Chapter 1012 Postman

"What?"

Barron certainly remembered Manu, whom Ashley mentioned, after all, he has been the president of France since Hollande.

"He hopes to have a chance to meet you."

Ashley said:

"He has performed well in his new position recently, and according to my observation, his ideas are quite consistent with ours."

Speaking of which, the current French President Hollande is considered Manu's "noble man". The two met in 2006, after which Manu resigned from his financial supervision job at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance and joined NM Rothschild Bank.

It was also at NM Rothschild Bank, after William Weber Capital acquired it, that Ashley discovered Manu's talent.

It happened that Hollande became the president of France, so with Ashley's support, and Manu's good relationship with Hollande before, he became the deputy secretary-general of the presidential palace.

At the end of August this year, Manu was appointed by Hollande as the Minister of Economy, Industrial Renewal and Information Technology of France.

Although Manu has been in office as Minister of Economy for less than two months, his performance is still very outstanding. He is determined to reform France's labor market and trade system and continue to promote the process of European integration. It can be said that some of his bold moves have made him the focus of domestic and foreign media.

What Barron and Ashley value is Manu's strong EUism, bold reform tendency and clear opposition to traditional forces.

"You can arrange the time when the time comes."

From a personal perspective, Barron naturally supports European integration. Although it is very difficult to make the European Union a de facto federal state like the United States or the Soviet Union, and there is a long way to go, unifying the markets in these regions and having a relatively strong power agency to coordinate and manage them can enable Europe to occupy a more advantageous position in the future world pattern.

Therefore, Manu is still worth supporting for Barron, of course, provided that he can be used for his own benefit.

With this in mind, Barron said to Ashley:

"It will be fine before we go to Germany."

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"Yes, we will invest in the research and development of Europe's new generation of medium- and long-range strategic missiles, and I can guarantee that if this project is successful, we will be able to get orders from Britain to replace the Trident missiles currently used in nuclear strategy."

This time when he came to France, Barron had another thing to do, which was to meet with Hollande in person to finalize Britain's participation in the new generation of medium- and long-range strategic missiles jointly developed by France, Germany and Italy.

After all, such a "strategic" weapon requires huge investment in research and development. As a company, the European Missile Group must ensure that the final developed product can get orders.

At present, France, Germany and Italy have confirmed that they will deploy this strategic missile after the project is successful. If Britain wants to participate, it must also make corresponding commitments.

But the problem is that although Cameron has said that he is ready to adjust their nuclear strategy and use more autonomous missiles to launch nuclear weapons, the specific number of deployments and the schedule for replacing Trident missiles have not yet been determined - after all, facing domestic opposition, he needs time to pass this measure in Parliament.

Then Barron needs to communicate with relevant countries in person on this matter. After all, everyone needs to admit that the words of this British Duke are more trustworthy than Cameron's.

If the other party can make such a promise in person, then they believe that it will be achieved in the end anyway.

"We welcome Britain to join the research and development of our next generation of medium- and long-range strategic missiles. We believe that we are eager to have more autonomous strategic weapons."

Hollande still affirmed Barron's promise.

This time, Standard Defense Group, controlled by the Cavendish Trust, will also participate - because BAE Systems, which originally held a considerable stake in the European Missile Group, did not have much confidence in joining the strategic missile research and development plan, so the final plan was for Standard Defense Group to invest in this project, and Standard Defense Group and BAE Systems will form a joint venture.

BAE Systems will transfer their 37.5% stake in the European Missile Group to this joint venture called Standard Strategy.

BAE Systems and Standard Defense Group each hold 50% of the shares of Standard Strategy, and Standard Strategy will represent the UK in the development project of the next generation of medium- and long-range strategic missiles carried out by the European Missile Group in the UK, France, Germany and Italy.

According to Barron's idea, since the UK hopes to replace the Trident currently used by the United States with a new self-developed missile, this ballistic missile named "Postman" needs to have a submarine launch method, and its maximum range should exceed the Trident, reaching more than 7,500 kilometers.

Such a strategic long-range missile is still very difficult for the European Missile Group to develop, and this is what Barron needs to convince these countries about this time.

Before this, these countries had a lot of experience in jointly developing various types of missiles. For example, the most well-known one is the "Storm Shadow" cruise missile developed since the 1990s. This long-range cruise missile, which has been equipped with the air forces of many countries, was developed by the European Missile Group.

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But in the field of ballistic missiles, Britain has been abandoned for many years. Although it still has relevant technical accumulation, it is far behind France.

It can be said that in the field of ballistic missiles, France is the strongest in Europe except Russia. Therefore, to conduct research and development of ballistic missiles through the European Missile Group, it is bound to obtain support from France. In this field, Germany can participate in related joint research due to historical reasons, but it is still restricted from independent research and development.

Britain "discarded its own martial arts" for a period of time, resulting in a lack of relevant technology at present.

Therefore, France will inevitably become the main force of this cooperation project.

Of course, for France, it also welcomes Britain and other countries to join and jointly develop.

On the one hand, this can help share the financial pressure of related research and development. On the other hand, France, which has always advocated European integration and Europe has a certain degree of autonomy, is also happy to see that it can be independent of others in ballistic missiles and gain independent delivery capabilities.

Moreover, Hollande himself is very happy to show France's status on the international stage, so this move by Britain is in line with his expectations.