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1338 Give the Chinese technology, can they digest it?

In the past decade, the Soviet Union's economy has been in a very sluggish state.

The fiscal budget that the military industry can obtain is getting is getting smaller and smaller every year.

Projects of various units have been launched and they all want to get more funds from the Military Industry Commission, which makes the head of the Military Industry Commission depressed all day long.

The annual funding of the Military Industry Commission is not enough for Russia's top military industrial units. Other franchised republics outside Russia have poor technology and even fewer what they get...

The Soviet Union could sell some backward technologies to China, and the Chinese could obtain funds for their development, and the Soviet Union could also obtain funds.

This kind of cooperation can be used to increase funds and reduce the financial pressure of the Military Industry Commission.

Oleg naturally had no reason to object to such a thing.

He even actively persuaded other bigwigs who disagreed with exporting technology and production lines to China.

In such a meeting, it is almost impossible for others to have the opportunity to speak.

It’s not that they are unwilling to speak, but that they don’t know what opinions they have expressed. The big guys all agreed and opposed it. Isn’t this unhappy?

Seeing that the meeting was over, someone stood up directly.

"Kirov, do you want to object? Or do you think it is inappropriate to export technology to China?"

Oleg's face was so gloomy that water was about to drip out, but his subordinates stood up to object.

As a member of the Military Industry Commission, Kirov, who holds the rank of major general, is naturally qualified to express his opinions at such meetings.

He ignored his boss' dissatisfaction and poured cold water on the excited boss, "Chiefs, although this plan looks good, we must consider whether China can bear the cost of introducing these technologies... China is currently working hard to build economics, and all policies are tilted towards economic construction. Last year, China's huge army invested less than 6 billion US dollars in the whole year, and this year's military budget has not increased much, which is only about 6 billion US dollars..."

Kirov's meaning is very obvious. Everyone is considering it right, but China has no money.

In cooperation with the Chinese, the Soviet Union could not obtain much benefit.

"With technology given out, can we get the huge amount of money we need? Even with technology, Chinese people don't even need to introduce complete sets of equipment..."

Kirov's words made everyone's smile froze.

"Yes! What can we get? A bunch of light industrial products?"

This kind of thought popped up in everyone's mind.

The whole world knows that Chinese people have no money.

"The Chinese people's ability in technology learning is very terrifying. Once they are given these technologies and helped them improve the industrial system, it is not a good thing for us. We can't even sell a fighter jet..."

Kirov ignored Oleg's direct boss's murderous look and continued.

"Kirov, exporting backward technology is not very useful to us. In exchange for the funds we need..." The Minister of Defense personally explained.

It’s not that they haven’t considered these issues.

When Misaviczovsky heard this, he looked at the expressions of everyone and felt that things were going to be variable.

He hurriedly said, "It is not very useful to keep our backward technologies. It is better to exchange them for funds. The Chinese have a poor technical foundation, and it is not easy to digest these backward technologies. Even if they digest them, it will be a long time later, and they will become even more backward..."

Kirov didn't buy it and directly turned around, "For us, these technologies are indeed lagging behind. For the Chinese, these technologies are very advanced. Their development from the existing foundation to the level of introducing technology cannot be solved by a short period of time and a little introduction cost. Introducing from us will quickly shorten the technological gap between them and us!"

Oleg frowned and looked at his subordinates.

The Minister of Defense's face became unfair.

There is not only a sober person like Kirov. If you don’t say it, it’s because they have no other way.

He immediately asked Kirov dissatisfiedly, "Kirov, do you think that if we do not provide technology, the Chinese will not have the channels to obtain technology? In the past few years, China's relations with Western countries have become better and better, and there are more and more technical cooperation... These technical cooperation is almost all-round. Whether it is air force equipment, naval equipment, or army equipment, the most typical example of peace model project between China and the United States. How good is the performance of the J-8ii after it is improved through the radar and avionics systems provided by the Americans?"

The Peace Model Project, this is a thorn in the throat of the Soviets.

The J-8 is based on the MiG-21 as the technical basis. After China created it, it could not intercept the supersonic penetration of strategic bombers like the -22m. However, with the American radar and avionics system, all this is not a problem...

"Are you bribed by the Americans, and you still want to help the United States stop our technological cooperation with China regardless of harming national interests?"

As soon as Oleg spoke, Kirov trembled all over his body.

He tried his best to suppress his anger and said, "What I said is for the benefit of the country! All technology is precious national assets, and selling it to the Chinese at a low price is not a good thing. Not to mention anything else, just the Su-27 fighter jet, one of which is only 27 million US dollars. This is selling national interests and a crime against the entire country!"

Kirov's words made Mishavicsky unhappy.

Damn, what are you doing with internal conflicts between your Military and Industrial Committee?

"Su-27 actually provided it to the Chinese for $27 million, and it also brought production technology!"

Kirov did not end, but emphasized the price of Su-27 once.

Everyone's eyes were all aimed at Oleg and Misavagevsky.

The contract was negotiated by them, and selling it at such a price was completely betrayal of the interests of the Soviet state.

Misaviczovsky was very popular, but he had to explain, "The 27 million US dollars per aircraft is right. It is provided to the Chinese fighter jets and production technology at this price. It is because the Chinese provide us with four-axis and five-axis linkage CNC machine tools, which are products that Western countries have banned us. Even this includes four-axis linkage CNC machine tool production technology, including 16-bit chip production technology and production lines..."

The Minister of Aviation Industry told the details of technical cooperation with China. When these bigwigs heard that the Chinese could provide them with the Western embargoed four-axis linkage production technology and five-axis linkage CNC machining center, they were shocked.

The Soviets did not make it happen, but the Chinese actually secretly solved these technical problems in front of them.

At this time, everyone no longer had the intention to consider whether this technology transaction was cost-effective or not.

Kirov was even more confused, "Chinese technology has been advanced to this level. When we provide technology, won't they digest it quickly and develop technologies that surpass us?"

This is his concern, and it is also the concern of others.

The Chinese people’s technical learning ability is so worrying.

Not to mention anything else, just the establishment of China's industrial system is astonishingly fast.

When the founding of New China, the entire country had no industrial foundation, and there were not even a few larger machinery factories... Until now, China's development in some technical fields has far exceeded the level of development in the forty years since the founding of the Soviet Union. Some top technologies even belong to the international advanced level...

"Everyone, we had such concerns before. Don't forget that the Su-27 fighter jet provided to the Chinese has major flaws in its design. At that time, due to the urge of the Air Force, Sukhoi did not conduct all-round tests, and many of the technologies were immature, which also caused the Su-27 to be disintegrated during high-speed flights..."

As the main person in charge of this negotiation, especially with China's technical cooperation, Mishavicvsky cannot explain it.

If the explanation is not good, it will affect the relationship between the subsequent departments.

"Although the Su-27 is advanced and has many defects, it provides technology to the Chinese. With their existing technical foundation, it cannot digest the technology at all without twenty or even thirty years, let alone make improvements to this fighter. In addition, everyone can rest assured that although it provides a full set of production technologies, it does not include the engine technology used by the Su-27, we only provide the entire engine export to China..."

His words show everyone that this time, not all the technology is provided to China, and there are also restrictions in the contract.

China does not have engine manufacturing technology. The Soviet Union can only produce as many fighter jets as the Soviet Union provides. Instead, the Soviet Union has to provide as many engines as the Chinese produce.

"Not only that, after selling the entire set of Su-27 fighter technology, the Chinese will definitely invest more funds and technical forces to the localization of Su-27 fighter jets and spend huge amounts of extra capital to introduce technology... In this way, it will further slow down the pressure brought to us by the Chinese on the Super-7 project. The progress of China's Super-7 project research and development is too fast..."

These reasons convince everyone.

China's annual military expenditure is more than 6 billion US dollars, which is completely different from the Soviet Union.

China's more than 6 billion US dollars in military expenditure not only needs to support millions of troops, but also support the training and equipment costs of these millions of troops, and also has to bear the research and development of military technology...

After this sharing, the funds that can be invested in equipment procurement will be pitifully small. Su-27 has occupied too much Chinese funds this time.

Misaviczovsky breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone looked soothing.
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