v2 Chapter 1346： majestic bear

Early the next morning, everyone arrived at Bourget Airport, ready to participate in the Paris Air Show. For this event, the military and airlines of any country may not be able to miss it. After all, in the past two years, new technologies have emerged one after another. Moreover, the new aircraft developed by the Black Cloud Group will also be unveiled at the Paris Air Show, and everyone is looking forward to it.

As French President Mitterrand announced the opening of the 36th Paris Air Show, the advanced aircraft of the world's major aircraft manufacturers began to appear.

The Soviet Union has been tepid at the Paris Air Show. After all, when the Warsaw Pact countries buy planes, they basically go directly to Moscow; they will never come to Paris; no one will let the French earn a handling fee when they have nothing to do.

The "Diamond" Central Design Bureau was formerly known as the First Special Design Bureau of the Ministry of Weapons of the Soviet Union. The bureau was established in September 1947 with the main task of developing surface-to-air missiles. Subsequently, in order to strengthen the air defense of the capital Moscow and its industrial areas, Stalin handed over the task of extending the S-25 air defense missile system to the First Special Design Bureau.

In 1950, the No. 1 Special Design Bureau was renamed the No. 1 Design Bureau, and soon it was renamed the Moscow "Arrow" Design Bureau. In 1955, it was renamed "Diamond" Central Design Bureau again. In October of the same year, under the leadership of chief designer Rasplatin, the S-25 air defense missile system was successfully developed. Under the leadership of the two chief designers before and after Rasputin and Principal, the "Diamond" Central Design Bureau developed the S-75, S-125, S-200 and S-300 air defense missile systems.

At this time, Rasputin, known as the father of Soviet air defense missiles, was no longer there.

It is said to be an air show, but the air show is not just about selling aircraft; air-to-air missiles and air-defense missiles are equally important.

Soviet anti-aircraft missiles have been very popular in the market before, but because of Israel's bombardment of Iraqi nuclear facilities and the poor performance in the battle in the Bekaa Valley; making Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles almost a joke. Not only the rest of the world, but also the Warsaw Pact countries do not want to buy it.

Only relying on domestic procurement in the Soviet Union allows the employees of the Diamond Design Bureau to live a good life; Therefore, as the chief engineer of the Diamond Design Bureau, Principal came to Paris in person, just to be ashamed.

In order to avoid Mundo at night, and also worried that the Americans are going back, Prince Sultan and the second son came to the Soviet booth at the first stop, and Little Ustinov, who had already received the news; even personally at the Diamond Design Bureau The area is waiting for customers to arrive.

Seeing that the newly appointed minister came to him, the principal did not understand what it meant. For this second-generation super official, he really didn't feel how capable the other party was. But whoever makes the family powerful, there are some things that can't be done. But the air show, don't go to watch the air show; come here to join in the fun, is it just a joke. Without letting the principal guess, the answer will be revealed soon.

Little Ustinov: "Principal Chief Engineer, Saudi Arabia and Iraq will come to buy control missiles in a while; as the chief engineer of the S-300 control missile system, I hope you can give them a detailed introduction to the performance of the product. As for the performance of the product. The price, you don't have to ask, it will definitely exceed your imagination."

"At the same time, I have obtained the domestic full authorization, which will definitely not make you embarrassed. What you have to do now is to introduce good products to customers; then wait for the order, go back to production, and get huge bonuses."

For the sale of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, as the chief engineer is really not so repulsive. After all, the products designed by yourself can be recognized by more countries, which is also an achievement in itself. But if the boy in front of him hasn't woken up yet, how can he be sure that the Arabs will buy it.

Now is not the time to question, as an engineer; you must seek truth from facts; everything depends on data, and we can wait and see.

The French aerobatic team had just started performing when Prince Sultan and his second son came to the exhibition hall where the Soviet Union was located.

The principal did not expect that the Arabs would really come. No one can underestimate this big family.

Little Ustinov stepped forward and said, "His Royal Highness, Second Young Master, we haven't seen you for a long time."

Because of Bao Zixuan's relationship, the two sides are familiar with each other.

Prince Sultan said with a smile: "I didn't expect that General Ustinov has become the Minister of General Assembly of the Soviet Union. It seems that the two sides can completely strengthen cooperation."

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This is his recognition. Little Ustinov smiled and replied: "His Royal Highness is too polite. As long as he can help you, he will spare no effort."

The second son smiled and said: "General Ustinov, Saudi Arabia and Iraq came here mainly to buy some weapons and equipment from your country. The most wanted weapon is the S-300 air defense of your country's Central Diamond Design Bureau. missile system."

Hearing that he was really running for the S-300 anti-aircraft missile, Principal really admired the young minister. And watching the conversation of several people, it seems to be very familiar; this business is definitely interesting.

Little Ustinov said with a smile: "Thank you for your recognition of the Soviet weapons, this time we specially assigned Principal, the chief designer of the S-300 air defense missile system, to introduce them to them.

Hearing that this person turned out to be the chief designer of the S-300 air defense missile, it seems that the Soviets really valued them. Middle Eastern people are very face-saving, and have suffered a lot in the United States. Now it has been warmly received by the Soviets, not only by the head of the General Assembly Department, but also by the chief designer who personally introduced the products. This brand is definitely not low.

Little Ustinov said to Principal: "Principal Chief Engineer, this is Prince Sultan from Saudi Arabia, this is the second son of Iraq. Could you please introduce an S-300 air defense missile system to the two of you, I don't think anyone knows its power better than you."

The principal is ignorance, and after all, he lives in the military-industrial circle. Of course, I know Prince Sultan's important position in Saudi Arabia, and the other one is the number one candidate in Iraq.

Prince Sultan said with a smile, "Hello, Chief Engineer, Principal! It's a pleasure to meet you. I would like to ask you to introduce the S-300 air defense missile system."

In fact, it is more like a cutscene now. After all, the richest man Bao has already introduced the product in detail;

People at the first level of the Prince of Saudi Arabia are so polite, the principal is high, and he dare not ask for it. He said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, it is too polite. This is what I should do."

"The S-300 air defense missile has a surface-to-air missile weapon system with a range of more than 150 kilometers and a launch height of 25 to 30 kilometers. It can intercept all aircraft within this range, including cruise missiles. And it uses automatic tracking. , the computer will send the target parameters to the missile; then the missile will lock and attack the target according to the obtained parameters.”

"It can be said that any aircraft in active service is within its effective range; and the missile speed can reach Mach 6."

After that, he listed the various data of the missile in detail. After all, he is the chief engineer, and he is familiar with the missile developed by himself.

Hearing the professional introduction, plus Bao Zixuan's endorsement, after all, where is the personal brand of the richest man.

Prince Sultan said with a smile: "Saudi Arabia is going to buy four air defense regiments, that is, the equipment of 32 air defense missile battalions. But the first batch will buy 2 air defense missile regiments, which is 16 air defenses. Equipment for the missile battalion."

"At the same time, the Iraqi side is preparing to purchase the equipment of 12 air defense missile battalions. I don't know the price. At the same time, both Iraq and Saudi Arabia hope that Soviet engineers will come to the scene for guidance and training. All related expenses will be borne by us."

Hearing this number, they were startled. No wonder Bao Zixuan said that the anti-aircraft missiles alone can be sold for 5 billion US dollars, and he really wants to do business with the local tyrants in the Middle East. When the Warsaw Pact countries purchased Soviet weapons, they basically did not use cash transactions, but they were all barter exchanges; in order to maintain relations, the Soviet Union basically traded at prices below cost.

For the local tyrants in the Middle East, there is no need to be so polite.

Ustinov: "An anti-aircraft missile battalion has 8 launch units, each with 4 missiles; we are willing to provide the largest ammunition base for the two countries, that is, 128 air defense missiles per air defense missile battalion. The warranty period of Soviet missiles is 20 years, and we have absolute confidence in this. If the missile cannot be launched normally due to its own problems, it can be replaced free of charge; this can be written in the contract. "

"The price of a missile battalion plus all supporting auxiliary equipment is 150 million US dollars; at the same time, in order to show sincerity, we will give each family 12 more missiles for experiments."