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After the fan-hunting pre-alarm project, Sarah once again helped the aerospace company sell air combat equipment to Iraq, helping the aerospace company earn a large amount of foreign exchange.

However, the aerospace company hesitated, because the condition proposed by Iraq was that after the aerospace company delivered the [-] missiles produced in advance, the remaining [-] missiles should be produced in Iraq itself.

Although Iraq has begun to produce a variety of weapons, including the F-20 of the United States and the Mirage 4000 of France, these most advanced fighters have begun to be produced in Iraq. However, due to many worries, the aerospace company did not immediately agree. While hesitating, at the same time, output the production line, which is also their first time.

However, I did not expect that the Arab countries were so united. Just when the aerospace company rejected Iraq's proposal, the Saudi Ministry of Defense suddenly changed its mind. Since they had already planned to introduce Mirage 4000 fighter jets from Iraq, they wanted to introduce the French Aerospace Majesty together. For the Terra 530 missile, Iraq has already started negotiations with France to discuss the specific plan for this introduction. France has even sold the production line of the Mirage 4000 to Iraq.

Moreover, what frustrates them the most is that Iraq has actually started to actively contact Sweden, hoping to participate in Sweden's ongoing active skylight missile program, and wants to kick the UK out of this program. Anyway, the UK has already shared missile technology with Sweden. Shared, and the seeker is mainly developed by the Swedish Saab company. This news made British Aerospace Corporation almost vomit blood.

At this time, they asked Sarah for help again and asked her to go to the Middle East to lobby. The Iraqis wanted the production line, anyway, to make money.This Princess Sarah, who has a lot of energy in the Middle East, came out again and finally helped the aerospace company settle the matter. Both Saudi Arabia and Iraq ordered this kind of missiles, but Saudi Arabia hoped that the last 5000 missiles they ordered would also be ordered from China. production line in Iraq, and as compensation, Saudi Arabia and Iraq decided to invest [-] million U.S. dollars each, a total of [-] million U.S. dollars, to help British and Swedish companies cooperate to complete the development of active sky flash missiles. Missile technology provided to Iraq.

Facing the financial support from the Middle East, British Aerospace Corporation is very happy. The Middle East is indeed a rich country, and they are all generous. It is really generous. With this part of funds, the subsequent development of active bombs will be no problem at all.

Chapter 579 The new old man in the Soviet Union came to power

After learning that Sarah helped him get the production line of British Aerospace Corporation's Sky Flash missile, Qusay was very happy. With this air-to-air missile that surpassed the Sparrow, in the next few years, Iraq's medium-range interception capability will be greatly improved. It has been greatly improved. You must know that in later generations, Raytheon, which was responsible for the development of the AIM-7M seeker, purchased the licensed production right of the "Sky Flash" seeker in January 1975. Tinkering, it entered trial service in 1, and it was not until 1982 that it was put into mass production that the key performance of AIM-1985M really surpassed the "Sky Flash" in an all-round way.In NATO exercises in the 7s, the British Tornado fighter jets carrying this missile also took advantage of the data link and radar detection range to defeat the German Air Force's F-90F carrying AIM-120B missiles

And now, this air-to-air missile is still being jointly developed by British Aerospace Corporation and the Swedish Saab company. It is hoped that an active medium-range air-to-air missile can be developed. Unfortunately, in later generations, this active medium-range air-to-air missile has not been in service.

As for the short-range air-to-air missile, Qusay plans to introduce this missile after the development of the French Magic 2 missile. Although it is not as powerful as the R-73, it has already made great progress compared to the Magic 1.

After the first contact with the Soviet Air Force, there was a short-lived harmonious situation in the airspace in northeastern Iran. The Soviet Air Force was very careful to fly a hundred kilometers away from the Iranian border, and did not approach the border area.

At this time, in the international arena, there has been an astonishing news that the Red Empire in the north has just taken office for a year and a few months, and the first general secretary of the central government, who is less than 70 years old, Comrade Andropov , due to long-term kidney disease, unfortunately passed away.

This news caused the entire Soviet Union to fall into a temporary deep sorrow. They deeply cherished the memory of the General Secretary. During his tenure, the Soviet Union's economy began to develop, especially in agriculture and light industry. Bread began to be in short supply. It has been able to meet the needs of the people, and the production order of the society has also been well developed.No more absenteeism, negative slowdown and so on.

The people at the bottom began to be full of confidence again. They have always believed that they live in the greatest and happiest country in the world.

Now, the untimely death of their leader has deeply saddened the hearts of the Soviet people.

(Andropov has a high reputation among the Soviet people. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, almost all the top leaders of the Soviet Union were criticized, and Andropov was the only exception. In June 2004, Karelia The Republic erected a new 6-meter-high stainless steel monument to him, which is the first time in Russia to erect a monument to a former Soviet leader after the collapse of the Soviet Union.)

However, Western countries breathed a sigh of relief, especially the United States. If Andropov can continue to be in power, it is very likely that the Soviet Union will overcome some inherent contradictions in the country and embark on the path of healthy development. At that time, A powerful Soviet Union with a recovering economy is even more terrifying to Western countries.

The death of Andropov caused the high level of the Soviet Union to fall into a brief panic, because none of them thought that the general secretary had passed away unfortunately at a young age, and there was no designated successor.

A few days later, at the Extraordinary Plenary Session of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Chernenko was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the National Defense Committee of the Soviet Union.Two months later, at the first session of the No.11 Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was elected chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was born on September 1911, 9 in a Russian peasant family in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia. Lerì Nev, and was appreciated by him, has been working with Brerenev since then, and is considered an important member of the "Dnieper Gang" and one of Brerì Nev's "chief stewards" say.Many people have long considered him to be Brerinev's confidant and successor.But after Brerinev's death, Chernenko failed to win the support of most factions in the party, and watched with great depression the former KGB leader Andropov as the party's general secretary.

Until now, after Andropov's death, he finally took the post of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, but at this time he was already 73 years old.

In the old people's gang, his age is not very old, but he is the oldest person to assume the highest leadership position of the CPSU.

Looking at the trembling Chernenko delivering a speech at the party meeting, everyone below knows that this leader of the Soviet Union may also be temporary, so who will be the next one?

Gorbachev was full of confidence, because he had already won the favor of the general secretary, and he needed to get closer to the old man. With his support, he would have a chance to ascend to the throne!

Defense Minister Ustinov was very depressed. He proposed several times with the new general secretary that military operations in eastern Iran could start at any time.

However, this old man simply couldn't see the benefits brought to the Soviet Union by going south. He was a man who didn't want to make progress!Every time Ustinov brought it up, he needed to discuss it again, but he never brought it up for discussion. Ustinov could see that this leader just wanted to maintain the status quo.

It's a pity that such a good opportunity has been delayed. Ustinov watched helplessly that his troops could be dispatched at any time, but because the supreme leader did not speak, he could only waste time on the border. Now, All the logistics materials have been prepared, and they have been consumed in vain.

A leader with courage and vision is the most important!Ustinov misses General Secretary Brerenev a little bit.

Kusai let out a long sigh of relief. The old Chernenko became the general secretary of the Soviet Union, and he was only a transitional figure. He didn't have any courage and just maintained the status quo. Therefore, there is no need to worry about those Soviet troops going south to invade .Iraq can finally get a respite, and it is also a chance for Iraq to make great strides forward.

Iraq invested a lot of money.

In terms of military products, Iraq's Mirage 4000 and F-20 fighters are in steady production, gradually replacing their outdated fighters. It can be produced in Iraq itself, and the export-oriented fighter jets such as the Super Seven are also continuously modified by Iraq and then exported to Pakistan. Pakistan uses a small amount of F-16s and a large number of Super Seven fighters imported from the United States to build Raise your own umbrella of defense against the Soviet Union in the West and India in the East.

Iraq's missile industry is also developing rapidly. The cruise missiles modified by C801 missiles have gone through two generations of immature Red Bird 1 and Red Bird 2, and have developed to Red Bird 3. The advanced small turbo The jet engine and the enlarged missile body finally have a range of [-] kilometers, and the mature inertial navigation and terrain matching make the missile's accuracy not change because of this.

On the basis of the OTP-23 surface-to-surface missile imported from the Soviet Union, Iraqi technicians are actively understanding the technology of this missile, hoping to imitate it on this basis.

The production line of air-to-air missiles is being assembled.

In terms of ground weapons, the improved T-72 tank is also in continuous production. In addition to equipping another tank division in the Northern Military Region of Iraq, it has also begun to export a small number of tanks with improved ergonomics to Saudi Arabia.Two heavy-duty truck production lines have also begun to settle in Iraq, and new infantry fighting vehicles are under development.

The basic industry corresponding to the promotion of industrialization is also under construction. Experts from abroad help Iraq find minerals in Bakhtaran and Kurdistan provinces and build metal smelters in suitable areas.

Primary education has been universalized in Iraq, and under the instructions of His Excellency Qusay, Iraqi higher education has also begun to develop. In addition to the Naval Academy in Basra, Iraq has built several modern comprehensive universities in Baghdad, employing well-known professors at home and abroad to teach.

While infrastructure construction was in full swing, in terms of military affairs, Iran and Iran fell silent.The Iranian National Liberation Army in Tehran, with the support of Iraq, has grown to a scale of 3 people. They have been receiving training from Iraqi instructors, and even the equipment of an armored brigade eliminated by Iraq has also been enriched to this army. middle.

This has aroused speculation from the outside world that Iraq does not want to use its own power anymore, and they want the Iranian National Liberation Army to continue the offensive to avoid greater casualties among their troops.

Qusay has always denied this. He just said that the war between Iran and Iraq in the past few years has caused great harm to the people of both sides. The two sides now want to resolve these disputes peacefully. No one believed it.

Qusay really wants a peaceful solution, and he is also making efforts for a peaceful solution.However, in the process of peaceful settlement, there will still be bloodshed.

Another major event in Qusay was Iraq's first nuclear test.

Now, thanks to the unremitting efforts of Iraqi nuclear weapons scientists and technicians, Iraq's first nuclear weapon has finally been manufactured. However, since the external international threat has disappeared, how to detonate Iraq's nuclear weapons has become a difficult problem for Qusay.

Taking this thing out with great fanfare was not a show off, but suicide. Therefore, at the beginning, it was planned to detonate in the Hijala Desert, but Qusay changed his mind later.

If you don’t experiment, you will never know success, and the experiment cannot be discovered. Even if it is discovered, it must be denied, and no one can find evidence. In this case, underground nuclear testing is the best choice.

Chapter 5 Technician Vanunu

Underground nuclear test refers to putting the designed nuclear device (that is, nuclear warhead) into a certain depth of the ground for nuclear explosion after undergoing a variety of complex environmental tests, so as to verify whether the tested one meets the requirements and whether the theoretical calculation and engineering design are correct. , to improve design and provide scientific basis for production, etc.

Nuclear explosions are routinely carried out on the ground. Although the mushroom cloud produced by the explosion is very spectacular, with the explosion, the nuclear radiation will spread to various places and affect the environment. Therefore, ground nuclear tests are all carried out in deserts and other places. Far from the city, for Iraq, the Hijara Desert was originally an ideal site for Iraqi nuclear tests. However, if a nuclear explosion occurs there, the United States and the Soviet Union will know it within a few minutes, and then the whole world will also know about it. I know, what Iraq is facing is probably the anger of the whole world and the ensuing sanctions.

Nuclear weapons are a very magical thing. Aspiring countries without nuclear weapons are racking their brains to get into the nuclear weapons club, even if they are sanctioned and condemned, they will not hesitate. During the year, it will be more sad, but as long as it gets through and the whole world knows it, it will be calm again, and what to do or what to do.Countries with nuclear weapons will desperately restrict the development of nuclear weapons by these countries. They are sanctions and intimidation, which restrict your development. This thing is Pandora's box, it is a devil, you can't have it!

The two poles are in serious opposition, so countries that want to develop nuclear weapons are all developing quietly.

Qusay originally planned that if the Soviet Union invaded eastern Iran on a large scale, it would blatantly detonate nuclear weapons. The difference between a small country and a big country is that a big country has nuclear weapons out of various considerations, but because of mutual checks and balances, it absolutely dare not Easy to use.But in a small country, as long as you are in a hurry, you will never be stingy when it is time to use it. There is a Chinese saying that says that people with bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes.

Iraq is a small country, and the Soviet Union is a big country. Against their mechanized troops, Iraq has no strength, but Iraq will show enough will. If the Soviet Union really dares to send troops, then Iraq will definitely not be stingy to throw them on their heads. The nuclear bomb, moreover, uses the OTP-23 missile they provided.

It's just that, in that way, Iraq's life in the future will be very difficult. Although at the beginning, for the purpose of confronting the Soviet Union, the United States will not impose sanctions on Iraq for the time being, but once it passes, Iraq will definitely be severely sanctioned by the United States awful.

Now, this threat is gone, and Qusay knows that accordingly, his own policy will have to change accordingly, from detonating nuclear bombs in a demonstrative way to doing it quietly, and he refuses to admit it.

If you want to conduct nuclear tests underground, then the Hijara Desert is absolutely not allowed, because in the desert, it is impossible to dig a deep enough pit, and it is impossible to dig a tunnel in the desert, only in the mountains just work.As for the mountains, there are two places, which can be northern Iraq or western Iran.

Qusay set his sights on the Bakhtaran Province in western Iran, where copper mines have been discovered and are being mined. Heavy trucks imported from Austria and Germany are continuously removing the surface of the copper mines from there day and night. With this as a cover, a simultaneous excavation will be carried out near the mine to create a hole large enough for nuclear testing.

After receiving the order from Qusay, the engineers in charge of the nuclear weapons program restarted the design. They originally carried out the ground nuclear test, but now they changed it to the underground nuclear test. Then, there are still many data that need to be recalculated. The depth of the burrow and the instruments all need to be redesigned. In this way, it will have to be postponed for several months.

Unbeknownst to Qusay, another country, Israel, has also entered a critical juncture in its nuclear program.

In the northern city of the Negev region of Israel, Dimona.The city, built in 1955, is 47 kilometers east of Seidum on the southwest coast of the Dead Sea, with a population of 2.8.This kind of city is not well-known in Israel, but there are countless eyes quietly paying attention to this place, because this is the only nuclear reactor in Israel.