Chapter 1065: The Fruit of the Deception
The Australian government and the federal government of the Golden Triangle soon began negotiations on the first procurement contract for weapons and equipment, and the federal government's foreign minister Marcas and Australia's defense minister began a three-day meeting in the capital Canberra.
The poor performance of the Australian army in Afghanistan this time is equivalent to a super foreign appearance in front of all countries in the world, and the high-level people feel embarrassed, they have not yet gained a firm foothold in Afghanistan, but they have been crippled by the Taliban army, and even the commander of the major general has become a prisoner.
With such combat effectiveness, you dare to go to Afghanistan at war to maintain order, which is a country known as the graveyard of empires, you Australia are going to be funny, right?
In particular, the sarcasm of the US generals about the backwardness of the Australian army's weapons and equipment made the top officials of the government and military feel extremely ashamed, like a knife, deeply cut their fragile hearts, so they unanimously decided to increase investment in the army, and the Australian government is not without money.
It is precisely because of the attitude of the American military that the Australian government and military did not consider purchasing American weapons this time, and although the two sides are allies, the American military has also decided to cast a shadow on the cooperation between the two sides when the Australian army is attacked.
Nowadays, the best choice in terms of weapons and equipment is mercenaries, which is also a fact recognized by the world, in terms of cutting-edge technology research and development capabilities and manufacturing capabilities, the world's largest mercenary organization is no less than the United States, and the two sides have cooperated before.
In total, Australia has ordered 120 roadbed versions of single-seat twin-engine stealth all-weather heavy fighters, six Blue Eagle 1 anti-submarine fixed-wing aircraft, and 24 Sea Falcon-1 anti-submarine helicopters from mercenaries, with a total order value of more than $30 billion.
The mercenary corps abides by contracts and keeps promises, the quality and gold content of weapons and equipment are trustworthy, and there will never be any reduced or monkey versions, and the service to customers is commendable.
"In order to cope with the complex and severe international situation, but also to protect the country's security, the Australian government and the Ministry of Defense have decided to purchase a batch of weapons and equipment from the mercenary corps, and hope that you can arrange production as soon as possible."
"The Navy ordered two aircraft carriers from the mercenary corps, a 60,000-ton conventionally powered medium aircraft carrier, four attack nuclear submarines, six Aegis-class missile destroyers, forty-eight single-seat single-engine stealth supersonic vertical take-off and landing all-weather fighters, two An-71 carrier-based early warning aircraft, and twelve Licorn-1 heavy transport helicopters."
"The army ordered 350 Tyrannosaurus Rex-1 main battle tanks, 50 Immortal-1 helicopter gunships, 48 Unicorn-1 heavy transport helicopters, and 400 Wolf Warrior-1 infantry fighting vehicles."
"In addition, we are very optimistic about the various combat vehicles that you use to be modified from the main battle tanks of the former Soviet Union, and the army has ordered 1,000 Veteran-B1 modified infantry transport fighting vehicles, 300 Veteran-F1 anti-tank missile launchers and 300 Veteran-F2 anti-aircraft missile launchers, and 27 Tornado multiple rocket launchers from the former Soviet Union."
"The Air Force has ordered six An-124 strategic transport planes from the mercenary corps, 30 An-70 tactical transport planes, and 12 Tu-22M3 new strategic bombers, and these orders are required to be completed within five years, and the payment for the goods will be paid in a lump sum. This was stated by the Australian Minister of Defense.
Although it is a highly developed capitalist country, it is not easy for the government to come up with such a large sum of money for the army.
Last time, it spent more than $30 billion to purchase weapons and equipment, but it was almost vetoed by the parliament, and the reason why this interim budget was passed this time is also because the Afghan incident was stained, because those parliamentarians also felt that it was too embarrassing, or that they had no face at all.
"Two conventionally powered medium-sized aircraft carriers will cost at least $6 billion, four attack nuclear submarines, no less than the Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine models of the United States, will cost at least $6 billion, and six missile destroyers with the Aegis combat system will need $12 billion."
"Forty-eight Shield Defender-2 vertical take-off and landing fighters, which are fifth-generation fighters with stealth capabilities, need $9.6 billion, two carrier-based AWACS aircraft that do not need ejection need $600 million, and all 60 Licorn-1 heavy transport helicopters need $9.6 billion."
"Seven billion dollars are needed for three hundred and fifty main battle tanks, three billion dollars for the Immortal Bird helicopter gunship, two billion dollars for infantry fighting vehicles, two billion dollars for armored delivery vehicles of the veteran series, one billion dollars for anti-tank missile vehicles, two billion dollars for anti-aircraft missile launchers, and five billion dollars for Tornado multiple launch rocket systems."
"Six An-124 strategic transport planes cost $2.4 billion, 30 An-70 tactical transport planes cost $2.2 billion, and 12 new Tu-22M3 strategic bombers cost $1.2 billion, and the total sum up is $67.8 billion!"
"The quantity and value of this order are relatively high, and the mercenary corps hopes that you will consider it, once the contract is signed, you can't return the order halfway, and the factory and shipyard need to prepare materials and produce some parts in advance, which will cost about half of the amount." Marcas said calmly, not surprised by the order at all.
Damn, it really deserves to be the world's largest arms dealer, and in the face of orders of more than $60 billion, it is only evaluated as relatively high, and his expression is very calm, and he knows that the mercenary corps has made a fortune selling arms to the Gulf countries, and it seems that things are true.
"It doesn't matter, the Australian government will also keep its promises, all the payment in the contract signed, within 24 hours to complete the transfer, in fact, this money is not enough for the United States a year of military spending more than a fraction, it is really nothing, the government is considering joining the Atlantis satellite navigation system of the Golden Triangle Federation, we have investigated, found that your positioning accuracy, much higher than the United States GPS, can completely replace the existing navigation system." The Minister of Defense said with a smile.
"Mr. Minister, we plan to buy a few pieces of land in Australia, the larger the area, the better, semi-military use, mainly to supply meat and agricultural products to the army, you also know that our Golden Triangle Federation is an inch of land, there is no ability to develop agriculture, this short board I hope your country can help solve." Marcas said.