Chapter 1125 The King of Middle East Ideas (New January, please give me a monthly ticket)

When the ring project was completed, Shaul Mavita was still in charge of coordinating market relations in Europe, so he didn't know much about the details.

At least not as good as Al Kentz, who witnessed it.

However, seeing the latter's reaction just now, he could probably guess the reason.

In fact, from Mavita's point of view, this matter is not worth making a fuss about.

He started to be in charge of European affairs in 1995 and was not transferred back to the headquarters until last year. He witnessed with his own eyes the entire process of how the reputation of Chinese products in Europe went from being unknown to being notorious, to mostly negative reviews, to mixed reviews, and finally to dividing the European affordable market with Korean products.

Many European companies say they dislike it, but if you look closely at the supply chain, you'll find that they are very honest.

There is no place where Chinese products should be used that is not used.

Even the NH90 helicopter, which is commonly used by many NATO countries, has chosen Chinese suppliers in large proportion.

There are even more outrageous rumors that the NH90 was jointly developed and designed by China and Eurocopter.

Of course, Mavita still doesn't quite believe this statement.

In short, no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that the ties between China and Europe are becoming increasingly deeper.

In this situation, it is normal for both sides to think about making an early warning aircraft.

There's no need to make a big fuss about this.

Since others have bid under the name of Dassault, it shows that the Chinese do not want to use this incident to make a big fuss in public opinion.

Even if you win, at most you'll just feel good about yourself.

But I want to think about it.

Since Kentz now intends to fight to the death, he is not going to disobey his leader.

"Then...why not let Washington put pressure on us?"

Like most Davidians, Mavita's first reaction after encountering problems was to seek help from the United States:

"Even if China doesn't accept the threat, the UAE and France should still consider the Americans' ideas, right?"

On the surface, this proposal does seem good.

But it is politically naive.

Kentz shook his head almost without thinking:

"Washington would pay anything for us... but not for something like this."

"In the past two years, Europe has been very aggressive. Not only does it want to replace the United States economically, it also has a tendency to seek independent defense militarily. The United States should first adopt an appeasement policy and then look for opportunities to break through from within Europe... In short, under the current circumstances, we cannot simply consider the problem according to the thinking of the Cold War era."

There is actually another thing Kentz didn't say.

That is, as the euro becomes increasingly stronger, the United States needs to do everything possible to avoid the euro being anchored to any key commodity.

Moreover, at the end of 2003, the US military was still fantasizing that it would be able to withdraw its troops from the Mesopotamian region in the first half of 2004 and hand over the regional defense to its GCC allies.

It is even more impossible to offend both buyers and sellers for such a trivial matter, especially a country that is rapidly exploding and has a growing trade volume.

Mavita frowned slightly:

"But the person in charge of this arms purchase is Crown Prince Mohammed Zayed. If we don't put pressure on him, are we going to bribe a future king?"

This is obviously unrealistic.

The entire UAE belongs to others.

But for Mavita, who had been rampant in Europe for more than a decade, he really couldn't think of any other way except intimidation and bribery.

Kentz's mind still needs to be a little more flexible:

"Did the other party tell us the specific format of the second round of real machine bidding?"

The dog owner's thought process cannot be explained by common sense.

For example, when Saudi Arabia was purchasing large-caliber howitzers, it actually brought together the models of various countries that were bidding for the artillery piece and conducted a target shooting test on site.

Of course, army equipment is not worth much, so doing this is not too unusual.

But it is quite bizarre that the American representative almost got killed because he did not believe in the range of Chinese products and broke into the bomb drop zone without permission.

At least it shows that the management is not strict.

If the UAE also adopts this approach, there will still be a lot of room for maneuver.

"It just means that the bidding process will be completed by June 2005 at the latest, and the specific testing process and time will be negotiated between the three parties and the selection committee."

Mavita replied:

"In addition, the condition for effective participation in the test is to produce at least a prototype that is close to the complete state, and the aircraft needs to be brought to the UAE for testing."

It seems that the Crown Prince's thinking is relatively normal.

For this kind of arms sales where Party A is obviously strong and has many options, we must try our best to ensure that we have control over it.

However, this also reveals a flaw.

Kentz thought for a moment and then smiled:

"Although we can't bribe the Crown Prince himself, we can still bribe a few technicians and let them slightly influence the test results... right?"

Although Mossad agents are not as magical as described in the legends, as long as they are professionals, it is not a problem for them to do this kind of small job.

"Ah?"

Poor Mavita had always been active in Europe in the past, and had no contact with the cruel terminal market. Most of the people he dealt with were decent people. How could he have thought of such a despicable trick?

I was shocked on the spot.

"how."

Kentz raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Do you have a better idea?"

Mavita certainly didn’t have that.

But his moral bottom line is quite flexible, so he quickly convinced himself and began to think specifically about the problems at the execution level:

"But we don't know the specific circumstances of the test yet, nor do we know the specific parameters of the other party's model..."

Before he could finish, Kentz interrupted:

"These should be the work of the intelligence department. We don't need to worry about them. Now this matter has risen to the level of national dignity. I will explain the situation to my superiors and ask for more support."

Mavita's face remained calm, but she couldn't help but complain in her heart:

"What national dignity? It's because you guys messed around and messed up before, and in the end you can only ask others to clean up your mess..."

But on the surface, he still looked like he was sharing his leader's worries:

"But if we don't provide technical support, those rough guys in Mossad will probably just plant bombs... If it gets out of hand, it will be disadvantageous to us..."

Although IAI is called David Aviation Industries, its specific business covers almost every field of land, sea, air and space. For example, its subsidiary Elta, in addition to developing large products such as the Phalcon system and LAVI fighter, is also one of the important suppliers of special equipment and electronic warfare equipment.

Any powerful intelligence agency or special forces, in order to play the role of using ingenuity to overcome force, cannot do without strong technical support behind them.

"Um……"

After hearing what Mavita said, Kentz also felt that it made sense.

After all, others are two of the Five Constant Virtues.

He just wanted to save face, not to die.

Fortunately, the latter's clever mind quickly came into play, and a new idea quickly popped up:

"Aircraft No. 01 is currently undergoing final modifications and equipment debugging in the final assembly workshop. It will take about two months for its first flight, so that aircraft can be used temporarily during the testing phase..."

"Even if our three sets of tests are not exactly the same, the general process should be similar..."

The idea seems to be becoming clearer:

"So, you go and communicate with Abu Dhabi and tell them we plan to conduct the test in May or June!"

The sudden change of plan made Mavita, who was in charge of the bidding, a little confused:

“Isn’t it a bit too hasty to test it less than three months after the first flight?”

"will not."

Kentz is very confident in technology:

"Both the radar and the aircraft are mature designs. In addition, the Falcon 8X business jet model has just begun to be delivered for commercial trial operation. I am afraid we will have to wait for a while before we can start modifying the early warning aircraft. Bombardier will even be three months later. The delivery cycle is one of our advantages. We can also take this opportunity to show it..."

At this time, Mavita had already taken out the notebook he carried with him and began to write furiously.

The former continued:

"After we complete the test first, the French and Swedes will definitely be anxious and will submit the complete design plan to the UAE earlier. This will also give the intelligence department more time to obtain relevant information from the other side and make targeted preparations."

"Also, inform Elta that they are preparing to modify the existing products to produce a small repeater jammer, preferably one that can be carried on an aircraft the size of a drone..."

"..."

After making a series of demands, Kentz waved at Mavita, indicating that the latter should do as he said.

Then he took a long breath, leaned back in his chair and muttered to himself:

"Huaxia Radar... I really don't believe it..."