Chapter 1366 - International Defense Exhibition (1/2)
Coro International Airport.
A jet-black aerospace plane dragged along a blue flaming tail as it landed steadily on the airport runway. The hatch opened and the escalator dropped down, Prince Yerif in a white robe walked out and opened his arms with a giant smile.
“Haha, dear Jiang Chen, your plane is amazing! I have never experienced such a quick trip! It only took an hour to get from Mecca to Coro City. I almost thought my pilot read the navigator wrong… In short, it’s unbelievable, I have never seen such a powerful aircraft!”
Yerif was amazed and bewildered.
It was not only because he himself was an avid collector of private jets, but also because he was convinced that, his father, who also shared the same passion, would be genuinely amazed by this birthday gift.
“Long-distance travel can better reflect the speed of the G100. If you fly from Mecca to North America, I assure you will be more amazed.” Jiang Chen smiled and hugged him, took a step back, then said, “Welcome to Coro City.”
From Mecca to Coro City, the G100 likely ascended to the mesosphere, but if the destination was from Mecca to North America on the opposite side of the Earth, the aerospace plane would travel through low-Earth orbit and use the Earth’s rotation to reduce travel time to the extreme.
Based on the field test data of Future Heavy Industries, the time from Coro City International Airport to Washington International Airport was also one hour. One of the selling points of the G100 was its ability to reach any place in the world within an hour.
“I will definitely try it!” Yerif laughed.
On the other side of the airport, a white Airbus with the Russian tricolor flag and the Almaz-Antey Group logo also landed on the airport runway. The escalator was attached to the plane, and a group of Russians, all dressed in black suits, stepped down.
When they saw the black G100 parked at the other end of the airport. The Slavic man surrounded by black suits tilted his head slightly, pointed to the plane, and whispered to his assistant next to him, who was carrying a briefcase.
“How much is that plane?”
The assistant hesitated for a second, then answered immediately.
“I’ll ask.”
The Slavic man nodded, glanced at another private plane that was landing, and walked towards the special tunnel of the airport.
Almaz-Antey was definitely a renowned name in Russia. Its predecessor was the Russian NPO “Almaz” and the “Antey” Corporation. After the merger in 2002, it became one of the top arms giants in Russia and the world. The S-300 and S-400 air defense missile systems were the pride of the company.
What was the origin of the two companies before the merger? Almaz was known as NPO Almaz, which could be traced back to the First Special Design Bureau of the Soviet Ministry of Weapons and was established by Stalin himself. The second was Antey, which was also an industrial giant from the Soviet era.
In the 1990 privatization era, a large number of economic oligarchs became rich overnight in Russia. In the decades to come, as the regime changed, some old oligarchs went to jail, and new oligarchs appeared. Only one person passed through the most difficult two decades for oligarchs in a rather low-key manner. He played the role of an arms giant and hid his identity as an oligarch to the end.