The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1010: Intended to Increase Military Expenditure

The first topic of the Pentagon is about the Saudi aircraft carrier and aircraft carrier formation.

"Everyone, Saudi Arabia now has aircraft carriers and has formed an aircraft carrier fleet. We all know that Saudi Arabia's aircraft carriers were purchased from China. China's aircraft carrier fleet has very strong combat effectiveness. Saudi Arabia will also have the same aircraft carrier fleet combat effectiveness. We should not underestimate this!" The Pentagon official said in a deep voice.

Yale also quickly echoed: "Yes, this is a huge threat and challenge to our interests. No country in the Gulf region should gain hegemony. This is not conducive to the interests of our United States. I suggest that we protest to Panshan Group and ask them to ban the export of aircraft carriers!"

"Come on, Yale, Panshan Group is not our American company. We have no power or ability to ask Panshan Group to export aircraft carriers. They export aircraft carriers to Saudi Arabia, which is not prohibited by the agreement!" George said unhappily, "If we are too tough and interfere with Panshan Group, and irritate Panshan Group, they will dare to export high-tech weapons to Persia, Libya, Iraq and other countries, and then we will have a headache. Don't forget, the air defense weapons they exported to Yugoslavia so many years ago shot down 213 of our aircraft. If Panshan Group exports air defense weapons and anti-ship missiles on a large scale, we will never be able to threaten others with our navy and air force in the future!"

Once both parties have an agreement, they must abide by it because it is the bottom line and a tacit understanding.

Panshan Group abides by the agreement. If the United States does not, why should it require Panshan Group to comply?

"Also, everyone must not forget that Liu Tao, the current head of Panshan Group, has a different status in China, and he won't buy into our tricks!" George reminded.

"Okay, let's not discuss other things. Let's discuss the threat of Saudi aircraft carriers and aircraft carrier formations. Our navy needs to build more Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. We must have more aircraft carrier formations to meet the challenge. The Forrestal-class aircraft carriers should have been retired several years ago, but they haven't been retired yet. This is irresponsible to the soldiers." The Pentagon official said: "And the Kitty Hawk-class 'Constellation' aircraft carrier is scheduled to be retired in 2003, and now there are only a few years left!"

Cohen gets angry when he talks about these things.

In recent years, the United States has been continuously cutting military spending, and a large number of naval warships have been delayed in retirement and a large number of warships have been delayed in construction. The same is true for the Air Force. The purchase of aircraft that were originally to be purchased has been halted, and the retirement of aircraft that were originally to be retired has also been delayed. The Army is also facing the same dilemma. The purchase of a large number of tanks and armored vehicles has been halted, and the retirement of a large number of tanks and armored vehicles that were to be retired has been delayed.

In recent years, many American military factories have lost orders and gone bankrupt.

Some shipyards, including some others, could no longer sustain themselves and went bankrupt.

Originally, these military factories and shipyards relied on military purchases. Without military purchases, these military factories and shipyards would find it difficult to sustain themselves.

This time during the Balkan war, American military factories did earn a lot of money, but in the final analysis, it was still orders from the US military.

The previous Secretary of Defense Perry was criticized so much that he could not continue in his job after only three years. He was called the most incompetent Secretary of Defense.

Before Cohen took over as defense secretary, he had also been criticized a lot, and now he can hardly hold on any longer.

So Cohen chose to fight for an increase in military spending.

Cohen couldn't help but miss the heyday of the Polar Bear. At that time, it was an era when the Soviet Union attacked and the United States defended. The United States continued to increase its military spending, and the military spending increased continuously. It did not dare to cut its military spending at all, for fear of being defeated by the powerful Soviet army.

It’s not like their current situation, where the top wants to cut military spending, while the middle and upper levels want to increase it.

Without extra military spending, where would the money come from?
Soon, a report was submitted to Congress, which sparked heated discussions. The report evaluated the military strength of Middle Eastern countries and clearly pointed out that the military strength of Middle Eastern countries was growing rapidly, which was not conducive to the control of oil and seriously threatened the interests and security of the United States. According to the military strength of Middle Eastern countries, once an attack was launched on Israel, Israel would not be able to resist for a week.

This report is 70% true and 30% false. It exaggerates the military strength of Arab countries in the Middle East, highlights the significant improvement of Saudi Arabia's aircraft carriers and navy, and then exaggerates the dangers faced by Israel.

This is to take advantage of the strong influence of Jews in the United States.

Jews control a large amount of media and finance in the United States and have a strong influence in the United States.

Israel is the largest strategic fulcrum of the United States in the Middle East, and the two sides have formed a conjugate father-son relationship.

The Pentagon's military power assessment was quickly reported in the United States, with television stations and newspapers reporting it.

The media is calling for increased military spending to protect US interests in the Mediterranean.

There are also Jewish congressmen who are running around hoping to increase the US military budget and thus increase the US military influence in the Middle East.

There are even Jewish congressmen who proposed to untie Persia to strengthen its national strength, especially its military strength, so that Persia can once again become a staunch ally of the United States.

Unfortunately, other media reports soon brought back Americans' unpleasant memories of Persia, and the proposal encountered strong opposition.

The reason why the United States has never normalized its relations with Persia in recent years is naturally because Persia had left a very bad impression on the United States in the past, and the United States has demonized Persia for many years.

However, the bill on military spending failed to pass in Congress. More members of Congress believed that military spending should not be increased. The current military spending is already enough. NATO forces won the Balkan War relying solely on the Air Force. Although the losses were not small, it also proved the strength of the US military. Now the US military is invincible in the world. Even if the US military stands still for ten years without development, the US military will still be number one in the world and have no rivals.

Yes, there is absolutely no rival!
In the major military journals in the world today, the U.S. Army is ranked first in the world, the U.S. Navy is ranked first in the world, the U.S. Air Force is ranked first in the world, the U.S. aerospace technology is ranked first in the world, the U.S. aviation technology is ranked first in the world, and the U.S. Hollywood film industry is ranked first in the world.
The current United States is hailed as the most powerful and the most advanced United States!
The situation in the United States is very good now. The economy is developing well. Cheap goods from China have kept the inflation rate in the United States very low. Coupled with cheap oil, the US economy is taking off. This makes Americans very optimistic and believes that as long as it continues like this, the United States will be completely invincible.

In addition, the Balkan War caused more than one trillion U.S. dollars to flow from Europe to the United States, which dealt a heavy blow to the euro and made Europe bleed heavily. The euro can no longer pose a fatal threat to the U.S. dollar.

Under such circumstances, why does the US military need to increase military spending?

The US military already has a lot of military spending.

Now the United States should focus on developing its economy, especially high technology, and then cut spending to repay debts, thereby reducing the total size of U.S. debt.

(End of this chapter)