Chapter 1124: We Can’t Let the Chinese Succeed! (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket for October)
Chapter 1124: The Chinese cannot succeed! (I beg for a wave of October monthly tickets...)
If we only talk about combat effectiveness, the UAE army can be said to have no value.
But if we talk about influence, no one dares to underestimate a GCC country.
Therefore, although the amount of the UAE's military purchase is not large, it is very important to the three parties that finally made it.
France, needless to say.
The Middle Eastern countries are its traditional weapons export targets.
Considering that the GCC countries often have a high degree of equipment interoperability, once the early warning aircraft is successfully sold to the UAE, it is very likely to open up the sales of Rafale in the future, thereby further maintaining its influence in the region.
The Kingdom of David is even more of an insider.
It can be said that the results of previous Middle East wars depended to a large extent on the actual tendencies of the GCC countries.
If the work is not done, then the Kingdom of David can win relatively easily.
But if it is serious, the price it pays is hard to say.
Therefore, although the GCC countries have essentially become allies of the Kingdom of David in the past decade, it is obviously a safer choice to further strengthen the relationship between the two sides through a representative arms sale.
On the contrary, the Swedes' considerations are relatively simple.
It is to make money.
Compared with Brazil, which has little presence in the international arena and is short of money, the Middle Eastern oil man is obviously a better client.
If this order can be completed, it will be enough to make their equipment popular.
Therefore, everyone's eyes are also closely watching the situation of the first round of selection...
...
The Kingdom of David.
IAI Business Development General Manager Yar Kenz received a report from the head of the military aircraft department, Shaul Mavita, at almost the same time.
The content, of course, is about the initial shortlisted results announced by the UAE.
"As you expected, both the United States and Russia are just going through the motions, and in the end it is still a competition between our three models..."
Mavita flattered a little first.
But Kentz seemed a little irritated at this moment-
Just a year ago, this phased array radar + ultra-long-range business jet early warning aircraft design seemed to be their IAI's exclusive product, which was almost a sure win for small and medium-sized countries.
As a result, two similar models appeared out of nowhere.
"Now think about it... when Dassault Group came to cooperate with us last year, we shouldn't have rejected it so quickly..."
Kentz took off his glasses and rubbed his slightly swollen forehead with some regret.
"At that time... there was nothing we could do."
Mavita quickly replied:
"First of all, we signed an exclusive supply agreement, and the French Falcon 8Z is the best-performing model among this generation of large business jets. Gulfstream is obviously not willing to let competitors come to share a piece of it..."
"And from a cost perspective, we can't develop conformal array antenna kits for two different platforms at the same time."
If a leader actively expresses self-blame in front of his subordinates, then the meaning is most likely to let the latter find a reason to excuse him, so that he can feel better.
Instead of really asking you to condemn him together.
Kentz was no exception.
After hearing the reasons found by Mavita, his regretful expression just now disappeared without a trace:
"So... do you know the current inclination of the other party's decision-making level, or the evaluation of these three models?"
At present, it is still in the early stage of the selection work, and there is still enough room for response no matter what happens.
If we wait until a few months later for the actual machine test to begin, many things will not be changed.
However, Mavita did not give the answer he wanted:
"In this matter, the level of the other party's person in charge is very high, and the intelligence department is unwilling to take action specifically for us, so it is difficult to obtain useful information..."
"You know, with the system of those kingdoms, they don't need to explain anything to the parliament or the people, as long as a person in charge with a high enough status makes the decision."
Hearing this, Kentz shook his head helplessly and gave a sharp comment:
"What an evil xx system..."
Although he said so, Mavita clearly noticed that his leader just showed an envious expression.
Of course, he didn't point it out, but changed the subject and continued:
"However, Mr. Kentz, we did get some information about our competitors through some grassroots staff..."
This pull and step directly highlighted his work ability.
If it were in normal times, Kentz might have noticed this clever rhetoric.
But now, his focus is obviously not here.
"..."
After a brief description that was not much different from the actual situation, Mavita concluded:
"In general, the solution given by Dassault has certain advantages in paper performance. Of course, we have not been able to obtain all the parameters, but what is certain is that their aircraft carrier platform is faster, has a longer range, and the radar is at least not inferior to ours in detection distance."
"In addition, the UAE has been accustomed to using French equipment in the past, and the replacement process will be smoother, so many members of the delegation hope to eventually choose French products..."
"Is that so..."
Kentz looked thoughtful.
If it were other issues, he might still be able to try harder.
But usage habits...
There's really nothing he can do.
You can't just change the IDF's preferred design to the French one just for the orders for these aircraft, right?
Besides, it's not that easy to change...
In fact, for a moment, Kentz had decided to leave it to fate.
IAI is not a company that survives on export orders. Although this business is important, it's not like it will lead to the extinction of the country if it fails.
"Ericsson's proposal... is there anything to say?"
For the sake of caution, he confirmed again.
Although they are all NATO allies in a broad sense, the relationship between David and Sweden is not good...
Or it can be said to be very bad.
So he doesn't want to see the Swedes win the bid.
"No."
Mavita answered without hesitation:
"Even few people discuss the performance of the Swedish model..."
Obviously, this is worse than a bad review.
Kentz breathed a sigh of relief:
"Although I don't know how the French got this early warning aircraft, but..."
He was interrupted by Mavita halfway through his words:
"Regarding the technical source of the early warning system... the intelligence department has given an explanation."
"Based on the current information, it should be a product jointly developed by France and China..."
"..."
For a moment, the whole office was as quiet as death.
Kentz slapped the armrest of the chair:
"Why didn't you inform me about this earlier?"
Mavita was shocked by this sudden change:
"Europe and China have jointly developed no less than ten types of equipment in recent years... and you didn't ask specifically..."
Kentz also knew that it was unreasonable for him to get angry with the other party, so he barely calmed down:
"No, we have to think of a way..."
"We must not let Dassault's plan win the bid!"
The reason for the 180-degree change in attitude was not that he had any opinion on China.
In fact, whether from a geopolitical or economic perspective, there is no need for any confrontation between David and China.
The main reason is that IAI can't afford to lose this person.
Back then, China paid for the circular project and David provided the technology. There was a lot of noise.
But no matter what the reason was, it ended up in a very ugly way.
And China failed to obtain the technology of the Falcon system in the end.
Originally, it was thought that this would stop the other party from developing early warning aircraft, but in 1999, they actually took out an early warning aircraft with a very unique appearance at the military parade.
As a result, IAI became a clown.
Those who know the inside story will say that this is a slap in the face of the Americans.
And those who don’t know, all think that this is a slap in the face of David.
That’s fine.
Anyway, no one knows what the performance of China’s early warning aircraft is.
Maybe it’s just a showpiece to save the scene?
Although Kentz himself knew it was impossible, at least he could say so in the publicity.
But now, less than five years have passed. If the Falcon system directly lost to the same type of products using Chinese technology in the bidding...
It would be different.
Even if you can give ten thousand reasons.
But in the eyes of the outside world...
It can only be a dish...