The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Gaddafi paid a sum of money and hired a group of Afghan armed forces to fight in Libya, Tunisia and Algeria.

These three places have puppet governments supported by Americans.

Naturally, there are also the original government troops.

The two sides are exchanging fire.

The Americans and the Russians are waging proxy wars in Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria.

Gaddafi knows that this is not the time to be reluctant to spend money.

Coupled with financial assistance from the Arab world, Gaddafi hated the Americans so much that he paid Afghan and Iraqi armed forces to fight.

The armed forces in these two places have fought wars for ten years and have rich combat experience, but they are in urgent need of funds.

Barack was waging a proxy war in North Africa while at the same time carrying out massive disarmament.

Many troops were disbanded.

Barack did not touch some elite American troops.

As for North Africa, the Americans have stockpiled tens of thousands of troops and maintained an aircraft carrier fleet for a long time.

Faced with the Franco-German alliance and Russia's collaboration, the United States also appeared to be very cautious and did not rashly escalate the war.

Barack has even stopped emphasizing, as he did before, that the United States and Europe share the same ideology and are indestructible allies. On the contrary, Barack has become more vocal in criticizing and blaming Europe.

The United States now truly feels that Europe's power to break free from U.S. control is growing rapidly.

NATO, led by the United States, is in fact at a standstill and is ineffective.

Now Europe's desire to break free from the political and military control of the United States is growing stronger and stronger. The conflicts and frictions between the two sides are emerging one after another. From the trade and economic fields to the political and military fields, the nature of the conflicts is undergoing profound changes.

France and Germany, known as the "engines" of European integration, play a leading role in the EU and both hope to build the EU into a powerful pole in the world and play an important role on the international stage.

Even if the United States used the world economic crisis as an opportunity to trigger a debt crisis within the European Union in order to drive a wedge between the bloc, it now seems that in the face of the Americans' actions in North Africa, Europe has the same interests in this regard, and it has even led to an easing of relations between Europe's old countries and Russia, and the relaxation of their vigilance and hostility towards Russia.

Russia has a strong base and two markets to back it up, so it is taking a very tough stance and is willing to send the Black Sea Fleet and airborne troops just to save Libya.

If the United States escalates the war and directly confronts Russia at this time, it will easily cause a large-scale military conflict between the two countries.

This is such a terrible risk that even the United States is very cautious and does not dare to initiate it easily.

After all, once it starts, it will spiral out of control.

Starting is easy, but stopping is not so easy.

What's more, in another direction, the United States is also feeling tremendous pressure.

Due to the instability in Japan and South Korea, the voices for Northeast Asian integration are growing louder in Japan and South Korea, and the desire to break free from the political, economic and military control of the United States is becoming stronger and stronger.

In particular, Japan and South Korea paid a heavy price on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, but gained little. They had to pay for it themselves, and the pensions had to be paid by the Japanese and South Korean governments themselves.

This has also caused great resentment among the Japanese and South Korean governments and people.

Now Japan wants to get rid of the dog chain that the United States has put on its head and intends to become a normal country.

On the South Korean side, voices calling for the return of military command are growing louder.

Japan and South Korea are both important strategic fulcrums for Japan. If the United States has South Korea, it can open up a battlefield in East Asia at any time. And if it has Japan in hand, it is also an important strategic fulcrum.

Not only in Japan and South Korea, but also in Australia, there is great pressure.

Lan Fang once again took the initiative to provoke territorial disputes. An aircraft carrier formation with the Type 001 light aircraft carrier as its core cruised in the waters of Oceania, emphasizing freedom of navigation.

In Latin America, as the United States has become a net oil exporter, many Latin American countries, especially those that originally exported oil and natural gas to the United States, Canada, and Mexico, are extremely dissatisfied with the United States as this market has been monopolized by the United States.

Panama is increasing tolls, which has made Americans pay a lot more and made many Americans very dissatisfied.

The topic of the Panama Canal is heating up in the United States.

Of course, what bothered Barack the most was the disastrous consequences of the defeat in the midterm elections. He had to compromise if he wanted to do something.

Although he is used to getting around it with presidential executive orders, he cannot get around it when it comes to the budget.

In this turbulent world, we have unknowingly ended 2011 and entered 2012.

During the New Year's Day holiday in 2012, China Aerospace attracted a lot of attention.

In space, Sky-2 was successfully launched.

Tiankong-2 was developed based on the backup of Tiangong-1 target spacecraft and modified according to the mission requirements of Tiangong-2. It is basically the same size as Tiangong-1 and is also a long-term automatic orbital spacecraft with short-term manned operations. It is an important stage in the technical development before my country builds a space station.

Compared with the Tiangong-1 target spacecraft, the Tiangong-2 space laboratory is equipped with a brand-new set of space application system payload equipment. Both the number of supporting equipment and the complexity of installation have created the most in China's history of manned spacecraft missions.

This also means that China is one step closer to building a space station!
According to the plan released by the China Space Administration, the basic space station that China will eventually build will not be larger than the International Space Station. The basic space station generally consists of a core module, a cargo spacecraft, a manned spacecraft and two other modules for experiments and other functions, with a total weight of less than 100 tons. The core module needs to be manned for a long time and can dock with various experimental modules, manned spacecraft and cargo spacecraft.

This basic space station is also short-term, because China has a more complete space station plan. The basic space station to be built this time is for technology verification and experience accumulation in space station construction.

Tiangong-1 is a special case of a space laboratory, mainly for the purpose of completing rendezvous and docking missions. Tiangong-2 is a completely small space laboratory, where scientists and astronauts will carry out various work and experiments. Tiangong-2 will solve space application problems of a certain scale and short-term manned care, and astronauts will live longer on Tiangong-2 than on the Shenzhou spacecraft.

At the same time, the Shenzhou spacecraft in space was conducting rendezvous and docking.

At this point, no country doubts China's determination and ability to build a space station.

Everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before China builds a space station.

This year's Spring Festival comes earlier than in previous years.

January 1nd is New Year’s Eve!
Many positions in Panshan Group started their holidays on January 1, which is the 14st day of the th lunar month, because it was already Saturday. After the weekend, it was the rd day of the th lunar month, which is the Little New Year's Eve.

After the group gathering, Liu Tao, his young parents and other family members boarded a special plane to an island in Southeast Asia, where a high-end sanatorium specially designed for recuperation was built just a few years ago.

The island has a small airport dedicated to aircraft takeoff and landing.

The island is beautifully developed, with a beach formed by natural white sand. The sand is very fine and beautiful, and the sea water is very blue and clear.

Moreover, because of the islands and the seabed topography, here, it is almost not affected by typhoons and the waves are not too big.

The capital city is still covered in ice and snow at this time, but you can wear shorts or a swimsuit here, the climate is very pleasant.

After a busy year, it's time to recuperate here for a few days.

The house we live in is also a water house. You can open the window to feel the sea breeze and look at the sea.

The vast ocean has a large number of islands, which are valuable resources.

Since these islands were allowed to be traded, there has been a wave of island fever, with many wealthy people buying islands and becoming their own owners.

Even some super-rich people specifically choose islands with an area of ​​more than 10 square kilometers as their own private islands, turning them into private secret homes.

As long as it is legal and compliant, the relevant departments will not interfere with what they do on the island.

Happy times are always short, and the Spring Festival holiday passed quickly.

The Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 'Yue' was officially delivered to the Navy.

This also means that China has a second Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service, and it also means that China has once again formed three aircraft carrier formations.

There is one Type 002B nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and two Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service!

On the Nanyang side, there are three aircraft carrier formations mainly composed of light aircraft carriers, which are sufficient to meet regional cruising needs.

There are six aircraft carrier formations in the waters of the entire area.

From the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean to the Strait of Malacca, to the South China Sea, to the Yellow Sea, and to the east of Australia in the Indian Ocean!
In this context, the Christmas Island dispute broke out.

Lan Fang has been arguing with Australia for some time. The total area of ​​Christmas Island is about 135 square kilometers. It is nearly 1600 kilometers away from Australia, but only 350 kilometers away from Lan Fang.

Australia has always believed that the island belongs to Australia.

However, there is a lot of controversy in this regard. When the refugees entered here, they had already declared independence, and Australia also announced that it recognized the country.

Lan Fang regarded the other side as rebels and now wanted to send troops to wipe them out.

In reality, there are very few people living on the island, probably only two or three thousand.

The so-called independent nation-building is nonsense.

Australia was afraid that the island would be occupied by Lan Fang and once again emphasized its sovereignty over the island, but Lan Fang ignored it.

Lan Fang dispatched an aircraft carrier fleet, and Australia dispatched its navy to stop Lan Fang's military operations.

This time, Australia also invested heavily, deploying one "Canberra" class amphibious assault ship, four "Adelaide" class missile frigates, four "Anzac" class frigates, four "Collins" class submarines and dozens of armed transport ships, supply ships, etc.

Australia has only two Canberra-class amphibious assault ships. This class of ships is designed and built based on the Spanish Juan Carlos I-class strategic delivery ships. It has a full load displacement of 27500 tons and has strong amphibious delivery and sea transportation capabilities. It is equipped with four 4mm Typhoon weapon stations, three close-range defense systems and six 25mm machine guns. It can carry 3 fully armed soldiers and transport 6 vehicles including M12.7A1000 main battle tanks. It can also carry four LCM-1E mechanized landing ships.

‘阿德莱德’级导弹护卫舰，舰长138米，舰宽14米，吃水7.5米，标准排水量3678吨，满载排水量4100吨，最高航速29节，续航力4500海里/20节，武器装备有1门“奥托·布莱达“76mm /62倍口径舰炮，1座20mm Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS近防系统，1座Mk-13导弹发射系统(配备标准-I/II舰空导弹或捕鲸叉对舰导弹)，FFG-03/05升级加装8单元Mk41 Mod 5型导弹垂直发射装置，配备32枚Sea Sparrow海麻雀/ Evolved Sea Sparrow改进海麻雀舰空导弹，2座Mk-32三联装324mm鱼雷发射管;舰载机为2架S-70B Seahawk海鹰反潜直升机;电子设备:AN/SPS-49搜索雷达;Mk 92火控雷达;AN/SPS-55雷达;AN/SQS-56声纳等;舰员:184人。整个澳大利亚海军也就装备6艘该级护卫舰。

The 'Anzac-class' frigate is a frigate designed and modified based on the German MEKO 200 type and built by the Australian Tenix Defence Systems. The Australian Navy is equipped with a total of 8 ships. The bow of this class of ships is equipped with an American MK-45 Mod2 five-inch 54-caliber naval gun and eight PIM-7P vertically launched Sea Sparrow air defense missiles or the new generation of Sea Sparrow ESSM.

The 'Collins' class submarine is a new submarine built by the Australian Navy in the 80s. In 1987, the Type 471 submarine from the Swedish Kockums Shipyard was selected. The submarine is 75 meters long, 7.8 meters wide, and has a maximum underwater displacement of 2700 tons. The main mission of the submarine is anti-ship, anti-submarine, surveillance, intelligence gathering, mine laying and special operations. It is equipped with 6 weapon launch tubes with a diameter of 533 mm. The launch system can launch MK48-4 torpedoes and submarine-launched 'Harpoon' VGM84A anti-ship missiles.

Unfortunately, the Australian army underestimated the determination of the Lancang army.

In the tense confrontation, no one knew who fired the first shot, and the two sides broke out in the largest naval battle in this sea area.

In this sea area, the Australian army cannot get air force support, but the Lancang army can.

With the help of land-based aviation, the Lan Fang aircraft carrier formation quickly gained air superiority, and with air superiority came sea superiority.

The naval battle was not as fierce as the collision between Mars and the Earth, but rather showed a one-sided trend.

Warships were constantly being hit by anti-ship missiles and artillery shells, and some were burning, some had holes in them, and some had water taking in their hulls and were tilting.

The war situation was constantly transmitted to the rear.

The Australian army sent bombers to provide support, but before they got close to the battlefield, they were intercepted and shot down by Lan Fang's fighter planes.

Australia was furious and filed a complaint first, declaring war on Lan Fang.

Lan Fang did not tolerate Australia and also declared war on it.

When the news of the naval battle between the two sides spread, the whole world was shocked.

After all, such a large naval battle is very rare in the Southern Hemisphere.

The last time was during the Falklands War!

As the Australian Navy’s losses were exposed, the whole world was shocked.

This time, the Australian Navy can be said to have lost two-thirds of its strength.

This also means that Australia's coastal cities are almost undefended.

Once the Australian Air Force is destroyed, it will be truly defenseless, like a naked girl walking around the street. (End of this chapter)