Babylonian Empire

The successful launch proved that Iraq has taken another solid step in the field of space technology.

In the desert, two American men looked disappointed. They were experts from NSAS. Through long-distance observation, they felt that this launch vehicle had nothing to do with the Scud missile. Especially, judging from the wake of the ignition, At least three engines are connected in parallel at the bottom.On the one hand, this shows that Iraq has not successfully developed a high-thrust rocket engine. It is impossible to think about it. Iraq's technological progress cannot be so fast. On the other hand, it shows that Iraq has mastered the difficulty of parallel engine technology. , which is a necessary condition for the development of launch vehicle technology.

I originally thought that the Arab Space Company, which does not have any technical reserves, will fail this launch in all likelihood. It would be best if the rocket explodes on the launch pad, so that the arrogant Arabs know that space technology is not something that can be played casually. turn.But now it seems that this rocket was launched successfully.

The reconnaissance satellite in space began to track this target in Iraq.

Although many costly projects of Star Wars have been delayed indefinitely, after all, there are still some scientific research results, and some sub-projects are progressing rapidly. For example, the discovery of missiles in the boost stage is a key research object.

In the main stage of missile promotion, destroying a missile is the best anti-missile method. On the one hand, when the missile returns to the atmosphere, it will separate several warheads or false targets, which will increase the difficulty of interception. On the other hand, After re-entering the atmosphere, the speed will increase.

And destroying the opponent in the boost phase, a more favorable result is that the destroyed missile will fall in the opponent's territory, and the radiation caused will also affect the opponent's ecological environment.

Although the weapons that can destroy the opponent's missiles deployed in space have not yet been realized, the early discoveries are relatively mature.

At the same time, the U.S. Navy in the Arabian Sea also began to observe the launch of this missile, especially the radar of the Aegis system, which can detect such targets.

The launch vehicle is flying normally. According to the law, after the first-stage rocket engine burns for [-] to [-] seconds, the fuel will be exhausted. At this time, the second-stage rocket should be ignited, and the first stage should be thrown away at the same time. This is the necessary condition for accelerating to the first cosmic speed.

However, they observed that now, the launch vehicle seems to be malfunctioning.

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The radar of the Aegis battleship successfully captured that target. After it flew over the Iranian border, it did not continue to accelerate, but kept slowing down, slowing down, and then, over Pakistan, it began to fall involuntarily, and finally, it fell on the Eastern Pakistan.

Arab Space Corporation's first launch vehicle failed.

The payload failed to enter orbit, but fell to the ground. The news was quickly spread to the world by the American media.

What else does Arabia have besides oil?They still want to study rockets by themselves, which is absolutely impossible.

In this regard, no country is willing to export technology to the Middle East.It was impossible for the Soviet Union, and neither was it for the great Eastern powers.

At this time, the space industry of the Soviet Union is entering a peak period. The Energia launch vehicle, a behemoth with a take-off weight of more than 2000 tons and a payload capacity of more than 100 tons to low-Earth orbit, conducted a flight test last year. This year, its carrier, the space shuttle Buran, is also about to take off.In addition to the Soyuz spacecraft and the Mir space station, the Soviet Union added a new manned spacecraft.

The failure of the launch of the Arab launch vehicle is definitely good news for the United States. Although this has nothing to do with the United States, it seems that the United States has defeated Iraq. After all, everything that has happened in the past few days has made it difficult for the United States to accept up.

After setting foot on the land of Baghdad, George felt a little heavy. He already had a premonition that the negotiation with Qusay would definitely be more difficult.

What will Iraq ask for?In short, it is impossible to buy advanced weapons from the United States. The United States will no longer continue to support Iraq. Iraq is becoming stronger, which is not good news for the United States.

There were obviously fewer people who came to greet them, only the US ambassador to Iraq and others. The Iraqi side only sent an ordinary zhèngfǔ staff member.

Moreover, George did not see Qusay right away. It is said that President Qusay went to the Hijara area for inspection. Needless to say, he must have gone to the Arab Space Company. Valuable.

Iraq's performance at the beginning was all to cheer up their people. Only at this rocket launch, they made a fool of themselves in front of the whole world. Therefore, Qusay must be very angry. This time he went to Arab Space Company to encourage , or to criticize?

George was not in a hurry, and finally met President Qusay the next morning.

"Welcome my American friend." Qusay said, "Because of some accidents yesterday, I did not meet with you as planned."

"It's okay." George said very generously: "We in the United States express regret for the failure of the Arab Space Company's launch. The journey of exploring the universe is not so smooth."

Although the words are very sincere, there is no doubt that it is with a contemptuous mentality. The development of the aerospace industry and the development of launch vehicles are not so simple. The Iraqis thought that they could assemble two fighters, which is considered an industry. Is it a big country?

Of course Qusay knew what George meant. He did go to the launching site. However, he did not encourage them not to be afraid of failure, but gave them a celebration party. This launch was very successful, and the bomb landed in Pakistan The payload was also found, and the sophisticated instruments inside recorded the data of this test, which completely matched the pre-plan.

After this experiment is completed, the next launch will be a second-stage rocket, and the next time, it will truly have the ability to launch satellites.

"We, Iraq and the United States, are staunch allies. This time, we gathered in the Arabian Sea and conducted a friendly naval exercise with each other, which fully demonstrated the friendly relationship between us." Qusay said seriously Said.

"President Qusay, there is no news media here. We all know what happened." George said: "We in the United States strongly protest these actions of your country, and conflicts between us may break out at any time."

The United States has thoroughly studied Qusay's character. This person can be described as a rascal, but he can be regarded as a hero.Without him, the Middle East would never be what it is now.Negotiations with him, beating around the bush, wasted time in the end, and the results have not achieved anything.

Therefore, straight to the point, straight to the point, the problems between them are naked.

"Really?" Qusay heard the words of the US Secretary of State, and his tone became serious: "Then we also protest at the same time. Your country is conducting military exercises in our Arabian Seas. This is showing off its force to us. Yes. A war blackmail against us."

"This is the high seas. The United States has the right to sail here and to hold military exercises here," George said.

"Then, we also have the right to fly over your country's aircraft carrier. There are high seas, and we also have the right to fly in these waters." Qusay said.

When George heard this, he lost the contempt just now. This young Arab hero was not only engaged in actual military operations, but also bickered, and he could be regarded as a mature war fighter.

Qusay is tit-for-tat, and his words are merciless. Although the US aircraft carrier formation is still outside the Arabian Sea, and although the Iraqi military is still unable to solve these threats, Qusay is still not afraid of the world's most powerful nation.

In the last sneak attack, Iraq just took advantage of the loopholes of the U.S. Navy. In a real fight, they had to face the 100 air superiority fighters on the two aircraft carriers. Within two hundred kilometers, launch an attack.Although the modern-class sandfly missiles are advanced, their range is only more than [-] kilometers. The US aircraft carrier is escorted by layers of warships. It is impossible for the modern-class to get close to that distance.

If Iraq is determined, it can do it, but in that case, Iraq's vitality will be greatly damaged, and there is no need for Iraq now.

Therefore, although the two sides are confronting each other at sea, in the end, they still have to return to the negotiating table. This is why the Iraqi side first claimed that it was actually the two sides that were conducting military exercises.

"Is your country's aircraft carrier fleet traveling thousands of miles to our Arabian waters just to conduct a military exercise on the high seas?" Qusay asked.Who doesn't know, the United States is trying to put pressure on Iraq.

"President Qusay." George did not answer Qusay's words directly, but changed the subject: "The friendly relationship between our United States and your country has a long history, especially, during your tenure, between us and your country. For example, the F-20, the main fighter in your country’s air force, is sold to your country by the United States through the provision of production lines. The E-2 pre-warning used by your country’s navy is now The machine is a project we only carried out last year. All these have greatly improved the combat effectiveness of your ** team."

The toughness didn't work just now, and now it's starting to promote the friendly relationship between the two countries.However, Qusay's ultimate goal is to resolve this dispute peacefully. Since the other party said so, Qusay will give the other party a step down.

"Yes, we also attach great importance to the relationship with your country. What we have now is just a misunderstanding. We, Iraq, and your country still have common interests in many fields." Qusay said.

Hearing Qusay's change of tone, George continued: "Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have spent tens of billions of dollars to buy our national debt. We hope that Iraq can spend the same amount of money to buy our national debt. It is also a further manifestation of the friendly relationship between us."

The main purpose of George's coming to Iraq is to allow Iraq to increase its holdings of US national debt. However, regarding this point, Iraq obviously will not let the US manipulate it.

Unexpectedly, Iraq's generosity was beyond his expectation. President Qusay said: "We have passed the news with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has provided 200 billion U.S. dollars to purchase your country's national debt, and we Iraq has also provided 200 billion U.S. dollars. U.S. dollars to buy your country’s national debt. At the same time, we, the people, will also have a large amount of funds that we hope can be invested in your country’s stock market to help your country survive this crisis safely.”

Although Qusay mentioned the word crisis, which made George a little uncomfortable, but he was overjoyed that Iraq actually had to spend 200 billion US dollars to buy US treasury bonds.

How did Qusay become so sensible?

Although Iraq has a lot of money, Qusay will never spend it indiscriminately. This time, there is also a deep consideration in purchasing additional US national debt.The current incident needs to be passed safely. Therefore, it is also necessary for both parties to lower their stances appropriately.In particular, Iraq is still not ready to turn against the United States.

Moreover, Iraq has invested 200 billion U.S. dollars to buy U.S. national debt. Can the U.S. intervene excessively in this currency joint plan of the Arabs?King Fahd has already told him the result, so at this time, try not to stimulate the Americans too much, and Iraq can also suffer a little loss at an appropriate time.

Third, in the future, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries will definitely break out a head-on conflict with the United States. The current war is not just a military war, but an economic war is even more important. Now holding US national debt , can also be regarded as a kind of foreign exchange reserve. Then, in future economic wars, for example, when the United States tries to attack their joint currency through economic means, they will respond by selling US treasury bonds in the international market.

As for investing in the U.S. stock market, now that the stock market has reached its lowest point, you can still make a fortune by buying the bottom. The funds you invest now will bring you more returns.

George didn't expect that the trip would go so smoothly, and then he heard President Qusay's words: "In addition, we in Iraq also want to order a batch of military equipment from your country."

George's heart tightened. Those high-tech equipment must never be exported to Iraq.

Chapter One Thousand and Nineteen Self-Destruction of the Great Wall

When the situation in the Persian Gulf area was tense, the Northern Empire also began to have dark waves.

From the time Gorbachev came to power until this year, he has been carrying out reforms in the economic field.From April 1985, at the Soviet zhōngyāng plenary meeting, Gorbachev proposed a strategy to accelerate economic development in response to the stagnation trend of the Soviet Union's economic development. In February 4, at the No.1986 Seventh Congress, Gorbachev further elaborated on the acceleration strategy in his political report, emphasizing that accelerating the country's social and economic development is a strategic approach.At the same time, it pointed out that the economic mechanism of the Soviet Union must be fundamentally reformed.Emphasize that theory is a powerful driving force for reform, and outdated concepts and rigid theoretical principles must be changed.