Chapter 1125 The King of Middle Eastern Ideas (New January, Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket)
When the Ring Project was completed, Shaul Mavita was still in charge of coordinating market relations in Europe, so he didn't know much about the details.
At least not as well as Yar Kenz, who witnessed it.
However, seeing the latter's reaction just now, he could probably guess the reason.
In fact, from Mavita's point of view, this matter is not worth making a fuss about.
He started to preside over the work with Europe in 1995, and was not transferred back to the headquarters until last year. He almost witnessed the whole process of the reputation of Chinese products in Europe from being unheard of, to being notorious, to mostly bad reviews, to mixed reviews, and finally sharing the European affordable market with Korean products.
Many European companies say they dislike it, but as long as they check the supply chain carefully, they will find that their bodies are very honest.
There will be no shortage of places where Chinese products should be used.
Even the NH90 helicopters used by many NATO countries have chosen a large proportion of Chinese suppliers.
There are even more outrageous rumors that the NH90 was jointly developed and designed by China and Eurocopter Group.
Of course, Mavita still doesn't quite believe this statement.
In any case, it is an indisputable fact that the bond between China and Europe is getting deeper and deeper.
In this case, it is normal for both sides to plan to make an early warning aircraft.
It is not worth it to make a big fuss about this matter.
Since others bid under the name of Dassault, it means that the Chinese do not want to use this matter to make a big fuss in public opinion.
Even if they win, at most they will feel happy in their hearts.
But think about it.
Since Kentz now wants to fight to the death, he is not going to disobey the leader's intention.
"Then... why not let Washington come forward to put pressure?"
Like most David people, Mavita's first reaction after encountering something is to ask the United States for help:
"Even if China does not accept the threat, the UAE and France must consider the Americans' ideas, right?"
This proposal is indeed good on the surface.
But it seems too naive in politics.
Kentz shook his head almost without thinking:
"Washington may pay any price for us... but not for this kind of thing."
"In the past two years, Europe has been very aggressive. Not only does it want to replace the United States economically, but it also tends to seek independent defense militarily. The attitude of the United States should be to adopt a policy of appeasement first, and then find an opportunity to break through from within Europe... In short, under the current circumstances, we cannot simply consider the problem according to the thinking of the Cold War period."
In fact, there is another thing Kentz did not say.
That is, as the euro becomes stronger and stronger, the United States needs to do everything possible to avoid the euro from being anchored to any key commodity.
In addition, at the end of 2003, the US military was still fantasizing that it would be able to withdraw its troops from the Mesopotamian Basin in the first half of 2004 and hand over regional defense to the GCC allies.
It is even more impossible to offend both buyers and sellers for such a trivial matter, and a country that is rapidly erupting and its trade volume is rising steadily.
Mavita frowned slightly:
"But the person in charge of this military purchase is Crown Prince Mohammed Zayed. If we don't put pressure on him, do we have to bribe a future king?"
This is obviously unrealistic.
The entire UAE belongs to him.
But for Mavita, who has been rampant in Europe for more than ten years, he really can't think of any other way except intimidation and bribery.
And Kentz's mind should be a little more flexible:
"Did the other party inform the specific form of the second round of real machine bidding?"
The brain circuits of the dog big households cannot be dealt with by common sense.
For example, when Saudi Arabia purchased large-caliber howitzers, it really brought together the models of various countries participating in the bidding and conducted a target shooting test on the spot.
Of course, the army equipment is not worth much money, so it is not too out of line to do so.
But it is more bizarre that the humorous American representative broke into the bomb drop zone privately because he did not believe in the range of Chinese products and was almost blown to death.
At least it shows that the management is not strict.
If the UAE also plays this game, there is still a lot of room for operation.
"It just means that the bidding process will be completed by June 2005 at the latest, and the specific test process and time will be negotiated by the three parties with the selection committee."
Mavita replied:
"In addition, the condition for effective participation in the test is to produce at least a prototype that is close to the full state, and the aircraft needs to be taken to the UAE for testing."
It seems that the thinking of the Crown Prince is relatively normal.
This kind of arms sale with a strong party and many options must be controlled as much as possible.
However, this is also equivalent to revealing a flaw.
Kentz thought for a while and smiled:
"Although we can't bribe the Crown Prince himself, we can bribe a few technicians and let them slightly influence the test results... It should be possible, right?"
Although the Mossad agents are not as magical as the legends, as long as they are professionals, it is not a problem to do this kind of small work.
"Ah?"
Poor Mavita has been active in Europe in the past, and has not been exposed to the cruel terminal market. Most of the people he deals with are decent people. Who would have thought of such a despicable trick?
I was shocked on the spot.
"What?"
Kentz raised his eyebrows slightly:
"Do you have a better idea?"
Of course, Mavita didn't have one.
But his moral bottom line is quite flexible, so he quickly convinced himself and began to think specifically about the problems at the implementation level:
"But we don't know the specific circumstances of the test yet, nor do we know the specific parameters of the other party's model..."
Before he could finish speaking, Kenz interrupted:
"These should be the work of the intelligence department and we don't need to worry about it... Now this matter has risen to the level of national dignity. I will explain the situation to my superiors and ask for more support."
Mavita's face remained calm, but she couldn't help but curse in her heart:
"What kind of national dignity is this? It's not like you were messing around before and then lost it. In the end, you had to find others to help wipe your butt..."
However, on the surface, he still looked worried about his leader:
"But if we don't provide technical support, I'm afraid those rough guys from Mossad will just plant bombs... If it really makes a big fuss, it will still be detrimental to us..."
Although IAI is called David Aircraft Industries, its specific business covers almost all fields of land, sea, air and space. For example, its subsidiary Elta, in addition to developing large-scale products such as the Falcon system and LAVI fighter jets, also specializes in One of the important suppliers of equipment and electronic warfare equipment.
Any powerful intelligence agency or special forces cannot function without strong technical support behind it.
"Um……"
After Mavita said this, Kentz also felt it was reasonable.
After all, others are two of the five permanent members.
He just wants to regain his face, not to seek death.
Fortunately, the latter's smart mind came into play quickly, and a new idea quickly jumped out:
"Unit No. 01 is currently undergoing final modifications and equipment debugging in the assembly workshop. It will make its first flight in about two months, so during the test phase, that aircraft can be used to temporarily carry it on top..."
"Even if our three sets of tests are not exactly the same, the processes should be similar..."
The idea seems to be getting clearer:
"In this way, you go and communicate with Abu Dhabi and say that we plan to conduct testing in May or June!"
The sudden change in plans made Mavita, who was solely responsible for the bidding affairs, a little confused:
"Is it too hasty to conduct testing less than three months after the first flight?"
"Won't."
Kenz is very confident in technology:
"The radar and aircraft are both mature designs. In addition, the Falcon 8X business jet model has just begun to be delivered for commercial trial operation. I am afraid it will have to wait for a while before the modification of the early warning aircraft can begin, and Bombardier will even be three years later. Months, the delivery cycle is one of our strengths, and we can take this opportunity to show it..."
At this time, Mavita had already taken out the notebook he carried with him and started writing furiously.
The former continued:
"After we complete the test first, the French and Swedes will definitely be anxious and will submit the complete design plan to the UAE earlier. This will also give the intelligence agency more time to obtain relevant information about the other party and do some work. Make targeted preparations.”
"In addition, inform Elta Company that it is planning to modify a small forwarding jamming device based on the existing product. It is best to be carried on an aircraft the size of a drone..."
"..."
After finishing the request, Kenz waved his hand towards Mavita, indicating that the latter would do as he said.
Then he breathed a long sigh of relief, leaned back on the chair in a relaxed manner, and said to himself:
"Chinese Radar...I really don't believe it anymore..."