546 New Objects of Military Purchase
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After a short stay in Moscow, Mazyel went to the Sevasbotor naval base for military exchanges and to inspect the ships of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info and prepare for the replacement of Turkish ships. However, Mazyer's purpose this time is to expand the Turkish Navy, so military exchanges are the top priority. In addition, Mazyel is also from the army, and he attaches more importance to the combat capabilities of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. Of course, this time Yanayev also invited Smiryev to attend, and his meaning was very clear, isn't Turkey going to sell ships? Whether you can succeed or not depends on the ability of your navy. After getting Yanayev's consent, he also began to prepare for the sale of the remaining old ships of the Black Sea Fleet, and now the Soviet Union wants to be the hegemon of the Black Sea, which should be more qualitative than quantitative.
As soon as Smiryev came up, he introduced the Kashin-class, that is, the "Agile" and "Ingenuity", which were still in service with the Black Sea Fleet, to General Mazyer. This large anti-submarine ship, which had forced Turkey's Plevisze-class submarines to retreat in the Black Sea confrontation, made a deep impression on Mazyer.
Fortunately, in 1997 Demirel was ousted from power and replaced by a neutral acting president, Mazyel, otherwise next year Turkey would have received eight Perry-class frigates from the United States under the agreement. At that time, the development of the military power of the Turkish Navy would not have been controlled by the USSR.
There are still Kasin-class destroyers in the Sevastopol naval base, and the Quick, which was supposed to be decommissioned early, is just taking out the goods to fool the Turkish Navy at this time, not to mention that Smiryev also proposed a plan for an improved version of the Kashin-class.
The sea breeze and mild sunshine make it look like a leisurely summer afternoon, and after Mazyer's visit, the Sevastopol base doesn't show its usual busyness. Instead, it was as if he was deliberately avoiding Mazyel. In a laid-back state. Smiryev didn't want the Turkish side to snoop on some secrets, so he unilaterally gave the base personnel a holiday.
Smiryev didn't do much else, and directly brought Mazyel to the Rapid and the Red Caucasus, after 1994, the Black Sea Fleet almost decommissioned two ships for financial reasons, and then the Black Sea Fleet recommissioned the Red Caucasus after sufficient funds, but at this time the Rapid has become a hero of the end, but before he was dismembered, the Rapid met the Turkish Navy.
Smirev, of course, was kind to the Turkish delegation, and he introduced the behemoth in front of him to Mazyel, and boarded the deck of the Kashin-class with Mazyel to show him the great strength of the ship.
"Styx ship-to-ship missiles, Goa ship-to-air missiles, 76-mm naval guns, 5 batteries of torpedoes, plus deep-diving bombs. The Cassin class is capable of simultaneously carrying out anti-ship, anti-aircraft and anti-submarine combat plans. And the Cassin class is being modernized, we have replaced the rear ship guns with 406mm torpedo tubes and rear variable depth sonar, and the 25mm torpedo tubes with SS-N-533 missiles. ”
Smirev's gimmick of modernizing and refitting is to improve the competitiveness of the Kashin-class, but in Mazyel's eyes, the Kashin-class is still not perfect enough. The old electronics it uses are not up to the level that the Turkish army would like in Mazyel's eyes. Smiryev was not the Indian Ah San who was deceived by a few words, so he euphemistically asked to visit other ships.
"I would like to see the Soviet-designed Spider-class missile boats, which Turkey is very interested in."
Maziel also has his own plans, although the tonnage of the poisonous spider missile boat is not large, its onboard electronic equipment installation density is large, and the ship's weapons are powerful. It embodies the fine tradition of Russian ship design, which maximizes the ship's firepower strike capability. The combat missions that Russia's newly-designed poisonous spider missile boats can perform have also expanded from the early main attack on surface ships to sea patrols, fishing protection, escort ships, blockade enemy ports, and attack enemy near-shore targets, so that they can be completely used as a corvette. The Spider class is Russia's most important export missile boat, and Poland, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Yemen, and Romania are all customers of Spider. Among them, India is the largest user country, and the corresponding production line has been introduced.
Compared to the Kassin-class destroyers, which are more valuable than practical deterrence, Mazyel believes that the Turkish Navy needs such small, intensive offensive fast boats more. And he can also perform a number of tasks, in this regard, the Turkish Navy's purchase of poisonous spiders is far better than the purchase of Kashin-class destroyers.
Hearing this, Smiryev couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and he was eager to sell the Kashin-class smashed in his hand.
"If the Spider-class missile boats could, the Turkish side would order anywhere from three to five. Of course, Turkey also accepts all the same for second-hand ships, I wonder what General Smiryev thinks? Mazyel asked, like a shrewd businessman, and Smirev could not bargain in front of him.
"Okay, then let's go see the Poison Spider-class missile boat." Smirev cheered up and said with a smile. Rather than getting nothing, it would be better to sell the Spider-class that are in service at a discount and make room for the formation of the newly designed Spider missile boats at the Black Sea Shipyard in the future.
In the end, this little guy with a tonnage of only 500 defeated the Kashin class with a tonnage of 4500 and became the first choice of the Turkish Navy. Perhaps in return for the favor, Mazyel ordered 3 brand-new Spider missile boats and 2 old ships of the Black Sea Fleet in one go, which became the Turkish Navy's patrol, escort, and auxiliary offensive gadgets. Even so, Smiryev was a little angry, and he even complained to Defense Minister Yazov on the phone, believing that Mazyel should buy the Kashin.
But that was only Smirev's idea, and this result had long been expected by Yanayev. For the Turkish Navy, the once largest destroyer was also the Keeling-class destroyer. Not to mention being sunk by its own air force in the battle between Turkey and Greece in Cyprus. Even if Mazyel wants to develop and vigorously develop the Turkish Navy, he has to take a compromise form because of the deep contradictions between the Air Force and the Navy. Otherwise, the Turkish Air Force will shout again about the purchase of new fighters.
Yanayev said to Defense Minister Yazov, "Smirev is an admiral after all, and the problem is still a little lacking in consideration." He thought that after Turkey's losses in the Black Sea, with the Turkish Straits as a strategic location, it should vigorously develop large ships, and maybe even enter into a naval arms race with the Soviet Union. But unexpectedly, because of the contradictions within the Turkish army, Mazyel only purchased small ships. ”
In 1974, when a fierce conflict broke out between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus, in July the Turkish Air Force spotted a destroyer fleet suspected to be the "Greek Navy" off the coast of Cyprus. Turkey immediately sent F-100 and F-104 fighter jets into the air. The combat efficiency of the Turkish Air Force is indeed not low, sinking and damaging a total of 3 destroyers of the Turkish Navy: Kokadepe, Aidadpei, and Marshal Fivcichakmak. The Turkish Navy first reported to the Ministry of Defense with a telegram: all the Turkish Navy's glorious results were sunk by the Turkish Navy, resulting in the death of 232 naval soldiers, accounting for a quarter of the total number of Turkish military casualties in this war!
However, the Turkish Navy is not a vegetarian either, using anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down an F-104 fighter jet of the Turkish Air Force. This purchase alone is a testament to the blood feud between the Turkish navy and army, and even hardliners like Mazyel are careful to reconcile the contradictions between the two armies.
"Why don't we recommend Turkish fighters again, this time Mazyel purchased Poison Spider-class missile boats, why don't you let Turkey purchase our fighters again?" Defense Minister Yazov said half-jokingly.
Yanayev shook his head and vetoed this proposal, "Turkey is not a fool, their fighters are all American fighters, even the logistics system is provided by the United States, and the purchase of Soviet fighters is preparing to exhaust their logistics department?" ”
As soon as Yanayev finished saying this, he seemed to think of something and paused slightly. He scratched his head and said to himself, "No, no. We can try to sell Soviet fighters to Turkey, eh. ”
Yazov said excitedly, "General Secretary Yanayev, what's wrong?" Did you think of a way to sell arms to Turkey? ”
"Sort of." "As long as Maziel is an ally of the Soviet Union, the United States, and even NATO, will always be hostile to Turkey's existence, right?" Yanayev said. ”
"Yes." Yazov nodded, I don't know what the purpose of this is related to the sale of Turkish fighters.
"So is it time for Turkey to cancel its order to purchase replacement parts for fighter jets from the United States?" Yanayev smiled mysteriously. Now Maziel's confrontation with the United States has made President Mario very unhappy.
"As long as we let the United States continue to deepen relations with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, there will be no conflict between Turkey and the Soviet Union, will we?"
"You mean?" Yazov was stunned for a moment.
"Using the propaganda of public opinion, friendly relations between Turkey and the USSR were created. Continue to drive a wedge between Turkey and NATO. In Mario's preferred way of being suspicious, I guess the cancellation of the order will come true soon. Yanayev said with a smile.
Watching the United States' allies being divided, Yanayev was really happy.
I really want to complain about the starting point, but I can't go up for half an hour to log in to the background! f! f! f! (To be continued.) )