soviet Union, only two helicopter manufacturers, Alshenev and Rostov, were producing such helicopters, and there was never a precedent for exporting production lines.
Iraq, this is asking for a price all over the place!
The third page is what Kusai proposed last time to purchase Soviet large computers. Iraq is preparing to popularize wireless communications in major cities. A large amount of data exchange requires large computers to support it. Last time I was rejected. I am unwilling to give up this time, so I have to propose it again?
On the fourth page, there are 24 Su-25 attack aircraft. This attack aircraft has a large amount of ammunition and is a magic weapon to deal with ground forces in cooperation with the Mi-24. This can be met. But looking down, Iraq requires the Soviet Union to only provide the body. As for avionics equipment, Iraq needs to choose a European avionics to modify it! It requires technical support from the Soviet Union to complete the modification. Iraq is so angry that it wants to import Soviet weapons, but also thinks that the weapons are not good enough?
Balkovsky hardly wanted to continue watching. Now, can Iraq threaten the Soviet Union by relying on a lucky person who was very useful to the Soviet Union?
Fortunately, the file was not very thick, and he finally turned it over on the last page. However, when he saw the words on it, he felt like he wanted to vomit blood. It said that the OP-23 surface-to-ground tactical missile, Iraq means using this missile instead of the backward Scud missile!
"We have always had friendly relations with the Soviet Union. This time we spent a lot of money to introduce these things from the Soviet Union, which was also a huge amount of income for the Soviet Union." Kusai looked at Balkovsky's expression and said as if nothing had happened.
You look generous. You know, if Balkovsky reports this agreement, if he reports it back, will the Moscow executives withdraw him immediately?
Kusai looked at the change in expression of the person in front of him, and felt a sense of complacency.
He racked his brains to come up with this agreement. Since he decided to regain benefits from the Soviet Union, he had to salvage it. What good things did the Soviet Union have? What did he lack? Kusai is very clear.
Now his air force has begun to gradually equip Phantom 4000 and F20 fighter jets. The two are highland matched to complete the mission of seizing air supremacy and ground bombing. However, he still lacks the main front-line ground support aircraft. The F-20 has insufficient ammunition capacity, and the Phantom 4000 is too expensive. China's Flying Leopard is still a long time away from equipping the troops. Therefore, it is very important to import a solid front-line ground attack aircraft like Su-25. Similarly, the Mi-24 armed helicopter also has great advantages in ground support. Although Ku
Sai prefers Western armed helicopters, such as the American Apache. However, the United States will never export such helicopters to Iraq. In contrast, the Mi-24 has been widely equipped in Iraqi troops and has accumulated a lot of experience in use. It is also a good choice. The backward fire control system of Su-25 is untolerated by Kusai. Moreover, it also needs to load electronic equipment to allow this attack aircraft to be integrated into the C3i system that Iraq has begun to build nationwide.
The Mi-24 production line is just used when bargaining. Kusai is very clear that it is very difficult to get the production line of this helicopter. If it can be done, it is the most suitable one. Now produce it yourself first, and when the Soviet Union collapses, recruit the people from this design bureau and in Iraq, you will have the ability to develop helicopters. If not, you must continue to equip this helicopter, expand the proportion of armed helicopters in the army, and let the army put on the iron wings of flying, which will greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army.
As for the two field air defense missiles and large computers of Sam-11 and Sam-13, Kusai must take advantage of this opportunity. Sam-11 can be considered an upgraded version of Sam-6. Its function is the same as "Sam-6", but its performance and power are much stronger than "Sam-6".
Sam-13, with a range of 500-5000 meters and a shooting height of 25-3500 meters. It mainly attack fighters and helicopters.
Now Iraq has only a few air defense missiles, mainly deployed in major cities, and there are very few field troops moving forward, which is very unfavorable. Therefore, Kusai is determined to introduce these two types of air defense missiles to improve the air defense capabilities of the troops. Although the Iranian air force has been almost defeated, they will face more threats in the future, such as Israel and the United States.
More importantly, the Sam-11 missile also has a derivative model, the naval SA-N-7 system, which uses the same single-stage solid rocket engine 9m38m1.
The 9m39m1 missile is equipped with modern-class missile destroyers and other warships.
With the construction of the c3i system, the demand for large-scale computers is becoming increasingly urgent. Taking this opportunity, such computers are also necessary.
The last op-23 missile, the SS-23 "Spider" missile, was developed in 1977, officially produced in 1979, and equipped with troops in 1980. Due to the use of advanced solid-fuel rocket engines, the length of the missile is only 7.5 meters, which is 3.6 meters shorter than the "Scud" missile, while the maximum range has increased from 300 kilometers to 500 kilometers. In addition, advanced inertial guidance technology has been used, and the circumferential deviation has been reduced to within 350 meters.
The Soviet Union used the ss-23 missile to equip the battle tactical rocket brigade of the group army, replacing the original equipment "Scud" missile. It is not only used to strike tactical targets on the battlefield, but also to strike deep targets in the range of the battle. More importantly, compared to the scud, this is a solid-fuel rocket, Iraq's nuclear weapon, and it requires a vehicle to have a vehicle. In terms of ballistic missiles, it is still blank. No matter how thick-skinned Kusai is, he is embarrassed to write about a big guy like SS-20, so he has to start with SS-23!
In his heart, Kusai was very interested in the Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles, but he could never buy or steal those things, so he had to start slowly from what he is now. What's more, he is also constantly developing cruise missiles.
Balkovsky said in a very embarrassing face, "Only Mr. Kusai, these agreements are very difficult for us to implement. Many of the military secrets involved in our country cannot be exported."
At this time, Balkovsky would rather be an ambassador in a small Eastern European country. There, the Soviet ambassadors had a very tough attitude, and they were not like here, and they had to beg for each other.
Relying on himself to capture a key person, he threatened the other party. Kusai knew that although he did this, he could never show it. If the Soviet Union gets angry, his life would be difficult. Therefore, you must be polite to the people in front of you. Let him stand on his own stand and persuade the top Soviet leaders to export these weapons!
"Mr. Ambassador, I just said that Iraq and the Soviet Union have a deep friendship, so I made up my mind to buy these billions of dollars worth of goods from the Soviet Union. This is also a great opportunity for your country. As far as I heard, General Secretary Andropov of your country is a very pragmatic leader, and he is actively developing your country's economy. If these funds from Iraq can flow into the Soviet Union, it will be of great help to the current construction of the Soviet Union and deepen the relationship between the two sides. And you will also gain a good impression in the hearts of the leaders because of promoting this transaction." Kusai said: "You also know that my relationship with Gorbachev, the Minister of Agriculture of your country, is very good. I can also submit this business to your country's top leaders through him, but at that time, you will have no contribution."
The balance in Balkovsky's brain began to tilt towards Iraq, but his mind was still clear: "My Excellency Kusai, I can actively apply for some of these projects to the country, but some of them are really powerless."
There is a chance! Kusai asked: "What projects can we do?"
"The export problem of two types of air defense missiles will not be very big. Su-25 attack aircraft and Mi-24 helicopters can only export the entire aircraft, large computers and ballistic missiles, which is very difficult. Especially ballistic missiles, which violate the international missile output agreement, are missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers, cannot be exported." Balkovsky said.
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