Chapter 951 Qeshm Naval Base
"This time, in order to rescue the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Soviet Union invested nearly 20,000 people in total. These people were more or less infected with radioactive diseases, and some of them died within a few weeks. In order to prevent the impact on the personnel, they moved a total of one million residents. In addition, because Unit 4 could no longer provide electricity, the direct economic losses to the Soviet Union were about 8 billion rubles, and the indirect losses may be more than ten times that of this number." President Reagan listened to the report of CIA Director William, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.
Although Reagan was attending a meeting just an hour ago, he told the camera that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was a disaster for mankind. In the face of disaster, everyone should join hands to overcome this difficulty together, but in fact, they were still thinking about a good opportunity they got from this.
What a good rhetoric, it can make the United States have a good image in front of the world. Unfortunately, it was snatched away by that guy Cusai. Could that guy Cusai really stand at the height of all mankind? Then I can only say that Cusai is too stupid. He is too young and doesn’t know what politics is!
Politics is always the dirtiest.
The US president first needs to consider the issue from the perspective of the US.
Now, while the Soviet Union was too busy to take care of itself, the United States could finally free up its hands to do something that it wanted to do!
"Although countries around the world donate enthusiastically, the money that was finally collected was less than 100 million US dollars. This money was a drop in the bucket for the huge losses of the Soviet Union. Moreover, due to the influence of radioactivity, Western European countries decided to refuse to import various exposed agricultural products from Eastern Europe in the next ten years, such as vegetables, and also ban Eastern European milk and other products to prevent entry into the human food chain." Another person said.
"Under this situation, the Soviet Union has absolutely no energy to interfere in what is happening internationally." Weinberg said with a smile: "Our navy and air force are all ready. This time, we must teach the person who lives in the tent a lesson!"
This plan was planned by Weinberg. He personally suggested to the president that it is time to solve the problem of the person who gave them Americans a great headache!
Gaddafi! This unruly guy thought he was the god of Libya. He did all kinds of things that drove the Americans crazy. Originally, the relationship between the United States and the Libyan government was very harmonious. The United States also rented a Wheelers Air Force Base in Libya. However, after Gaddafi subverted the Libyan regime, Libya completely turned to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union provided a total of about 6 billion US dollars worth of arms to Libya, including 2,000 tanks, a large number of MiG23, MiG25 fighter jets, submarines, and missiles. The Soviet Union also sent a huge military advisory group of up to 1,000 people to Libya.
Moreover, what the United States cannot tolerate is that Libya handed over the Wheelers Air Force Base, which was originally used by the United States, to the Soviet army for use, and also abolished a number of agreements signed with the United States and Britain. In the Cold War environment, the United States could not directly seek trouble from the Soviet Union, and was not so polite to Libya. Therefore, on August 19, 1981, two life-and-death Libyan aircraft used missiles to attack the US Navy aircraft that was exercising in the waters of Sidra Bay, but were all shot down by American aircraft. This incident further deepened the contradiction between the United States and Libya.
Now, what makes the United States even more dissatisfied is that Libya has begun to get closer to Iraq. The chaotic Gaddafi, who had been chaotic in his mind, ran to Iraq and fell in love with Kusai. In the eyes of the United States, this is even more intolerable.
Now, Iraq has developed too fast and is not in line with the interests of the United States. However, for Iraq, the United States cannot use force. Every time Iraq always stands on the side of justice, which makes the United States unable to find any excuses.
Then, another solution, to strike a country they support, let them know that the US military force is still very powerful, can play a role in shaking the tiger across the mountains.
The reason why Weinberg cannot explain is even more "good intentions". Because the current economic situation of the United States is very bad, a large number of national defense projects have been cut off. In this case, the US side is very dissatisfied. They held up the huge umbrella of the United States so that the United States can run rampant in this world. In this case, they should perform and let the Americans know that they have spent countless taxpayers to maintain a powerful army, which is not useless, but at critical moments, they still rely on the army!
Therefore, after various considerations, the US side has formulated a plan to launch an action against Libya, which has always been hated by them, to prove that the US team is a world-class army, and any force that dares to resist the United States will be ruthlessly crushed.
Nalibya has launched an operation!
"I believe that as long as we attack Libya, the Soviet Union will definitely remain silent. They can't take care of themselves, and they will not be able to support Libya. Iraq will at most protest or secretly support Gaddafi. However, even if Iraq sends its own troops to fight, we can still achieve complete victory. Besides, Libya is not worth Iraq's risk of being an enemy of the entire Western world to blatantly fight us." The Secretary of State analyzed.
Reagan looked at Bush, and Bush's eyes were also satisfied. They had discussed this plan many times. In March, Weinberg had already proposed it. However, at that time, due to the possible attitude of the Soviet Union, although Gorbachev was a moderate, the Soviet Union was still huge after all. Now, the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has caused the Soviet Union to waste a lot of financial and manpower and material resources. Therefore, if such an action is carried out, the benefits will be much greater than the risks encountered.
"Okay, I agree, we will carry out this operation, the operation code, the grassland wind." Reagan finally nodded in agreement.
In the early morning, the sun shines on Gershm Island, and a silver-shining runway is particularly dazzling.
"Note that we are about to arrive at a new base ahead," Phoebeer said.
The sky was clear, and it was a good weather for flight. When the sun was first shining, the Phantom F1 of Phoebir's two squadrons took off from the Basra Air Force Base and transferred to the Geshm Naval Base, where the base of Iraq's naval aviation was built.
The Iraqi engineers were very fast. After occupying Gershm Island, they immediately began to carry out intense construction. After several months of construction, the Navy Aviation Base was ready to be put into use.
At this time, the arrival of the first batch of fighter jets is of great memorial significance. This means that the Iraqi Navy finally has its own fixed-wing fighter jets!
Moreover, Geshm's base makes Iraq's wings more full. At the beginning, when they flew more than 400 kilometers outside the Persian Gulf, their time left was too long and they could not interfere in any affairs in the Arabian Sea. The base here allowed them to fly directly out of the Persian Gulf, out of the Gulf of Oman, and fly freely in the Arabian Sea!
Since the Phantom F1 fighter gradually equipped the Iraqi army with the F20 and Phantom 4000 fighter jets, it no longer undertakes the task of seizing air supremacy, but is mainly used to carry precisely guided munitions for ground-to-sea strikes. Its main weapon is the anti-ship missile and ground-attack cruise missile series developed by Iraq on the basis of the Eagle Strike 81.
The main mission of the Navy's aviation force is to attack the opponent's warships, so it is also their strength to use these anti-ship missiles to strike the sea.
In front of the eight Phantom F1s, there were two planes carrying mushroom plates flying. Their flight was another mission to protect the two planes and reach the base safely.
Those two planes are the e2 early warning aircraft imported by Iraq from the United States.
Now, in Iraq, there are four large series of early warning aircrafts in the hunter series. These early warning aircraft have been repeatedly used by Iraq to carry out air early warning operations in key areas and have achieved good results. Iraq's next early warning aircraft has been under pre-research, which is the phased array early warning radar technology that cooperates with Sweden.
In addition, the last time Iraq imported six E2 early warning aircraft from the United States, all hosted by Taha. When Kusai came back, the transaction had been reached. Kusai was in high spirits and discovered that this batch of aircraft was actually the Americans fooling Iraq, which was a signal that the US Navy had eliminated.
The trained Iraqi personnel, using this early warning aircraft, found that they were not as good as the hunting early warning aircraft equipped by them. They were not bad on the sea surface and could have a detection radius of 300 kilometers. However, on land, the effect was very poor due to the influence of ground clutter.
Kusai was very angry. After negotiations with the United States, the United States finally upgraded this batch of antique early warning aircraft and replaced it with anaps120 radar. Their two aircraft had just completed the modification in the United States and returned to Iraq.
While ordering these early warning machines, Iraq purchased a large number of spare parts, which excited manufacturers who exported these early warning machines. They made a lot of money just by spare parts.
Iraq is definitely doing a loss-making business this time.
However, no one can guess what Kusai thinks.
These two early warning aircraft, along with the Phantom F1 fighter jets, are assigned to the Navy Aviation Force and will be stationed at the Geshm base.
After flying across the Persian Gulf, I saw the island that looked like a non-sinking aircraft carrier, which was their new home.
"Put the landing gear." In the headset, instructions from airport personnel who arrived first came.
Chapter completed!