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Hearing this, Qusay looked at the old Prince Sultan in front of him, who was looking at him with sincere eyes, and then looked at the young Prince Fahd, who was also looking at him very solemnly, Qusay knew, Their starting point is different from that of the United States. They really hope that they have nuclear weapons.

In fact, because of the relationship between race, belief, and blood origin on this land, the Arab countries are very united, jointly resisting Israel's aggression against Palestine, and jointly funding Iraq's war against Iran.

However, the Middle East has always been interfered by foreign forces. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are rich in oil resources and the country is very rich. In order to maintain the stability of the country, they had to adopt a strategy of moving closer to the West.

Here, apart from Iraq, there is no military power. They hope that Iraq, that is, the strength of their own Arab brothers, will have a great effect on the Arab countries uniting and resisting the penetration of external forces.

They never thought that Iraq in future generations would do something to their brothers, because they knew that His Excellency Qusay is definitely not that kind of person!

At the same time, they really hope that Iraq is conducting an underground nuclear test. In this case, when they resist Western forces again, their backs will be hardened. After all, this is a deterrent force!One of the most powerful deterrent forces in this world!

"So, my brothers, what do you think?" Qusay asked back with a smile in his words.

"We hope that Iraq really has nuclear weapons!" At this time, the young and energetic Prince Fahd said: "Go to hell with those peacemakers! If we Arabs have nuclear weapons in our hands, we will have the means to fight against big powers." Confidence, if an underground nuclear test is really conducted in the Bakhtaran area, we will fully support Iraq’s nuclear program and jointly resist the inspection led by the United States. If the International Atomic Energy Agency really sends observers, we in Kuwait are willing to dispatch Power, disrupt this inspection, even if we kill these observers, we will not hesitate!"

Prince Fahd spoke very seriously. This was discussed carefully by them. Iraq has really crossed the nuclear threshold. They need to support Iraq without hesitation!

Qusay was moved in his heart. He had known for a long time that Prince Fahd was one of the figures who fully supported Iraq. Even if it was a nuclear program that would face global opposition, Kuwait would support Iraq without hesitation. This is for the entire Middle East and for the The entire Arab world has great interests.

"We are the same in Saudi Arabia." Prince Sultan said: "We support our brothers very much, even if we risk the opposition of the whole world!"

Seeing the statements of the two, Qusay knew that they very much hoped that he could say yes. On this issue, could he really tell the two brothers about Iraq's nuclear program?

Cusay hesitated.

"Even if we do have nuclear weapons, we still lack delivery vehicles." Qusay didn't say yes or no, but just mentioned it like this. If we have it, what's the use?Without delivery vehicles, that is, without long-range ballistic missiles, everything is not in vain.

Although Iraq now has Scuds and OTP-23s, the longest range of these missiles is only 500 kilometers. For missiles that use nuclear warheads as warheads, these missiles are not qualified. Nuclear weapons are used to For deterrence, with a range of 500 kilometers, where can it be deterred?

If you want to have a deterrent effect, an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of tens of thousands of kilometers is the most suitable. Even if it is not, the most basic one should have a range of [-] kilometers.

It is a very complicated matter for Iraqi technicians to fully master the OTP-23 missile and modify it to increase the range. It will not be possible to map and master these technologies within a few years.

Therefore, before there is a breakthrough in solid missile technology, it is also very important to have a ballistic missile with sufficient range.

Although nuclear bombs can be carried by aircraft, it is not an easy task to fly to the opponent's head and drop nuclear bombs when one's own side does not have absolute air supremacy. Ballistic missiles are an important delivery tool for nuclear weapons.

"You mean, Iraq wants a ballistic missile?" Prince Sultan said.

"Yes, this kind of missile needs to be introduced secretly, and at the same time, it needs to have an effective range of at least [-] kilometers." Qu Sai said.

"Actually, we have had contact with the United States. The United States even refuses to sell us the 'Lance' ballistic missile, a tactical surface-to-surface missile with a range of only 120 kilometers, because of Israel's obstruction." Prince Sultan Said.

Although both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are pro-American in terms of policy, whenever they seek to purchase American weapons, Israel will "without exception make a lot of noise" to obstruct them.Claiming that their arms purchases will harm the interests of Israel.At the same time, the relevant review procedures and procedures of the U.S. Congress for the purchase of U.S. weapons are very troublesome. Even if the U.S. President agrees sometimes, it will not work if the Senate below cannot pass it. Recently, Saudi Arabia ordered the U.S. E-3 early warning aircraft. Feeling the "meanness" of the U.S. arms sales and spending a lot of dollars to buy U.S. weapons, but still have to face the "insult" of the U.S. Congress and thank the U.S. for the "favor".This is also the reason why Saudi Arabia was willing to order weapons from Iraq after Iraq was able to produce its own weapons, regardless of the specific performance. Using the weapons made by its Arab brothers, it has confidence in its heart, face on its face, and it is fun to use!

"Ballistic missiles are not only owned by the United States, but also not only by the Soviet Union." Qusay reminded him kindly.

Besides the United States and the Soviet Union, what other countries?U.K?That and the United States wear the same trousers, France?Or, the great eastern country?

Prince Sultan understood what Qusay meant.

Of course Qusay had something to say, and he also knew that Saudi Arabia had a special interest in seeking deterrent ballistic missiles. There are strict restrictions on the export of ballistic missiles with a distance of more than 3 kilometers. Therefore, after Saudi Arabia failed to purchase from the United States, it turned to the East. After several contacts, the person in front of me, Prince Sultan, personally visited This is the first time that a major eastern country opened its missile base to foreigners. As a result, Saudi Arabia spent 35 billion US dollars to purchase a certain number of ballistic missiles. At this time, the eastern power The annual foreign exchange income is less than 20 billion US dollars.This is a big deal.

Although Qusay knows that if he proposes a purchase plan to the Eastern power, he may be able to purchase this kind of missile at a more favorable price by virtue of his current relationship with the Eastern power, but now is not the time. Missiles, I am afraid, even an ant on the land of the Middle East will know, Iraq bought missiles, what do they want to buy missiles?Install the nuclear warhead they developed themselves!

Saudi Arabia to buy, can play a better role.

"The big eastern country has a Dongfeng-3 missile. I wonder if His Royal Highness Prince Sultan knows about it?" Qusay asked.

The Dongfeng-3 missile is the first medium-range ballistic missile and the first strategic missile of a major eastern country.This missile was first tested on December 1966, 12 and entered service in May 26. On August 1971, 5, Dongfeng-1975 strategic nuclear missile was finalized and produced.The missile has a total length of 8 meters, a projectile diameter of 4 meters, and a take-off weight of 3 tons. It uses a first-stage liquid fuel rocket engine and has a maximum range of 24 kilometers. Moreover, just this year, the improved Dongfeng-2.25 was developed, with a range of 64 kilometers. increased to more than 2800 kilometers.

What made Kusai even more tempting was that this kind of missile was a missile that could be launched on the move. Although the chassis was a trailer chassis, it didn't have the off-road capability like the Scud and OTP-23, which was a big improvement.

Dongfeng-3 missile?In fact, speaking of now, Prince Sultan and Prince Fahd have already understood what Qusay means. Qusay cannot say it clearly, and the two of them can only guess. Now that Iraq has defeated Iran, it is no longer necessary to use it in the Iran-Iraq War, and there is no need for missiles with such a long range. Then, there is only another possibility.

"We in Saudi Arabia are very interested in this kind of missile. I will secretly send a delegation represented by Bandar to the east for investigation to see if we can introduce this kind of missile." Prince Sultan said.

"If Saudi Arabia can successfully introduce this missile, it is hoped that part of it can be transferred to Iraq at the original price at that time," Qusay said.

"There is no problem at all." Prince Sultan finished, and then said: "If Iraq is really facing difficulties, for example, because of certain things that have been sanctioned by the United Nations, we, Saudi Arabia, are willing to become a transit point for Iraq. What Iraq needs Saudi Arabia can import all kinds of things first, and then send them to Iraq."

"We in Kuwait are also willing." Prince Fahd followed up, and both of them showed joy on their faces.

"There is no reason for Iraq to be sanctioned by the United Nations." Qusay said: "Of course, we are still grateful to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for their help. We, the Arab world, will always be the most united."

No reason, so what do you want those ballistic missiles for?Prince Sultan knew that what Qusay said was a superficial denial. It is enough for both parties to understand the meaning of these words, and it is unnecessary to express them too clearly.

Chapter 600 America: Confirming whether Iraq conducted a nuclear test

In 1984, although there were no large-scale local conflicts in the Middle East, it once again attracted the attention of the world.

In the two ordinary earthquakes that occurred in the Middle East in the early morning of May 5th, they showed a very unusual side.

The United States first came out to criticize that the earthquake in the Bakhtaran area was not an ordinary earthquake at all. It was an earthquake caused by Iraq’s secret underground nuclear test. Iraq crossed the nuclear threshold under secret circumstances. This is very serious. Anti-human behavior must be verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency. If it is true, it will be sanctioned by Western countries headed by the United States.

But then, Iraq made a statement, claiming that this was just an ordinary earthquake. When the earthquake occurred, His Excellency Qusay, an important figure in Iraq, was on the plane returning to Iraq. After learning of the earthquake, he rushed to the disaster area immediately. In directing the rescue work in the disaster area, the United States pointed fingers at an ordinary earthquake issue, but it was just an excuse to make use of it. An earthquake also occurred in Israel, but the United States never mentioned it. Israel is also conducting nuclear tests.The sinister intentions of the United States are only a vain attempt to interfere in Iraq's internal affairs. This is absolutely intolerable to Iraq and the entire Arab world!

Iraq welcomes the IAEA's inspection at any time, but Iraq has a premise that when inspecting this area, it also needs to inspect the earthquake area listed in Israel!

After Iraq made these remarks, the world's press began to turn their attention to this place. Several reporters from Agence France-Presse even went deep into the disaster area of ​​Bakhtaran in person, watching the Iraqi troops helping the local To the rescue, various reports were published.

Since journalists can enter so easily, it further shows that the Bakhtaran area is just an ordinary earthquake. However, the Israeli side is very intriguing. Journalists from any country are not allowed to enter, and they have deployed Part of the army guarded there.

Under such circumstances, international public opinion has gradually reached a consensus. This time, I am afraid that the United States is really using the issue to exert pressure on Iraq. Since the establishment of the new government in Tehran, although the United States has established diplomatic relations with the new government for the first time , the two sides are still in harmony.

This kind of behavior by the United States is okay for bullying a weak country. Now, Iraq will never let the United States manipulate it. Therefore, under such circumstances, it is normal for Iraq to protest.

In the international arena, apart from Britain's harsh accusation that Iraq must unconditionally accept UN inspections, the attitudes of the other permanent members of the UN are more intriguing.

France did not express any opinion, allowing reporters from newspapers such as Agence France-Presse to publish various reports, most of which were accusations against the behavior of the United States, hoping that the Middle East issue could be treated fairly.

The Soviet Union, on the other hand, is very dissatisfied with this behavior of the United States. The United States' casual accusation that ordinary earthquakes in other countries are nuclear tests is very excessive and slandering the Iraqi government. If the United States instructs the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect In the case of the Lan area, the Soviet Union hopes to inspect it together with Israel. If Israel refuses to accept it, then it proves that they have been secretly developing nuclear weapons. What if Israel did not sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?This further proves that Israel is developing nuclear weapons and should be condemned by the entire society!

The eastern powers also issued a statement, hoping that all parties can deal with this issue calmly and resolve this issue peacefully through diplomatic dialogue.

The United States is riding a tiger this time.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States can control the United Nations and launch attacks on disobedient countries at will. Even if the United Nations disagrees, the United States can brazenly send troops and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. However, it is not the United States that dominates the unipolar world. In the era of the United States, the United States was far from being as tough as the later generations.

In particular, the general election in the United States is now going on intensely. Mínzhǔ Party's Mundell took advantage of this incident and slammed Reagan's government for this behavior.

In 1964, Mundell's political teacher Humphrey was elected as the vice president of the United States, and Mundell went to Congress to replace Humphrey as a senator. In 1976, Mundell's political career took a turn for the better. The mínzhǔ party presidential candidate Carter chose Mundell as his running mate and won the White House together.As a result, in the presidential election that year, Carter and Mundell successfully campaigned together and became the president and vice president of the United States respectively, serving a term from early 1977 to early 1981.However, in the 1980 presidential election, in the rematch of the Republican Party, Carter and Mondale lost the election, and Reagan became president.

The mínzhǔ party was not reconciled. Now, on behalf of the mínzhǔ party, Mundell once again competed fiercely with Reagan for the presidency.

Mundell keenly felt that this incident was a very wrong move by the Reagan government. Without careful consideration, he used the nuclear test as an excuse, hoping to beat the current government in Iraq and pull them to the United States. It is a pity that they do not know that doing so will only disgust Iraq and the American people. In the hearts of the American people, Iran is the embodiment of evil, and Iraq has successfully overthrown the old Iranian regime. I am afraid that countless American people have already seen this dirty political game of restoring Iran to light. The American people will be more disgusted with this method of the Reagan government, and then they will support themselves even more.

However, Mundell didn’t know that he still missed a step. The Reagan government would receive strong support from the Jewish forces in the United States. The Reagan government’s method of suppressing Iraq was very welcomed by the Jewish forces. The American press 80.00% of them are controlled by Jews. Under their instruction, they began to publicize the various possibilities of Iraq's nuclear test and its impact on the current international situation. Therefore, it is very normal to conduct a verification. As for the earthquake in Israel, they never mentioned it.