The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Baghdad, underground command room!
The place was built with high-standard reinforced concrete, and even if the Americans used ground-penetrating missiles, they were ineffective.

When he heard the news that military factories were bombed everywhere, Saddam was furious.

This almost means that Iraq has lost the ability to manufacture missiles such as the Scud.

Without Scud and other missiles, it will be difficult for him to attack Israel and Türkiye!

Since the war in Iraq reignited, Türkiye has also announced that it will join the joint forces, which has increased the joint forces' ground forces to 60!

When Turkey leased its military bases to the Americans, it was only thinking about earning a high rent, and that a large number of joint forces eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in Turkey every day would generate huge economic benefits for Turkey. However, it did not expect to be hit by missiles and bombs!
That madman Saddam has caused Türkiye to be hit by more than 2550 missiles so far!
Although some of them were intercepted and some hit sparsely populated areas, a large number of missiles still hit Turkish cities or population centers, causing heavy casualties and economic losses to Turkey.

Many wealthy people in Turkey moved to Europe with their families early on to escape the war.

The Turks who were hit by missiles and bombs were very angry and dissatisfied with the government. Even if Turkey announced that it would join the joint forces and declare war on Iraq, it could not change this anger.

The Americans were very happy because although there were many countries in the joint forces, most of them were slacking off and not putting in enough effort. Only the U.S. military was really fighting hard!

Now with the addition of Türkiye as a new force, it will be a great help to Americans.

In terms of ground forces, the joint forces now have a total of 60 ground troops, in addition to 5 Kurdish armed forces. The Americans have promised that once they conquer Iraq, they will support the Kurds in establishing their own country.

The Americans provided money, manpower, weapons and equipment to fully arm the 50,000-strong Kurdish armed forces.

The Kurds dream of establishing a Kurdish state where they can be their own masters.

"Damn Americans!" Saddam gritted his teeth in anger, his eyes red.

Saddam hated Americans before, and now this hatred has been further intensified because the Americans launched the Iraq War.

Of all countries, Saddam hated America the most!
Next are the Jews!
Next is the Turks!
Iraq's rise was interrupted and suffered severe damage because the Americans launched a war against Iraq.

In the Gulf War, if it were not for the Americans, Iraq would have long dominated the Persian Gulf, become the overlord of the Persian Gulf, and gained hegemony over the Persian Gulf.

In this Iraq War, most areas of Iraq were back on track, but because the Americans launched the war, development was disrupted, and now Iraq has suffered heavy losses.

But Saddam did not think of surrendering, because he knew that this time was different from the Gulf War, in which the Americans had no intention of occupying Iraq. But this time, the Americans were determined to occupy Iraq, and this meant that Saddam could not surrender, because even if he surrendered, the Americans would not let him go, he would definitely die, and his family would definitely be wiped out.

Neither he nor the entire Iraqi ruling class could surrender to the Americans.

As a whole, Iraq, because of its long-standing hatred of the United States, cannot accept surrendering to the United States.

The only thing that makes Saddam feel at ease is that the northern and southern theaters are still stable, which means that the Americans will not be able to invade Iraqi territory in a short time.

Iran-Iraq border.

It was a dark night, with little moonlight and few stars in the sky.

At this time, another batch of weapons was being handed over.

300枚‘神盾-0’导弹、500枚‘神盾-1’导弹、1000万发高射机枪子弹、100万发高射炮炮弹、1000枚各萨姆系列防空导弹、500具‘前卫’导弹发射器、3000枚‘前卫’导弹、1万挺高射机枪、500门高射炮，订单总价值23亿美元，折合92亿人民币！为了避免被美国人盯上，此次交货采用蚂蚁搬家形式，而且选择了晚上。

Xiao Jianzheng was conducting a handover with the Iraqi person in charge, and the handover list was written clearly.

The Iran-Iraq border is the busiest international arms exchange, where daytime transactions are no longer safe.

It is relatively safe to trade only at night.

Even at night, we need to adopt the ant moving method to disperse and thus spread the risk.

This delivery is a timely relief for Iraq.

Iraq is now severely lacking in anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition.

After the delivery was completed, Liu Tao, who was far away in Kunming City, also got the news.

Liu Tao is happy to continue to bleed the Americans, and even bleed America's allies.

For the SAM series of air defense missiles, Panshan Group also helped to make improvements by using better chips to improve interception efficiency.

So far, Americans have spent as much as $3000 billion on the Iraq War.

The U.S. Congress has passed four consecutive budget increase bills.

The daily expenses of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating for 60 ground troops are astronomical figures.

Because Türkiye was involved in the war, it could only earn part of the profit, and it is hard to say whether it can offset the losses.

Add to that the aircraft carrier fleets and allied warships in the Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf, and the consumption is also very large.

The loss of two thousand fighter planes would be extremely costly.

It’s just that in the United States, the military-industrial complex is doing very prosperous business.

Logically speaking, by now, Americans should have produced more second-generation and a half fighter jets, but they have all been used to purchase F15 and F16 fighter jets, especially F16 fighter jets. From the beginning of the war to now, the U.S. Department of Defense has placed an order for 1000 F16 fighter jets with General Dynamics, with a total order value of $400 billion; then placed an order for 350 F15 fighter jets with Boeing, with a total order value of $240 billion; and placed an order for 300 F/A-18 fighter jets with Boeing, with a total value of $132 billion.

However, these three aircraft cannot be delivered at once.

Because it is not easy to increase the production capacity of fighter jets. It involves many aspects, the production capacity of each supporting factory, and the workers. It takes time to increase the production capacity!

But that's how the United States is. Every war is not just based on strategic considerations, it's also a business!
The Iraq War was extremely costly for the United States. It has now cost too much and the U.S. deficit has increased significantly. However, for the military-industrial complex, it is making a lot of money.

From small items like guns and ammunition to large items like warships, airplanes, and missiles.

Orders worth hundreds of billions of dollars have poured into various U.S. military factories, making U.S. military-industrial enterprises lucrative.

This can be seen from the fact that the military sector has performed best in the US stock market. (End of this chapter)