The Kingdom of Sweden is located in the southeast of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Nordic, with an area of ​​about 450,000 square kilometers. It is the largest country in Nordic. The name of the country comes from Swedish, meaning "King of Peace".

In fact, this country is indeed a quiet country. At present, when the Cold War was clouded in the world, Sweden was not affected at all, because Sweden's national policy was neutral. What was the Cold War? In World War II, Sweden did not stand on the side of the Axis or the Allies, but maintained a rare neutral attitude. During the entire war, Germany did not invade Sweden. From 1940 to 1945, Sweden's peace and tranquility formed a sharp contrast with Europe in the war.

After entering the Cold War period, there were clouds of wars over Europe, and the Soviet Union's powerful steel torrent could cross Germany and enter Western Europe at any time. Sweden was still away from the east and west camps and maintained its neutral position. But Sweden was not an "ostrich", nor a "dove of peace". It adopted a very active national defense policy, using powerful armed forces to defend its sovereignty, interests and neutrality, and developed very strong national defense scientific research and manufacturing capabilities based on the original national defense industry.

During the Cold War, the main equipment of the Swedish army, especially the naval and air force equipment, were developed and manufactured by our industrial enterprises. For example, in the most important air force equipment, there were the three famous road angel sisters: the Dragon, the Thunder and the Gripen fighter (the Gripen was still in the development stage at this time), which was unique in the multiplier of the air combat force and early warning aircraft. When other early warning aircraft carried a mushroom plate, it carried a big bamboo rattle.

When it comes to Sweden, people in the future often think of IKEA home furnishings, Ericsson mobile phones, and Volvo cars. This small European country with a population of less than 9 million and a land area comparable to Gansu Province is also an absolute military power. Especially in the manufacturing of weapons, Sweden's achievements in national defense have made Americans envious.

Iraq's leaders have long realized the need to diversify weapons import channels, especially after the United States imposed sanctions on Iraq, and this demand became even more urgent. Although Iraq's ultimate goal is to produce high-tech weapons on its own, it is definitely not a closed-door operation. Iraq needs to fully absorb the development of existing weapons and equipment, learn from the strengths of many families and the technology of the United States. It is undoubtedly the strongest, but the United States' technical barriers are also the largest. At the same time, NATO countries led by the United States must also listen to the voice of the United States in exporting weapons. If the United States does not nod, they cannot sell weapons to Iraq.

France withdrew from NATO, so France can sell weapons at will, but not every French weapon is advanced enough to meet Iraq's needs, and French weapons are expensive. Therefore, Kusai has already set his sights on another major weapon exporter: Sweden!

As the situation in the Middle East became more and more intense, a delegation of Shikmat, sent by Kusai, came to Sweden, with the focus on discussing their active sky flash missiles with Swedish Saab.

In future air combat, active air-to-air missiles are definitely a trend. After over-visual air combat has become increasingly the main combat style, active air-to-air missiles that are not required to be fired can allow carriers to escape danger more quickly. Even if the last twenty kilometers are the active guidance range, it can increase the pilot's survivability in future air combat.

Iraq has invested considerable energy in the active Sky Flash missile, and Sarah of the British Oushen Electronics Company has devoted great efforts. They hold shares in the British Aerospace Company and participated in the Active Sky Flash project. Moreover, they have won the joint investment of Saudi Arabia and Iraq to help British Aerospace continue this project that cooperates with Saber.

However, the subsequent US sanctions and the UK's follow-up made the project delay indefinitely. Kusai decided to put aside British Aerospace and cooperate directly with Saber!

Sweden is located in the northern part of the northern hemisphere, and even 15% of the land is in the Arctic Circle. However, affected by the Atlantic warm current, the winter is not too cold. Most areas have temperate coniferous forest climates, and the southernmost areas have temperate broadleaf forest climates.

After getting off the plane, Hickmatt's representative team met William Scheller, the head of the National Defense Research Institute under the Swedish Ministry of Defense, and Swin Tobias of Saber.

The fact that these people came to greet him made Hickmat feel very surprised. You know, this is only their first time to Sweden, and it can be said that it is the first time that Iraqi senior officials have come to Sweden. In the past, they had no intersection with Sweden. Now, Sweden's solemn affairs have surprised Hickmat.

Sweden is a small country and has not invested heavily in weapons. However, the fact that its own military industry can achieve such huge development is also a very important part of exporting weapons. Now, Iraq has taken the initiative to send people to inspect Sweden's projects, which makes Sweden very excited. The French have made a lot of Iraqi money. Now, it is finally Sweden's turn!

Therefore, Sweden attaches great importance to this visit from Iraq. They carefully studied the current Iraqi army equipment, hoping to open up various markets and quickly occupy Iraq's military market. Moreover, through Iraq, it can also radiate to the entire Middle East. For example, after Iraq used Phantom 4000 and T-72, didn't Saudi Arabia and Kuwait all expressed their purchase intention?

"Friends from the Middle East are welcome," said Scheller.

"It's a great honor to be able to come to this beautiful country." Hickmat said, shaking hands with the important Swedish figure who was greeting.

Scheller and Tobias also shook hands one by one. When they looked at the Iraqi personnel coming, they seemed to see countless dollars injected into their military-industrial enterprises.

Under the leadership of Swedish personnel, Hickmatt visited the Saber Company. In 1937, the Saber Company and the Elok Jofos jointly established the Saber (some translated as Saber) aircraft company. In the early 1950s, the Saber Company developed the Saber-29 fighter aircraft developed by the Saber Company was widely used in the Korean War. Saber Company made its own brand in the world in this opportunity. Later, the Saber Company merged with the Scania-vabis car factory established in 1890 to form the Saber-Scania Group, becoming an industrial group in the world that simultaneously manufactures high-tech products such as aircraft, cars, trucks, tanks, rockets, satellites, computers and communications.

Shikmat visited Saber with great interest. Although Iraq now has various weapons production lines, Shikmat was still very interested in visiting their fighter jet production lines. He found that compared with Iraq's production lines, there is a huge advantage here, which is fully skilled technical workers! This is the result accumulated by industrialized countries over the years.

After the visit, the two sides held a meeting to discuss projects that Iraq is preparing to introduce.

Iraq is here to prepare for the project of the active Sky Flash missile. Sweden is very clear about these aspects, so the first topic of negotiations is about this kind of missile. Until now, Saber is still in the development stage, and the progress has been slow because the joint development company British Aerospace has always been slow to be in place.

"We are here this time mainly because of your active Sky Flash Missile Project." Hickmatt said: "We have learned that you have been working with British Aerospace for this kind of missile, but the UK has no funds to spend on this project at all, so we hope to replace the UK and become your partner."

Although he knew that the other party came for this kind of missile, Scheller, Tobias and others did not expect that Iraq did not want to directly introduce this kind of missile, nor did it mean to introduce production lines, but to invest money to participate in the development of this kind of missile.

The Iraqi side, the idea proposed is even more bizarre. Putting aside the British and working with Iraq?

You should know that this project was originally cooperated with the UK, and the missile bodies were provided by the UK. Sweden was mainly responsible for the development of the most important seeker. The two sides cooperated together to seize the future air-to-air missile market.

The UK's economy has been sluggish recently, and accordingly, expenditures on national defense will shrink. Even the hunting early warning aircraft that they have studied for several years and are almost successful were eventually sold to Iraq. The subsequent sanctions have terminated Britain's exports to Iraq, and the boycotts of Arab countries have led to even more recession in the world economy.

If we continue to cooperate with the UK, it is very likely that this missile will end in vain, but if we turn to cooperate with Iraq, the UK will face contract disputes.

So, as soon as Hickmatt made this statement, Sweden hesitated. In the past, Iraq only made a sound, bypassed British Aerospace and cooperated with Saber, but that was just to force British Aerospace to make concessions. But now, it is real. Iraq must kick the British out of this plan and insert it in by itself! Because the British is too much!

Originally, Iraq and Saudi Arabia each invested 50 million yuan to help British Space continue to complete the active sky flash missile project, and at the same time ordered a batch of such missiles.

However, the British then imposed sanctions on Iraq in accordance with the requirements of the United States. At this time, Iraq had invested 5 million US dollars and wasted such a waste. Saudi Arabia suffered a loss. Although there was Sarah's relationship in British Aerospace, when this was a national policy, no matter how big a company was, it was powerless.

So, this time I must make fun of the British and let them vomit blood on their own!

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