The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 904 Emergencies
Subsequently, on March 3, the 22rd regular meeting of the Arab League Council of Ministers was held in Riyadh.

At the meeting, Iraqi Foreign Minister Al informed everyone about the Turkish army's brazen invasion of Iraq and demanded that the Arab coalition help Iraq to drive the Turkish army out of Iraqi territory and safeguard Iraq's sovereign equality.

Other Arab countries were outraged by the Turkish army's actions and voted in favor.

The meeting passed a resolution that the Turkish army's actions were illegal and mobilized 5 Arab coalition forces to northern Iraq.

The Arab Coalition, as the permanent conventional force of the Arab League, is composed of troops sent by member states of the Arab League, and its military funds come from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman.

30万阿拉伯联军，其中海军4万，包括3000人的海军陆战队，拥有20艘022型导弹艇、8艘022型鱼雷艇、4艘扫雷艇、10艘054型护卫舰、5艘052型驱逐舰、3艘补给舰、4艘登陆舰、3艘两栖攻击舰以及数十艘武装船，主要分布在波斯湾、红海、亚丁湾、阿拉伯海，用于维护这些海域的安全。

空军3万人，编有6个攻击机中队、9个战斗机中队、2个直升机中队、1个侦察机中队、1个预警机中队、3个运输机中队，装备各型飞机550多架，其中作战飞机超过350架，主要为F-5B、F-5E/F、RF-5E、F15、F16、米格21、米格23、米格25、米格29、歼5、歼6、歼7、歼8、歼10、歼11等机型。

The air defense force has 1.6 people, including 33 surface-to-air missile companies, equipped with SAM series air defense missiles, Aegis series air defense missiles, anti-aircraft machine guns of various calibers, and anti-aircraft guns of various calibers.

The army has 21.4 people and is equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles of all types.

This time, the Arab coalition mobilized 5 troops to northern Iraq. This is the first time that the Arab coalition has targeted a non-Arab country to safeguard the sovereignty of Arab countries since the Gulf War.

除此之外，阿拉伯联军还调动2艘052型驱逐舰、4艘054型护卫舰、10艘022型导弹艇、4艘022A型鱼雷艇走红海通过苏伊士运河，进入地中海，威慑土耳其。

The Arab League mobilized the Arab coalition forces, and the whole world was shocked when the news came out.

You have to know that Türkiye is a military power and also a NATO country.

Turkey is a country that straddles the Eurasian continent, bordering the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Syria and Iraq to the southeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, Greece and Bulgaria, and Persia to the east. Turkey's geographical location and geopolitical strategic significance are extremely important, and it is a crossroads connecting Europe and Asia.

Also because of Türkiye's important geostrategic significance, Türkiye joined NATO as early as 1952.

而土耳其的军事实力也不可小觑，总兵力现役51.51万人，预备役37.87人。陆军25.87万人，海军5.5万人，空军6.5万人。陆军共有4个集团军，下辖9个军，1个机械化师、1个步兵师、14个装甲旅、17个机械化旅、9个步兵旅、4个突击旅、1个步兵团、1个警卫团、5个边防团。

The reserve force has 4 coastal defense regiments and 23 coastal defense battalions.

According to the Turkish military's propaganda, the Turkish military has already achieved the construction of mechanized forces.

In terms of the navy, there are 5.3 people, including 3100 marines and 1050 coast guards, 13 submarines, 22 frigates, and no destroyers. There are 49 patrol and coastal combat ships, 21 missile boats, and 28 patrol boats. There are 24 mine warfare ships, 8 amphibious warfare ships, and 27 support and auxiliary ships. There are 16 anti-submarine helicopters of the naval aviation.

空军6.01万人，有11个战斗攻击机中队、7个战斗机中队、2个侦察机中队、5个运输机中队、2个加油机中队。

The Turkish army brazenly entered northern Iraq this time because it saw that the Iraqi army is now weak.

But no one expected that the Iraqi army was not mobilized, but provoked the Arab coalition forces.

All of a sudden, people from countless countries around the world came to watch and watch, to see if the two sides would fight, and even speculated whether this would be the fuse for the S3 season.

The Americans were a little troubled by this.

The situation in Somalia has not been resolved, the Middle East is not stable, Saudi Arabia is becoming more and more disobedient, and now even Turkey is messing around. NATO has a mutual defense clause.

All of a sudden, the oil futures market rose sharply, and the rise was extremely astonishing.

The Americans quickly sent a delegation to the Middle East and then convened a NATO meeting.

The Turkish representative at the meeting called for the activation of joint defense.

Americans and Europeans were shocked. How could this be possible?

If the mutual defense clause is activated and war with the Afghan coalition is declared, there is no need to even start a war, just to announce it, then won't the price of oil soar?

How many years have we been enjoying good times?
In recent years, thanks to the fact that the export price of oil from Gulf countries is no higher than US$25 per barrel, the inflation rate in Europe and the United States has dropped significantly, and the economy has developed a lot in recent years.

In this situation, how could NATO countries agree to launch joint defense?

If oil prices skyrocket, even to $50 per barrel, the inflation rate will probably soar to double digits, or even reach 20%.

The United States even disagrees. Even after being severely slapped in the face by Somalia before, the United States has demonstrated strong strategic determination and did not send a large number of troops to Somalia, let alone the current situation in Turkey.

Turkey sent troops into Iraq on its own. That is Turkey's business and has nothing to do with the United States or Europe.

How could Europe and the United States sacrifice their own interests for the sake of Türkiye's interests?

The Turkish representative was furious and cursed loudly.

In the final analysis, this matter is because Türkiye is attacking the Kurds and protesting against Iraq for its own interests.

Since 1992, in order to avoid Turkey shutting down its oil pipeline during the Gulf War, Iraq began to build an oil and gas pipeline from Iraqi oil fields to the Persian Gulf.

In recent years, Turkey has been negotiating with Iraq in this regard, hoping that Iraq will cancel the oil and gas pipeline. After all, Iraq used to pay a lot of transit fees every year for passing through Turkey's oil and gas pipeline.

Türkiye can also use Iraq's relatively cheap oil and natural gas.

Turkey produces oil and natural gas, but it is far from enough for its own use and has to import them, which come from Iraq.

Iraq is building its own oil and gas pipeline to the Persian Gulf, which is simply blocking Türkiye's energy lifeline. How can Türkiye tolerate this?

Therefore, after many negotiations broke down, Türkiye hopes to force Iraq to make concessions in this way.

In the past, Iraq had millions of lions and strong military power, far exceeding that of Turkey. Turkey would naturally not adopt such measures. But now it is different. Iraq is now a sick cat.

(End of this chapter)