Chapter 515: $400 million warship
It is an international practice that almost no advanced warships will be exported.
For example, when China and the Soviet Union were in the honeymoon period, they negotiated hard to purchase the soon-to-be-retired Type 07 destroyers at a high price equivalent to 17 tons of gold per ship, and then happily named them the Four King Kongs.
Calculated at the current price of gold, it is almost equivalent to US$200-300 million per ship.
The same principle also applies to the third brother.
This year, India gritted its teeth and spent 25 million pounds to purchase the aircraft carrier "Sports God" from the United Kingdom that was retired last year. This aircraft carrier was built in 1944 and has been a full 42 years old. It is an out-and-out old ship.
People like Liu Tao are the only ones in the world who produce advanced warships for export.
Only Liu Tao is afraid that the world will not be in chaos!
The United States, the Soviet Union, European countries, Japan, etc. do not want to see Saudi Arabia possess powerful and advanced warships, lest Saudi Arabia's voice in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea increase and it is difficult to control. In other words, they do not allow the emergence of naval powers in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea regions.
But Liu Tao is not afraid. He is happy to see the arrival of a multi-polar world rather than a bipolar world.
In a multi-polar world, there is more room for development and opportunities for both Panshan Group and China.
Prince Sultan had only one thought in his mind at this time, that is, the Chinese people are so poor and crazy!
If the Chinese were not so poor and crazy, how could they possibly export such advanced frigates.
"For this frigate, these missiles are either the 'Aegis-0' air defense missile system or the 'Aegis-2' air defense missile system." Liu Tao pointed to the missiles.
"'Aegis-2' air defense missile system?" Prince Sultan asked curiously.
Liu Tao smiled and explained: "You can understand it as the 'Aegis-1' air defense missile system, which is just a ship-based 'Aegis-1' air defense missile system. This is specially debugged. After all, you also We know that the ship shakes due to the action of waves at sea, so special improvements must be made to ensure performance. "
Prince Sultan suddenly realized that this was the case!
Taking Prince Sultan onto the frigate and arriving at the command and operation room, Liu Tao introduced: "Our frigate has a specially built command and operation system, and the computers are all high-end versions specially customized by King Long Computer. There is a computer that is much more powerful than the most advanced supercomputers in the world today."
Liu Tao naturally wanted to brag a lot. After all, he had to sell it at a high price. If he didn't brag, how could he make Saudi Arabia willing to pay for it?
Prince Sultan's eyes widened. He saw the officers and soldiers sitting in front of a computer one by one, with various interfaces on the screen. When he heard that it was more advanced than the most advanced supercomputer in the world, his heart beat suddenly accelerated. , his face showed excitement involuntarily.
Saudi Arabia wants this frigate!
No matter how much money there is, Saudi Arabia will take it all!
This is the warship Saudi Arabia wants most!
Prince Sultan had a premonition that if he missed this village, he would not be able to find that shop!
If Saudi Arabia owns a few of these frigates, wouldn’t the Persian Gulf and Red Sea still obey Saudi Arabia?
Even the United States and the Soviet Union must be polite to Saudi Arabia!
Especially when the frigate sailed out for a trip, Prince Sultan's thoughts became even more determined!
"Liu, tell me, I've prepared the money!" Prince Sultan looked at Liu Tao with burning eyes.
Liu Tao showed a satisfied smile.
Prince Sultan is indeed very wise!
He just likes to make friends with such rich people, it's so refreshing and treacherous!
"400 million US dollars each!" Liu Tao raised four fingers, "As you know, the price for the US military to purchase Perry-class frigates has risen to 160 million US dollars. If the United States exports it, it will cost at least 400 million US dollars. And our frigate is more advanced, and US$400 million is definitely a reasonable price!”
Prince Sultan couldn't help but nodded.
He has frequent dealings with the United States and spends more than one or even two months in the United States a year. He knows the American character and style very well.
Foreign purchases of U.S. weapons and equipment will definitely be much higher than those purchased by the U.S. military, and there will also be a series of attached conditions, either political conditions or economic conditions, or both.
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has liked to purchase weapons and equipment from Panshan Group, not just because there are no additional political or economic conditions for purchasing weapons and equipment from Panshan Group.
But pure trade!
Discuss how much it will cost, just give it!
There will never be any temporary price increases or delays for various reasons. So far, when the contract agreement stipulates delivery, it will be delivered on time.
Unlike in the United States, temporary price increases are commonplace, and delays in delivery are not uncommon.
The aircraft purchased by Saudi Arabia ten years ago have not yet been delivered.
400 million US dollars is naturally not cheap, but it is definitely not expensive either!
Because the world's most advanced warships cannot be said to be cheap!
And you still can’t buy it even if you want to.
"Ten ships, we Saudi Arabia want to buy ten ships!" Prince Sultan said firmly.
Even today, there are already a lot of total procurement contracts. The purchase of Type 022 missile boats and Type 022A torpedo boats alone costs US$1.3 billion.
Ten Type 054 frigates, that’s $4 billion.
The two combined are $5.3 billion.
But Prince Sultan didn't even blink. As long as the current oil price continues for about a month, all the money will be there, and there will be some left.
It's so easy to make money that spending money doesn't feel like it.
Anyway, Saudi Arabia will spend a sum of money every year to buy US bonds. Instead of buying US bonds, it's better to buy warships.
Warships are real, and US bonds are full of uncertainty.
What the best assets are US bonds, that's just a lie to fool people with IQ problems.
Liu Tao secretly marveled. He originally thought that Prince Sultan would only purchase two or three ships, but he didn't expect that this opening would be a full ten ships, which is worth a full $4 billion.
This dog tycoon is really rich and inhumane.
With such a large purchase, he can build three or four more Yangcheng Shipyards!
At the beginning, it cost a lot of money to expand the Yangcheng Shipyard. Now it seems that this transaction alone can make back the principal and interest, and it has made a lot of money.
Liu Tao's attitude became more and more enthusiastic. If he didn't take a lot of money from Prince Sultan, Liu Tao would feel sorry for himself.
He is now looking forward to how many Type 052 destroyers Saudi Arabia will purchase!
After all, the combat effectiveness of the Type 052 destroyer is far beyond that of the Type 054 frigate!
It is no exaggeration to say that a Type 052 destroyer is enough to pose a serious threat to the aircraft carrier formation.
As long as there is a Type 052 destroyer, no one dares to underestimate it, and anyone who underestimates it will suffer a great loss.
The excellent performance of the Type 052 destroyer is absolutely very suitable for Saudi Arabia, and it can produce a very large deterrent force whether in the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea.
As long as Saudi Arabia has two Type 052 destroyers in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia will have enough confidence to speak, and all parties will have to listen to Saudi Arabia's opinions instead of leaving Saudi Arabia aside.
Of course, the purchase of those Type 022 missile boats, Type 022A torpedo boats and Type 054 frigates is enough for Saudi Arabia to dominate the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
