Chapter 845 (1/2)

As for why Lockheed agreed to sell ah-56 project and production line, there are different opinions. However, in terms of the environment, Lockheed's approach is no problem.

During the cold war, although the United States accounted for a large proportion of military spending, in order to achieve a certain balance, every company was not very full. Lockheed's life is not as good as expected. The military has made it clear that it does not want them to enter the helicopter field. Then the technology previously stored will not be of much use. It is impossible to cooperate with Boeing, and the most important people don't see their products.

The funds previously invested in the field of helicopters are facing drift. Now the wronged leader of heiyun group comes to the door, how dare you refuse. Lockheed, which has not achieved outstanding performance recently, did not hesitate to dump its helicopter business to heiyun group.

As for the competition between black cloud and Boeing, it has nothing to do with them. As for others who care so much, they won't enter the field of helicopters in the future anyway.

It is precisely because of Lockheed's throwing the pot and the laissez faire of the US Department of defense. It makes it easy for black cloud to receive ah-56 project, and it is precisely because of all the technical data of ah-56. Heiyun group combined with the Soviet helicopter design concept to gradually occupy the market.

Of course, these are later words. At this time, the work of Davis Munson air force base has been completed. Ian Wright is taking Bao Shoufu to his next destination.

Baozixuan left all the wine in the car to Colonel Freiburg; The old man didn't have any scruples and took all the orders directly. It can be said that one really dares to send and the other really dares to receive. It is estimated that only the old man in the US military has such courage.

Before leaving, baozixuan finally understood why Colonel Freiburg spared no effort to help himself.

Colonel Freiburg said to Bao Zixuan, ”Professor Bowman and I are good friends. I heard a lot about you from him. EVA is a good girl. I always treat her as a daughter. ”

It seems that the Germans hide deeply, but they don't know it. I really don't have any idea about EVA baozixuan. Now I don't know how to answer when I hear the old man say so.

It can only be guaranteed that people will send wine every month, which can be regarded as a token of their feelings. Colonel Freiburg's role this time is that he can't drink too much all his life.

After buying the helicopter, it's the turn of the navy ship. At this point in time, it is not easy to buy warships in the United States. After all, they are not only crazy about building warships, but also have plans to use retired warships again.

Since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, the number of warships in the U.S. Navy has been declining. The Soviet Union began to deploy warships to the ports of South Vietnam, and Soviet warships frequently appeared in the oceans, even deep into the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, the number of Soviet infantry, armor and aviation stationed in Eastern Europe was also expanding rapidly. Therefore, Reagan made a big article in the election, describing the Soviet Union as a dangerous grizzly bear.

Reagan put forward an ambitious Navy expansion plan, including: returning all four retired Iowa Class Battleships to service; Extending the service life of old warships; Announce a new package of ship building plans; Speed up the construction of Nimitz class aircraft carriers.

After Reagan came to power, he immediately began to implement the Navy expansion plan. In 1981, the first Ohio class nuclear submarine with a displacement of 18000 tons was built and officially entered the US Navy.

The Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin, the four Iowa Class Battleships built in the 1940s, also rejuvenated after being equipped with harpoon anti-ship missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles. The U.S. Navy spent a total of $1.7 billion to refit and maintain the four 45000 ton ships. This is also the first time that a new missile has boarded a warship.

During Reagan's eight-year term, he built nine Ohio class nuclear submarines, accounting for half of the 18 Ohio class nuclear submarines currently owned by the U.S. Navy. Eleven Ticonderoga class missile cruisers with a displacement of 9600 tons were built.

Reagan claimed that the number of U.S. naval ships would reach 600 after his term of office. The final result is only six ships short, which shows the madness of Americans. We should know that in the 21st century, the number of U.S. main ships is less than 300, which shows the pressure brought by the Soviet Union to the United States in this era.

In fact, there is another saying, that is, Reagan wanted to bring down the Soviet economy through the arms race, and in the end he did.

But this virtually increases the difficulty for Bao Shoufu to buy warships. Fortunately, his requirements are not high. I just hope to get a small warship. If I buy it back, I can send it to Xiangjiang heiyun shipyard to practice.