Chapter 173 Military Needs

Although America spends so much on military expenditure every year, it is still public expenditure on the national account, and the support of the consortium has not been calculated privately.

But they are also very distressed to pay such a large sum of money.

If they were not really bullied this time, they would only be able to use bombers and fighters if they come again. For them, it is not cost-effective even if they win, and they are not willing to come to Luther.

Wouldn't it be better to let Iron Man work for free? Iron Man will even compensate for the war damage he caused.

Luther always thinks that this is the result of looking for trouble and having too much money to spend.

He also doesn't care about money, and he has too much money to spend, but he will not be responsible for the damage he caused. What compensation bill, Luther will not care if he dares to send it.

And this time's lizard man attack also made them realize that Iron Man and Luther still have great value in existence.

Of course, this is also because they don't know that the lizard serum is a product of Osborn Industries, otherwise they probably went to Osborn Industries to ask for mass production of lizard serum, to give him a taste of his own medicine.

Norman himself was relieved. He was glad that he destroyed the lizard serum and traded it to Luther.

Otherwise, he didn't know how he would be held accountable.

"Compound No. 2 cannot be mass-produced now. The cost has not been reduced. The funds spent on the research of Compound No. 1 have not been recovered, so I don't plan to mass-produce Compound No. 2 for the time being."

Luther shook his head and said.

To put it bluntly, the value of Compound No. 1 has not been fully exploited. If Compound No. 2 is launched now, it is not cost-effective.

Lieutenant General Irwin thought.

He knew the thoughts of these capitalists too well. After so many years of military sales transactions, those capitalists and entrepreneurs did the same thing. They used defective products in the research process and sold them after the bidding was successful. They would launch complete products only after the value of these defective products was fully exploited. At this time, they had already developed more advanced products.

"Money is not a problem, Mr. Luther. I got a target this time. We can spend 10 billion US dollars in military expenditure every year to arm our army."

Lieutenant General Irwin said directly.

If it's just about money, America, which is rich and powerful, doesn't mind giving out a little.

In the new fiscal year, the annual military expenditure of the US military has reached 886 billion US dollars, which is very close to 900 billion US dollars.

This number is so huge that it is hard to imagine, especially when we compare it with the total annual income of the American Federation, these military expenditures account for almost 20% of the income.

Only 24 to 26 billion US dollars are used for shipbuilding each year, accounting for less than 3% of the total military budget.

Within the US military, the allocation of military budget can be said to be quite complicated.

As one of the most important branches of the military, the Navy can directly get one-third of the total military budget, which is 300 billion US dollars.

Maintenance is a big cost, but there are also things to do in maintenance, and there is also procurement, so it is unknown how much value these 300 billion can play.

Now America plans to invest 10 billion US dollars of its annual fiscal budget in cooperation with Imperial Industries. What they want is Compound No. 2.

Luther knew very well that the actual figure of the 10 billion fiscal budget should be even larger. Maybe he would report 15 billion or even 50 billion directly when reporting.

Only Compound No. 2 has an advantage against the lizards, because Compound No. 2 is faster than the lizards. Although its strength may not be as good as that of the lizards, it is faster and can completely crush them in battle.

"In addition, we also need a strong American representative like Mr. Luther. The price is not a problem. I can directly take charge of the budget within 10 billion."

Then Lieutenant General Irwin continued.

Using 10 billion US dollars to build a super soldier to become the representative and symbol of America seems crazy, but it is not crazy at all. With the dazzling superpowers and powerful strength shown by Luther, America still feels that she has made a profit.

"This is impossible. My technology is top secret. But if you want it, you don't actually need Compound No. 2. I personally recommend a strengthening technology."

Luther's expression did not change. Although it was fun to build a motherland for America, this fun could not be brought out now, otherwise it would be boring.

The Homelander incident was one of the small incidents Luther prepared to entertain himself and stimulate the Illuminati's plan to make SHIELD stronger.

"What is that?"

Lieutenant General Irwin originally wanted to say that they only wanted Compound No. 2, but the words could not be so direct, and they had to be roundabout.

So he planned to listen to Luther's enhancement project first, and then refuse it on the grounds that it did not meet their requirements.

"The corpses and living bodies of the lizard people were captured for research, and I believe you are also researching."

Luther's words made Lieutenant General Irwin feel something.

The military did get some corpses of lizard people, but they didn't catch the living ones. They got the information that Iron Man captured a living lizard man while protecting the people and solving the lizard people, and took the corpse back for research.

Almost everyone knows about the cooperation between Luther and Tony. Could it be that they have analyzed the lizard serum?

"It's not lizard serum. Reptiles have no potential. Do you know arthropods and insects, general?"

Luther snapped his fingers, and then a metal thermostat rose up from the hole in the floor.

Lieutenant General Alvin looked at this high-tech scene with great envy and felt like a bumpkin.

Especially after a very clear video of a virtual projection model was unfolded in front of Luther, Lieutenant General Alvin's eyes widened even more.

"This human enhancement technology, I call it ant serum."

Luther was talking serious nonsense.

"Ant serum? What is it used for?"

Lieutenant General Alvin thought, wouldn't it turn a person into a giant ant?

Just like the lizard serum.

"Of course not. What our Emperor Industries pursues is the evolution of the human body. The lizard serum has deviated from the evil path. What it looks like after transformation. General, do you agree that it is the evolution of new humans?"

Luther shook his head and said.

"Of course not, that would make me reptilophobic."

Lieutenant General Alvin shook his head quickly. The new humans should be more beautiful, more perfect, and more in line with human fantasies and heartfelt desires.

It's like everyone likes to see handsome men and beautiful women, not lizard men.

"This kind of modification is a potential modification that goes deep into the genes and is not something that appears on the surface."

Luther said.