Chapter 680: Dealing with Scuds
The elder Bush did not have a good impression of Pakistan, and although Pakistan agreed to the Americans' request at that time and provided military bases very cooperatively, the United States spent a lot of money.
Billions of dollars in military aid, and even catapults, which the United States is most proud of and never exports, were supplied to Pakistan, but what was the exchange?
As soon as the Iraqis evacuated Kuwait, the Pakistanis patted their butts and left!
The combined army, which was supposed to be good, in addition to the younger brother of the Americans, the British, but also the Saudis, Pakistan, Bahrain ... The multinational force, in which many countries participated, looked like messengers of justice, but as a result, when the Iraqis suddenly ran away, these troops did not follow the United States.
The most angry thing is that Iraq put forward the condition that it agrees to the restoration of Kuwait, but does not agree to allow the troops of the multinational force to be stationed!
The United States has killed and injured tens of thousands of people and spent hundreds of billions, what is it trying to do? Isn't it just a garrison in the Gulf? Now it's a good thing that Iraq proposed not to let the coalition forces station, and they actually agreed!
Although the United States is still stationed in the United States with great fanfare, with the posture of a victorious country, everyone knows that the United States is slapping the swollen face and making it fat, and the whole world is watching the jokes of the United States.
The most important thing in this matter is Pakistan's attitude! These guys actually turned their backs on the United States at a critical time!
Now, at this time, Pakistan is providing the United States with 200 computers, is that guy Mhammad so stingy? Bush Sr. really wants to wave his hand, we don't want it! However, after being depressed for a long time, the elder Bush still nodded: "In this case, on behalf of the government, I would like to express my gratitude to Pakistan." ”
"Yes." Baker said. The friendship between Pakistan and the United States is probably as deep as these 200 computers.
"Mr. President, the most important thing for us now is to deal with this economic winter." Finance Minister Nicholas said.
The economy was already sluggish, and now, just because of a virus epidemic on the Internet. It has actually become the last straw that crushed the US economy, and if the United States did not have strong measures to save its own economy, the resignation of Bush Sr. would be imminent.
Many newspapers and media have called the current economic situation another cold winter, and the US economy is entering the winter season when it is about to enter the summer season.
Beck was silent on the sidelines, and before Bush Sr. took office, Baker served as Treasury Secretary under Reagan and single-handedly presided over the Plaza Accord. hoped to save the American economy by scraping the wool of the islanders, but as a result, the benefits were not eaten, and they were eaten with ashes.
Now, how to save the American economy is Nicholas's business, and Baker is still not involved.
This time did not bother Nicholas, and the elder Bush looked at the world map hanging on the wall. The eyes remain on the location of the Middle East.
Governing the economy can be done by saving various expenses. Investing funds in economic construction and adopting the method of reducing taxes to stimulate economic development will have a certain negative effect and will arouse the dissatisfaction of certain people, especially politicians like Bush Sr. Let him save government spending for the sake of economic development, and he will feel that he has lost face.
Bush Sr. was a politician and a military man, so there was a better option for him.
War! War is also a catalyst. War can stimulate the rapid growth of the military industry, and the military industry will lead to the development of a large number of other industries, which can also become the driving force of economic development, and at the same time, military war will also divert the attention of the people at home, so that they will complain less about the government, and lead their hatred to hostile countries, which is also a good way!
The existence of Iraq is the greatest danger in the Gulf region, and only by letting Saddam's regime perish, replacing it with a moderate puppet government, and turning pro-Soviet Iraq towards the United States, will the Gulf have a bright future!
When Bush Sr. thought of this, his eyes had become extremely firm, what did Saddam rely on? Scud missiles? He thought that such weapons would be able to change Iraq's weak military forces? War is ultimately a comparison of comprehensive national strength! Iraq, which relies on imported equipment to fight the war, has no industry, so what can it do to fight the United States?
"How is our research on the defense of the Scud missile progressing?" Thinking of this, the elder Bush said to Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney.
By strategically despising the opponent and attaching importance to the opponent tactically, the elder Bush will not allow Iraq's Scud missiles to come in full swing again and inflict heavy casualties on his side.
"Raytheon has made improvements to the Patriot missile system, and every two hours, the time is calibrated to prevent the time error of the system from reducing the interception accuracy. At the same time, the detonation time of the proximity fuse was improved, with the main goal of destroying the warhead. Cheney said.
The Patriot missile was originally intended as an anti-aircraft system. The missile uses a proximity fuse. The missile explodes when it approaches the target in order to destroy or disable the target. Since the missile is aimed at the center of mass of the target, there are no problems when dealing with aircraft, but when dealing with a high-speed flying Scud missile, when the warhead explodes, the Scud missile has already flown over, and the Patriot can usually only hit its tail, not its warhead.
Through these optimizations, Raytheon is confident that its Patriot missiles can play a better role in anti-ballistic missiles, especially to intercept this backward Scud missile, and moreover, increase the density of firepower, use four missiles to intercept one Scud missile, and strive to achieve a 100 percent interception rate.
But... If that's all there is, that's not enough.
"Our technicians, in a desert outside of Dhahran, found an unexploded warhead." Admiral Schwarzkopf said: "Through research and analysis, we found that these Iraqi Scud missiles use a large number of civilian chips to improve guidance accuracy. ”
The unexploded warhead was discovered recently, and the high-precision hit accuracy of the Scud missile puzzled the Americans, and when the warhead was disassembled, they found that the Iraqis used civilian chips to improve accuracy, which were bought from the Western European market, but the clumsy and rough circuit design style must be the method of the Soviets.
The use of civilian chips can reduce costs and improve performance, but a very important weakness of civilian chips is that they cannot resist electromagnetic interference!
As long as electromagnetic interference devices are arranged in the key areas of the Iraqi side, the Iraqi Scud missiles will be strongly interfered with, resulting in the failure of the terminal guidance, which will greatly reduce the pressure on their own side!
Although the Patriot missile's cross-country ability is limited and cannot accompany the army in field air defense, the army is already in motion, and as long as the course of action is not leaked, coupled with jamming devices, their Scud missiles can be disabled.
With these multiple protection capabilities, it will be very difficult for the Scud missile to become a big killer again.
Hearing the answers of Admiral Cheney and Admiral Schwarzkopf, the elder Bush finally relented, his gaze swept over the faces of everyone, and finally looked at Admiral Schwarzkopf.
"Schwarzkopf, I hope that this time our army will not let us down." Bush Sr. said: "We need to destroy Saddam's regime, we need to prop up a government that is good for us, we need to protect the security of our allies Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and we need to make our previous battles meaningful!" ”
Bush Sr.'s hopes were very high, and in the face of Bush Sr.'s gaze, Admiral Schwarzkopf's heart was a little excited: "Mr. President, please rest assured that the army will fight for our American interests!" ”
Last time there was a temporary defeat, and General Schwarzkopf was also holding back his strength, and this time, he must show Iraq his true strength!
What is lost on the battlefield must be recovered from the battlefield, and Admiral Schwarzkopf is very grateful to the president for giving him this opportunity.
"We have found out that the source of this outbreak of the virus is Iraq." White House spokesman Fitzwater faced the reporter's camera and said angrily: "The virus invasion in Iraq has led to the complete paralysis of our network system in the United States, resulting in a sharp decline in our economy, and we sternly warn the Iraqi government that all this will pay a price!" ”
Virus in Iraq! Hearing the news, the reporters at the scene buzzed.
Iraq! If there is a biological virus in Iraq, it is possible, a computer virus? In Iraq, which has experienced a 10-year Iran-Iraq war, has a computer penetration rate of less than 1 percent, and even the computers of key universities are antique models from five years ago, will it be able to create such a computer virus that is so destructive that the United States cannot defend against it?
I wonder if Saddam Hussein got the news, should he be proud or ashamed, a rare computer genius appeared in Iraq?
However, this excuse was just a fig leaf, and just after the White House spokesman announced the results of the investigation, in order to teach a lesson to the hateful Iraq and to avenge the American people, American warplanes, loaded with bombs, roared across the national border and launched a stormy attack on Iraq.
Bush Sr. was angry, and the consequences were very serious, and then he personally made a speech: Although Iraq has withdrawn from Kuwait, it has not agreed to the conditions put forward by the US imperialists, including compensation for Kuwait's war losses and Saddam's resignation and international trial, and the coalition forces have the obligation to uphold justice for Kuwait! The United States will not allow a scoundrel like Saddam Hussein to continue to exert power in Iraq! (To be continued.) )