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Chapter 1587: All in is a Kind of Wisdom (Third update, please subscribe)
One stone caused a thousand waves!

At the end of October, although the annual budget had not yet been released, the military budget was revealed again along with the budget review.

"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, the military budget has increased unprecedentedly. Sources say that next year's military budget will exceed 200 billion yuan! This year's military budget has exploded!"

When the newspaper vendors at the street newsstands see people passing by, they always shout a few times to attract people's attention.

Military expenditure exceeds 200 billion yuan!

This is absolutely unprecedented.

The newspaper vendors were shouting there, and even the TV hosts and experts were discussing the issue of the huge increase in military spending.

"The increase in military spending this time is more than 40%, which is extremely rare in the world. Except for the increase in military spending of some countries before World War II, there has never been such a precedent.

It can be seen from the sudden increase in the military budget for next year that the military is now in a stage of preparing for war. "

As soon as one expert finished speaking, another expert refuted it.

“I don’t agree with your point of view, but we must understand one reality: it is not the military that is preparing for war, but the reality forces us to strengthen our defense.

If you forget the battle, you will be in danger.

Although we don't want to face war, Professor Wang, we also have to take into account that the regional situation has become more tense since this year.

In the Indochina Peninsula across the sea, the war has already begun, seriously threatening our interests in Siam, Malaysia and other places.

In Africa, terrorists backed by foreign forces have attacked our farms time and again.

In Jakarta, with the support of the Russians, they are constantly strengthening their military. There are reports that they are trying to obtain Scud missiles.

Although the range of this missile is only 300km, if it is improved, it can reach our mainland from Jakarta."

On the TV screen, the professor was trumpeting the external threat.

What Scud missiles, what chemical weapons, what weapons of mass destruction?
Everything seems to indicate that increased military spending is extremely necessary.

This is for safety.

Of course, it is not just because of these factors. Another factor is that the military expenditure is more than 5% in the world now.

Under such circumstances, the military must of course keep up with the world trend.

The debates among expert commentators on TV are just debates.

But for some people, what they see is not the legitimacy of a country's military spending, what they see is a threat.

"A full $27 billion."

In the Soviet representative office, Lieutenant Colonel Vasily looked at the report in front of him with a frown on his face.

"They've increased their military spending by 50%. Alexey, what do you think they're going to do? Are they really going to invade Hanoi?"

The reason for mentioning Hanoi is that they had just bombed it a few days ago.

"They have stopped their retaliatory actions."

Alexei said in a calm tone.

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. I think our focus now should not be on how much they have increased their military spending, but on what they will spend the money on."

"You are quite right,"

Vasily immediately agreed, after all, it had already happened.

"So where do you think they're going to spend their military dollars on?"

"Is it to pay for the war? To support their war plans in East Africa and Jakarta."

The most direct reason why they care about the amount of military expenditure is that the money must go somewhere. Since the military expenditure has increased so much at once,

Well, they're definitely going to spend their money somewhere.

This is what they, as intelligence personnel, are most interested in.

“East Africa and Jakarta?”

Alexei replied.

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, their expenditures in this regard are public. So far, their total military expenditures in these two regions have not exceeded $500 million. Their expenditures are very limited. After all, they are conducting special operations in the local area."

Special operations don’t cost much money, of course, provided that they are not upgraded. Once they are upgraded to become ordinary wars, then money will be spent like water.

"So how do you explain their increased military spending?"

Lieutenant Colonel Vasily said, looking at the subordinates in front of him.

"It was clear to all of us that the money had to be spent and had to go somewhere.

If not for war funding, what would they use the money for?"

After raising this question, he continued.

"Personally I'd prefer they use it to strengthen their armaments, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. They just launched an aircraft carrier.

I think they will also build new aircraft carriers, and new aircraft carriers will require a large number of auxiliary warships.

Large destroyers, nuclear submarines, and the expansion of military bases. These things all cost money.”

Nothing was free, everything cost money, even in the Soviet Union.

"That is, we have more pressure in the Pacific and Indian Oceans."

Vasily frowned, and as he looked at the photo of the aircraft carrier on the wall, his expression became even more solemn.

"We need to intensify our work in this area and find out their military expansion plans, especially how much of the surging military budget is used to build nuclear submarines and nuclear missiles! This is the most important thing. After all, these things can directly threaten us."

This is the real survival pressure, and it is also a problem that all countries have to face throughout the Cold War.

When Vasily was deploying tasks to his subordinates, he had no idea that the funds used to expand military power and purchase weapons and equipment among the skyrocketing military spending were very limited.

After all, the military's military expansion plan has been progressing steadily and will not expand its armaments suddenly.

The vast majority of the funds will be used in the "Star Wars Project".

After several months of promotion, SEA established the Strategic Defense Initiative, which was responsible for the "Star Wars" research program and initially invested $2 million in start-up funds.

According to the military budget for the new year, which includes $9 million in funding, the "Star Wars Project" was fully launched.

In terms of funding, the funding for SEA's Star Wars program was slightly lower than the funding for the Star Wars program approved by Reagan 19 years later.

But their currency values ​​are completely different. After all, Reagan's $14 billion was $14 billion in 19. Now it is 11 years ago, and the current $60 billion is at least equivalent to $ billion.

In terms of funding, the Sea Star Wars program reached its peak right from the start, far exceeding the investment made by the United States in this program.

In fact, the reason why he dared to increase the stakes was because Li Yian was very clear about what the future military building model would be?
The future war model will definitely not be the steel torrent of World War II, but a high-tech war.

Its lower limit is the Gulf War model, what is the upper limit?

What is the upper limit? No one knows, but Li Yian knows that it comes from military development. It will continue the trend of "high-tech transformation".

The weapons and equipment developed based on the ideas of World War II during the entire Cold War will inevitably be gradually eliminated. The new generation of weapons and equipment and the new generation of tactical thinking will bring about earth-shaking changes in warfare.

Whether it is the "tb" reconnaissance and attack drones in the Nagorno-Karabakh War, or the Didi taxi-hailing on the battlefield presented in the Great Mao-Russia War.

With the development of science and technology, the pattern of war is bound to undergo earth-shaking changes. Under such circumstances, these war theories established and matured in World War II are destined to be eliminated.

Just like a tank, a Javelin missile gives the tank a roof and even an additional turtle shell.

Even so, they are still vulnerable to attacks from cheap suicide drones.

Tanks worth millions were easily destroyed by suicide drones that cost only a few thousand dollars more.

The king of land warfare... that is also yesterday's news!

So in this situation, all Li Yian needs to do is continue to promote the high-tech transformation of the military.

The Star Wars program, which aims to obtain the "Umbrella of Protection", is, to a certain extent, the core of completing the high-tech transformation.

In this case, then going all in on high technology is naturally the right choice.

But in this era, they obviously cannot understand Li Yian's all-in spirit.

"Washington is also very concerned about our sudden increase in military spending, especially the Pentagon, which is eager to know the specific details of our spending."

Sun Desheng looked at His Excellency and asked tentatively.

“Do we need to inform the US about our Star Wars plans?”

Even as allies, there are still many secrets between each other. In many cases, allies are the ones who need to be most wary.

Because of this, the United States knew nothing about many SEA plans. As for the Star Wars plan, they got some information, but it was limited to "ballistic missile defense".

Of course, the Americans are not curious about this, after all, they also have their own ballistic missile defense plan. As long as they have the ability, everyone is conducting research in this area. After all, no one wants to perish together with others.

It’s just that they have no idea how far the Star Wars project has gone. Not to mention them, even the scientists involved in it don’t know.

After all, not everyone can stand on the shoulders of historical giants to point out the direction of development and even provide some technical guidance.

In response to Sun Desheng's question, Li Yian thought for a while and said.

"Our military spending has increased so much this year, they will definitely be curious about where we spend the money.

If their curiosity is not dispelled, they will continue to spy on us, and eventually they will likely discover something we don’t want them to see.”

Having said that, Li Yian thought for a moment and asked.

"What do you think is the best secret?"

"Best kept secret."

Sun Desheng thought for a moment and answered tentatively.

"Is it to establish stricter confidentiality measures?"

"No!"

Shaking his head, Li Yian said:

"The best secret is openness. If we make the information public, will they believe it?"

Will they believe it?

Sun Desheng fell silent for a moment. When he first learned about the Star Wars plan, he thought it was a fantasy and unrealistic.

Even now he still feels that this plan is too incredible, but you have never made any mistakes so far.

How could your Excellency be wrong in this matter?

That's why he supports this plan.

"I'm not talking about releasing the Star Wars plan, but telling them we're going to spend more money on research, telling them we're going to continue to increase spending on research."

Li Yian smiled with the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he spoke.

"I think they will be shocked. When they know we chose Soha Technology, after all, Soha is a kind of wisdom. Not everyone has the courage to Soha, and not everyone has the wisdom to Soha."

(End of this chapter)