The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

All strategic-level weapons, including laser defense weapons, are assigned to exclusive agencies, and are uniformly managed and commanded by the National Security Strategic Defense Administration.

In theory, the space part belongs to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NCAA), but there are some exceptions. For example, space laser defense weapons belong to the National Security Strategic Defense Administration.

The few missiles deployed in space are not under the management of the National Space Administration, but are instead managed by relevant departments.

In addition to the national security strategic defense system under construction, a theater security defense system is also under construction. This is a tactical-level system, and both the range and power of the laser are much smaller.

As for actual combat, it is currently only in the stage of drills and has not yet been applied on the battlefield.

After leaving the Wenchang Launch Center, Liu Tao returned to the Panshan Group headquarters.

After being away for a while, there was already a lot of work waiting for him to handle.

The executive vice general manager can handle many things for him, including attending some meetings.

But many things still need to be handled by him personally.

As for the reason, it's simple: they don't have enough authority.

Not to mention superiors and subordinates, the differences between cadres at the same level are huge.

Just like in a county, the county officials and the county magistrate seem to be at the same level, but the gap between them is huge.

A county magistrate needs to serve one or even two terms, perform well, and be valued by higher-ups before he or she can hope to be promoted to a county official. This is only a hope, not a certainty.

Many people serve as county governors for 20 to 30 years, and then are transferred to surrounding counties. There are also many who never become county officials in their entire lives.

For example, the deputy county magistrate and the county magistrate seem to be only half a level apart, but in fact there is a big difference.

An ordinary deputy county magistrate, a deputy county magistrate who becomes a member of the county party committee standing committee, a deputy secretary of the county party committee, and finally a county magistrate!
The higher you go, the bigger the gap becomes!
Just like Panshan Group, although they are both deputy general managers, the difference is huge.

There is a huge difference between whether or not one is a member of the Party Committee and one's ranking among the members of the Party Committee.

As for the executive vice general manager, he is second only to Liu Tao in Panshan Group. He is responsible for the routine work of Panshan Group and exercises Liu Tao's powers when he is not at the group headquarters. He is definitely ranked second among all members of the party group.

But it still cannot be completely compared with Liu Tao.

This is the case in Panshan Group, and the gap is even more obvious outside the Panshan Group system.

All the documents that need to be processed by Liu Tao have been sorted out by his secretary.

If Liu Tao needs to know anything, the secretary will answer it.

Just when Liu Tao returned to Panshan Group, the international situation became tense again because Germany wanted to ship back 1900 tons of gold stored in the United States.

Barack's first visit to Europe after entering the White House attracted worldwide attention.

The first stop of Barack's first visit to Europe was Britain. The US-UK alliance is the most important of all America's alliances. Britain is America's most important ally. The two sides share the same language and similar culture. After the United States lost control of France and Germany, the importance of Britain became more prominent. The United States can use Britain, a European troublemaker, to disrupt Europe and prevent Europe from uniting as one.

Barack stressed the common values ​​of both sides and the importance of the US-UK alliance, and claimed that Britain is America's friendliest and most important ally. The two sides should work together to save the market, rescue the economic crisis and cope with international challenges.

Barack was then pressed on the US position on the Falkland Islands issue.

Now the Second Falklands War is imminent, and Britain is almost ready. Voices in Britain about resolving the Falklands issue by force are growing louder and louder. National sentiment is high throughout Britain, and Argentines are being forced out of Britain.

Even the Argentine football stars in the UK were forced to leave in disgrace.

Not only the Argentines, but anyone in Latin America who supported Argentina was ostracized by the British in Britain.

In Britain, no one has been talking about the economic crisis for a long time. Everything revolves around the war and has entered war mode.

The British were very angry and wanted to teach the Argentines a lesson in the Second Falklands War, and even occupy Argentina.

Many British media and British people even shouted the slogan "Destroy Argentina".

In this environment, the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak is fully reflected.

This also completely tears off the fig leaf of European and American arguments about modern human civilization.

Internationally, there have been constant reports on Europe and the United States’ performance in wars since the 90s.

In the Gulf War, the Iraqi people suffered miserably; in the Kosovo War, they shouted that human rights were above sovereignty and brazenly invaded Yugoslavia, causing huge losses to Yugoslavia. Countless Yugoslav civilians were killed and injured in bombings, causing a huge humanitarian disaster; in the Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, which was originally peaceful, was destroyed by the US-UK coalition forces. The US-led coalition has been fighting for so many years, but there is no hope for peace. The more they fight, the more chaos they see. Now Afghanistan has become a breeding ground for terrorism.
What’s even more terrifying is that Americans are growing poppies and manufacturing and trafficking drugs in Afghanistan!
The world's largest source of drugs now, apart from Mexico and some African countries, is Afghanistan.

And there is evidence that the US military was involved.

Barack looked quite embarrassed when he was pressed about his position in the UK.

According to the original strategy, it would be best for the United States not to get involved in the Second Falklands War.

But in this situation, Barack was forced to express his support for Britain and claimed that Argentina was a dictatorship and that the rule of dictator Armando Mayora should be overthrown. The United States would provide great help to its British ally.

Barack's response made Britain very happy. The British people were very satisfied with Barack's response. British media reported on it one after another, saying that Barack was a good friend of the British people.

But there was an uproar internationally.

Before that, during the George Wharton era, the United States had always emphasized that the two sides should engage in dialogue and resolve their differences through political consultation, and even put a certain amount of pressure on Britain.

But now Barack's response represents a change in the United States' position, with it overwhelmingly supporting Britain.

Many countries have criticized Barack, believing that he is irresponsible and is destroying world peace.

Among them, Argentina, as a party involved, has been the loudest in criticism.

Argentine media protested and criticized the Americans.

Armando Mayora even stated that Argentina's determination to safeguard its national sovereignty will not be shaken by this, and justice will surely prevail over evil.

And Armando Mayora announced that Argentina would ship back 50 tons of gold stored in the United States.

When Barack was asked about this issue by reporters during his visit to the UK, he directly stated that Argentina's decision was inappropriate and that the gold stored by Argentina in the United States did not belong to Armando Mayora, but to Argentina.

As for who can represent Argentina, it needs to be decided by the US court.

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked! (End of this chapter)