Chapter 868 Global Nuclear Balance

After leaving the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Chang Haonan quickly contacted Wu Yifan.

I learned that the latter is in the country.

So, he asked the other party to come out and meet him the next day.

The location is naturally in the private room on the second floor of the Torch Group canteen.

Compared to a few months ago, Lao Wu has become much healthier.

However, the price is that the passive skill of seamlessly camouflaging the Buryats is no longer available.

"Brother Nan, what a coincidence. I was planning to ask you out in the past two days."

After meeting, Wu Yifan spoke first.

"In a hurry?"

Chang Haonan, who had just picked up the chopsticks, stopped moving.

"It's not an urgent matter, otherwise I wouldn't have waited to meet you to tell you."

Wu Yifan picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water for each of them, while answering:

"What I heard last month was that the denuclearization steps on Ermao's side were suddenly suspended."

"ah?"

Chang Haonan's pupils shrank slightly in shock:

"How dare Ermao do this?"

This is really important.

A huge problem caused by the disintegration of the Soviet Union was the huge number of nuclear weapons scattered in the territories of the former republics and the loss of unified custody.

It is not only troublesome for other countries, but also troublesome for the CIS countries themselves except Russia——

Since control of nuclear bombs is still in the hands of Moscow, these nuclear weapons in their hands are essentially bludgeons.

It can neither be fired nor detonated.

But you can’t really treat it like a mallet.

If it is leaked due to improper storage, or if it is stolen, and the warhead is dismantled and the entire dirty bomb is taken out, no one can bear it.

Therefore, most countries got rid of these hot potatoes as quickly as possible shortly after independence.

But one country has a special situation.

Just Ermao.

There are simply too many nuclear bombs deployed on its soil.

So much so that in 1992, it was the third largest nuclear arsenal after the United States and Russia.

Far more than the sum of the following three constants.

Moreover, Ermao itself is a country with certain scientific research capabilities, and no one can guarantee that it will not be able to unlock nuclear weapons.

Therefore, in 1994, the five permanent members specially customized a Security Council Resolution 984:

If a nuclear-armed country gives up its nuclear weapons and returns to its status as a non-nuclear country, then the permanent members of the Security Council will jointly guarantee not to use nuclear weapons against that country.

Then, the "reassured" Kiev regime began to gradually destroy and transfer its nuclear arsenal under the joint supervision of the United States and Russia.

In the original timeline, this process probably lasted until the beginning of the 21st century, when the last silo deploying RT23 intercontinental missiles in Ermao was dismantled.

But I haven’t heard of any duplication in the process...

"It's not Er Mao. Er Mao is eager to get rid of these things quickly."

After hearing Chang Haonan's doubts, Wu Yifan shook the chopsticks in his hand:

"Didn't I tell you when we last met that the United States and Russia had some conflicts on the nuclear issue because of the Allied Forces Operation?"

Chang Haonan nodded, indicating that he knew.

This is also the basis for his layout using the D436 engine——

First, Lao Wu was sent to poach key technical personnel from the Ivchenko Design Bureau and the Motor Sich Factory.

It is not necessary to dig into China.

As long as you're not in Ermao, you can go anywhere.

The main reason is that they are unable to supply engine parts as scheduled, resulting in a large amount of liquidated damages.

These two companies are on the verge of life and death, and they cannot afford liquidated damages.

According to the contract, in this case, Ermao Official, as the guarantor of this transaction, will bear the liability for compensation.

But Ermao had to borrow money from Damao even to buy natural gas, and obviously he couldn't afford the loss.

Then the only option is to take the path of physical compensation.

Chang Haonan actually had this idea a long time ago.

But it had always been just an idea before.

After all, the Tu-160, as the world's largest strategic bomber with the longest range, is not just a simple weapon.

Also part of the global nuclear balance.

Even though the Cold War era has passed, any nuclear-related issue is still highly sensitive.

It was not until the end of the Allied Forces operation that some conflicts arose between several countries that had a tacit understanding on the Ermao nuclear issue. In addition, China itself is one of the five good people who legally possess nuclear weapons, which made this matter at least theoretically possible. possible.

but……

That is theoretically possible.

Even Chang Haonan himself has to admit it.

Not completely sure.

A 50-50 success or failure is a relatively optimistic judgment.

But listening to what Lao Wu meant, it seems that the situation has changed again?

After lowering his head and taking a sip of soup, Wu Yifan explained:

"In the beginning, this contradiction was just that the Americans put pressure on Ermao, demanding that all nuclear vehicles be destroyed, and they could not be handed over to the Russians in the name of paying off debts. As for the debts, the Americans can help repay them."

"Actually, this change only involves about 6-8 Tu-160 bombers and about 20 rail-mobile intercontinental missiles. Other vehicles are still being destroyed as usual."

"But later, the two sides seemed to be getting more and more quarrelsome, causing the entire denuclearization work to be suspended, or at least greatly slowed down..."

After listening to the whole process, Chang Haonan didn't know what to say for a while.

Although it has been just over a year since he changed the outcome of Allied operations, the impact has already been felt far beyond the Balkans.

Since the 1990s, the U.S. military’s prestige as a “soldier from heaven” has been its core capability in implementing its own national strategy.

But there’s another side to this property’s role.

God cannot bleed.

The U.S. military chose to stop its losses and retreat with this in mind, fearing that if it continued to fight, it would repeat the mistakes of the "Talking Tree."

At any rate, a draw was maintained between the two sides.

But obviously, if you have a tie between a superpower and a small country, there will already be a big problem in itself.

Once the idea that "the heavenly soldiers are just that" arises, it will be difficult to completely eliminate it from other people's minds unless they perform another plowing and sweeping of holes...

Overall, this should be good news.

But once nuclear-related issues unfold, either nothing will happen, or something big will happen...

In short, my scalp is numb.

"Let's take a step and see..."

Chang Haonan sighed, and then solemnly asked:

"You should pay more attention to the information related to this matter, but do not take any substantive action unless you receive a domestic request."

Old Wu quickly nodded obediently:

"Of course I know that. I'm not bold enough to touch on anything related to nuclear power..."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and then he probably wanted to change the topic to a lighter topic, so he asked again:

"Speaking of which, Brother Nan, I remember you told me before that after Ermao breaks the contract on the delivery of the D436 engine, you will buy some more stuff from them."

"Now that they have basically lost the ability to execute the contract, what exactly are you going to do?"

However, Old Wu didn't know that the new topic he just changed was actually the same thing as before——

Chang Haonan never fully mentioned the idea of ​​"bringing back a few Tu-160s" to anyone.

It was just that many years ago, Ding Gaoheng made insinuations about the superior unit.

The result... is naturally what I want.

Otherwise, we would not have sent a delegation to inspect the condition of those aircraft in 1995.

However, it's not the time to talk yet.

So Chang Haonan took a deep breath:

"I haven't thought about it yet. According to the contract, liquidated damages will only be incurred if delivery is delayed for more than half a year. The longer the time, the greater the amount, so... let's wait until next year..."

In fact, he was waiting for an opportunity.

An opportunity to cooperate with Mao and take advantage of the Americans.

According to the original timeline, in more than a year, the US military will rush into the imperial cemetery without looking back.

And that process requires the two countries to open their airspace as a logistics transportation route.

But today's historical process has changed beyond recognition, and Chang Haonan cannot guarantee 100% that these things will happen as they are.

We can only take one step at a time.