The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

In order to stabilize Saudi Arabia and prevent it from being shaken by the US victory in the Iraq War, Panshan Group decided to give Saudi Arabia the two aircraft carriers ordered by Saudi Arabia after New Year's Day, as well as the frigates, destroyers, missile boats, torpedo boats, and submarines to be delivered in the next one or two years, so that Saudi Arabia will have three aircraft carrier fleets.

Originally, these two aircraft carriers were to be delivered in 2006.

Although the outfitting has actually been completed this year, the original plan was for these two Type 001 aircraft carriers to serve as training ships for the Chinese Navy to train naval officers and soldiers.

But the situation is not right now, and we need to give Saudi Arabia some courage.

Although the Zhuhai Air Show has just begun, the export of the Type 001 light aircraft carrier has been finalized.

Egypt, South Africa, Libya, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Argentina and Brazil each ordered one, for a total of eight. The cost of each Type 1 aircraft carrier, including carrier-based aircraft and training fees, is 8 billion RMB.

Originally, Liu Tao did not plan to export so many Type 001 light aircraft carriers, because warships are not suitable for exporting too many, so as to avoid the expansion of the naval strength of some countries and the emergence of some inappropriate ideas.

But then I thought that the Americans are now becoming more confident and may engage in military adventures in the Asia-Pacific region, so I had to find things for the Americans to do so that they would not have too much energy.

At present, with the level of China's shipbuilding industry, a Type 001 light aircraft carrier can be delivered in four years. If eight Type 8 light aircraft carriers are built at the same time, they can all be delivered in four years. Even taking the construction cost into consideration, they can all be delivered in six years at most.

The Zhuhai Air Show will last a total of 7 days.

There are a lot of people visiting the Zhuhai Air Show, and the number of visitors to the Zhuhai Air Show exceeds that of the previous session.

There are even many overseas military fans who come to Zhuhai for tourism.

As a result, even though the Zhuhai government had made sufficient preparations beforehand, it found itself still unprepared when the Zhuhai Air Show began, and many people still could not find hotels or B&Bs to stay in.

The Zhuhai government personally mobilized to allow more tourists to stay in people's homes, and the guesthouses and hotels of the municipal government, district government and other institutions were also all open to the public.

Even so, there are still some tourists who have nowhere to stay. After all, they come here to watch the Zhuhai Air Show, and they don’t want to stay too far away.

The Zhuhai government simply set up tents on a nearby beach and allowed tourists to stay overnight in the tents for free.

Hunter, wearing a denim jacket and sunglasses, was touring China's drones.

Hunter applied for entry under the pretext of traveling to the Zhuhai Air Show, with a 14-day visa. His external identity was an aviation enthusiast, but in fact Hunter was a CIA agent and a technical agent who graduated from MIT.

The U.S. intelligence system has a total of 18 components. In addition to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, it also includes the Central Intelligence Agency, the Institute for Intelligence under the U.S. State Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration under the U.S. Department of Justice, the Bureau of Intelligence and Analysis and the Coast Guard Intelligence Agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence under the U.S. Department of Energy, the Bureau of Intelligence and Analysis under the U.S. Treasury, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under the U.S. Department of Defense, the Military Intelligence Bureau under the U.S. Army, the Office of Naval Intelligence under the U.S. Navy, the 16th Air Force under the U.S. Air Force, the Intelligence Bureau under the U.S. Marine Corps and the National Space Intelligence Center under the U.S. Space Force.

The CIA is the most powerful intelligence system in the United States. It consists of four main parts: Management, Operations, Technology, and Intelligence. No one knows how many people there are in the CIA, but a conservative estimate is that it is more than 20000.

According to the new US fiscal budget, the annual budget for US intelligence work in 2005 will reach 1200 billion US dollars, of which the CIA will receive 800 billion US dollars.

The United States' military spending in the new year will reach a staggering figure of 7900 billion US dollars.

The end of the Iraq War did not lead the United States to cut military spending, but instead increased it.

Hunter came to the Zhuhai Air Show this time to collect intelligence so that the CIA can conduct scientific and reasonable analysis.

Any air show or weapons show in the world is a gold mine for spies, and the Zhuhai Air Show is no exception. There are too many weapons and equipment worth collecting intelligence at the Zhuhai Air Show.

The CIA sends agents to every Zhuhai Air Show.

"Is this the 'Saker Falcon' unmanned reconnaissance aircraft? It looks like a high-altitude, long-range unmanned reconnaissance aircraft!" Hunter looked at the 'Saker Falcon' unmanned reconnaissance aircraft with a gleam in his eyes.

Although he couldn't get close to the target, Hunter was able to make a quick judgment based on his expertise.

However, the specific performance of this "Haidongqing" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft needs to be judged by more professional experts.

"It would be great if we could get close to each other!" Hunter said secretly.

In order to avoid leaks of appearance details and materials, weapons exhibitions and air shows often prohibit spectators from close contact.

For example, when it comes to stealth fighter jets, the United States has always prohibited others from getting close to them, because the stealth coating of the stealth fighter jets might be scraped off and then studied, thus causing leaks.

Taking photos of the Haidongqing unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from different angles will provide valuable video footage.

The camera in his hand looks no different from other tourists' cameras, but in fact it is a specially modified high-end spy camera.

Just this one camera costs as much as one million dollars.

After visiting the 'Saker Falcon' unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, Hunter visited the 'Rainbow' UAV and the 'Wing Loong' UAV. When he saw the weapon mounts of these two drones, Hunter judged that these two drones were used for ground attacks.

Hunter couldn't judge how these two drones performed compared to the Americans' own drones, but he knew that new exhibits like these must be taken seriously. Otherwise, if they were not understood, the U.S. military would suffer a great loss.

Hunter would not underestimate China, because it is the world's largest industrial country and a veritable "world factory". China's industry covers high, medium and low ends.

Whoever underestimates China will suffer a great loss.

Hunter saw other people taking pictures too. Looking at the shape of their hands, he felt that they were probably intelligence officers like him, but he didn't know whether they were from Russia or Europe.

Hunter was sure that there were at least 800 intelligence personnel from various countries at the Zhuhai Air Show.

Hunter couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about the strength of China's security. With such a strong security check, it was not easy to bring a pistol to China.

Even in China, ordinary Chinese people always look at them with scrutiny and are wary of them.

As long as a flaw is revealed, I'm afraid ordinary Chinese people will call the police, and then the police will come to your door.

The U.S. intelligence personnel in China include international students, foreign company employees, embassy or consulate staff, tourists, and some people who have a great favorable impression of the United States.

But it is not so easy to carry out intelligence work in China. (End of this chapter)