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Text 533 Prelude to the arms race

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    North Korea has entered the new year in an atmosphere of turmoil but no turmoil. North Koreans are very hesitant about the sudden loss of the country's white jade pillars and purple golden beams. The national grief seems to have overwhelmed people's expectations for the future.  Worry, this was something Qi Yiming did not fully expect at the beginning.  At this time, Kim Jong Il's image had not yet been fully established in the hearts of North Koreans, and although his death also aroused people's sadness, it was not as grand as when he died more than ten years later in another dimension.

    The political committee took over the power of North Korea. The outside world was not particularly surprised by this, because the death of both Kim and his son created a vacuum in North Korea's political arena. It is difficult for both the elders and the young to choose a person who can convince the public.  characters, so adopting this committee system, which is the same as Xinni, is the simplest compromise model.

    "It's just that the outside world doesn't know that this entire committee is composed of red alert spies sent by Qi Yiming. All political power in North Korea is actually in the hands of the Strategic Bureau.

    Politically, Qi Yiming mainly pursued stability and did not make any changes, because there was also the merger of North and South Korea that he set up later, and changes would be more appropriate at that time.  Any unnecessary actions now may cause you some unnecessary trouble.

    In terms of military affairs, Qi Yiming's actions were relatively large.  Qi Yiming has no intention of solving the problem of redundant personnel in the People's Army now. This can also be reduced during the subsequent merger of North and South Korea. At that time, the South Koreans will be happy to pay severance pay to a group of North Korean troops.  Qi Yiming's main move was to place a large number of "own men" in the North Korean army to stabilize military morale and the situation.  Especially those who are dissatisfied and resistant to the existing committees must be labeled as "counterrevolutionaries" and fired. In serious cases, they will be shot directly.

    On the other side of the 38th Parallel, Kim Dae-jung has also been successfully elected as the President of South Korea. Although he only defeated Kim Young-sam and the Democratic Liberal Party by a slim margin in the election, as time goes by, the Korean Commune Party with the support of China will inevitably  will become stronger and stronger.

    Whether it is North Korea or South Korea, it will take a certain amount of time to rectify their internal affairs. When they can fully grasp the power of the two countries, it will be a smooth road to merge them into one.

    Entering 1993, various domestic affairs were quite dull. The aftermath of the previous Big Tiger case had gradually settled. The seeds that Qi Yiming had sown were basically self-reliant. There were fewer and fewer things that he needed to take care of.  At the beginning of the year, China signed an arms sales order with Saudi Arabia. The Royal Saudi Navy ordered four Type 6 foreign trade frigates from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.

    Type 6 is a frigate with a full load displacement of about 456 tons. This type is also specially designed for Saudi Arabia, so it is also called the Riyadh class in Saudi Arabia.  In another dimension, the Riyadh class is actually the Lafayette class ordered by the Saudis from France, and has been purchased by Singapore and Taiwan.  It's just that the Saudis in this dimension have a special paranoia about Chinese weapons, believing that they have always been a representative of high quality and low price.

    In addition, China's naval equipment has always led the world trend and has a great impact on the shipbuilding designs of other countries in many aspects. People generally believe that China's shipbuilding standards are very high, otherwise it would not have repeatedly dominated naval battles.  Absolute advantage.

    These four frigates are relatively similar in appearance to the reduced version of the EENI frigate (European multi-mission frigate). The stealth design is stronger than that of the 05 and the like, and is very similar to the stealth level of the 0545.  The weapon configuration of this frigate is also similar to 0545, a 10UmmR spoon stealth naval gun, three Thorn-medium anti-aircraft missile vertical launch silos, B an 8UXf strong anti-ship missile vertical launch silo, and two triple 3m light torpedo launchers  rack, a 730 close-in defense gun and a B-mounted E-6UN close-in defense missile.  (54B is better armed than this ship)

    In terms of avionics equipment, the most outstanding thing is that the ship is also equipped with a rotating phased array radar. However, the power and detection range are smaller than the one of 0545, but it is still more powerful than the current traditional shipborne radar.  Much more.  In addition, the ship is also equipped with a data link system that is common to other Saudi land and air Chinese-made weapons, enhancing its joint combat capabilities.

    It can be said that this type 6 stealth frigate is second only to the level of 0545 in the world, and is much more powerful than the destroyers of many countries.  The price of such a high-end warship is naturally not cheap. The unit price of the whole ship is US$400 million, which is more expensive than the 05 destroyer sold to the Koreans with technology transfer. Of course, the Riyadh class also has a lot of cutting-edge naval equipment.  technology.

    Because the technical level of these equipment has basically not been fully mastered by other countries except China, Saudi Arabia had to sign a confidentiality agreement and was not allowed to privately display or transfer any of the components above to people from other countries. It also required regular requests.  Accept inspection by Chinese personnel.

    Although such conditions are attached, the Saudis are still extremely happy. With four Riyadh-class Royal Saudi Navy, at least in the Middle East, it has become the most important local force.

    At the beginning of the year, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force also welcomed its own cutting-edge weapons.The sixth ship of the Harushio-class AIp submarine has officially entered service. This is also the first Harushio-class submarine to be assembled and produced in Japan. It also marks that Japan has obtained the manufacturing technology of AIp submarines obtained from China.

    Of course, this manufacturing technology is conditional.  Japan's two major shipyards, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, can manufacture submarine shells, most electronic equipment, and can also equip domestic fish and American submarine-launched Harpoon missiles, but the only thing they cannot manufacture themselves are those imported from China.  Stirling engine.

    The reason why an AIp submarine is an AIP is reflected in its power.  Japan signed a contract with China for a total of eight Harushio-class AIp submarines. The first four were built in China at a unit price of US$4.6 billion; the last four will be built in Japan. After much entanglement, Japan finally got China to agree.  , except for most other parts of the AIp system, which they produce, the parts they do not have the ability to manufacture themselves are provided by the Chinese side.  As a result, the total value of components provided by China for the last four submarines is only about US$2 billion.

    In early 1933, China's Armed Forces Shipbuilding Industry Corporation delivered the first Harushio-class submarine to Japan. After operations and evaluations by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, they believed that its combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of nuclear submarines. They also thought they understood why the Chinese Navy could compete with AIP submarines.  The fleet of the U.S. Navy maneuvered around and even achieved good results in the exercise.  When Japan is unable to break through the pacifist constitution and build its own nuclear submarines, an AIp submarine that is not inferior to nuclear submarines will greatly improve the self-combat capabilities of the Japanese Sea.

    Not only that, after Japan's naval equipment companies received the design data of the Harushio-class submarines handed over by China, they absorbed a lot of things from it. Japan is already a relatively powerful country in shipbuilding. The Japanese Ministry of Defense also ordered Mitsubishi to  Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have developed the next generation of AIp submarines with stronger combat capabilities based on the Harushio-class AIp submarines, and they must try their best to complete domestically built projects.

    ¡° If they want to completely produce their own AIp submarines, the AIp power system is an unavoidable obstacle, so the Japanese are trying their best to get China¡¯s technology transfer.  During previous negotiations, the Japanese repeatedly threatened to terminate the transaction, hoping to obtain the complete Stirling engine manufacturing technology, but the Chinese side did not even point to them, which fully reflects the true meaning of "buy it if you like it, buy it or leave it".

    The Japanese had no choice but to be shy and prepared to spend a lot of money to purchase Stirling engine technology. However, China still refused, stating that AIp technology was an important technology that was prohibited from being transferred by the country and would no longer be discussed in negotiations.  In the end, the Japanese did not hesitate to use shady means to obtain this technology. In the previous case of Kotaro Mito and Sun Tianming colluding to resell important national technologies, the first few civilian technologies were actually just a test of the waters. Later, they would focus on  Stirling engine and a series of China's most valuable military secret technologies.

    After this line was also cut off, the Japanese have become slightly discouraged about obtaining this technology in China.  However, they were well-informed and learned that the Swedes also had Stirling engine technology. Although it was not as mature as China's, it was still ready-made.  Now the Japanese are trying their best to publicize Sweden, trying to obtain Stirling engine technology, so as to completely master the ability to build their own AIp submarines.

    In this dimension, the strength of the Chinese navy has made Japan, a maritime country, feel full of malice in the Western Pacific region, so the trend of expanding the sea to deal with China has become more obvious.  Moreover, in the mid-1990s, Japan experienced a round of expansion of its military capabilities, and the scale of its fleet also grew like a snowball, and it soon grew into one of the world's most powerful maritime forces.

    In addition to the Harushio-class submarines obtained from China, Japan is also vigorously imitating China's naval shipbuilding style and manufacturing its own new surface ships.  After completing the construction of the Asagiri-class destroyer, Japan took out the Murasame-class destroyer and arranged the construction of 10 ships in one go.  The Murasame second-class destroyer has changed a lot from the 66-ton but poorly armed version in the original plane.

    First of all, in the hull design, the stealth style pioneered by the Chinese has been adopted, and the hull streamlines reduce radar reflection.  Although its stealth processing is relatively immature, it can achieve 06 semi-stealth effects to some extent.  In addition, the weapons have changed the most. The original design of 6 Sea Sparrows and 6 Aslok has been changed to the design of Sea Sparrow and Aslok, and the armed capabilities have been greatly improved.  In addition, adhering to the mentality of being the seventh supervising anti-submarine squadron wholeheartedly, these Japanese destroyers have extraordinary persistence and pursuit of anti-submarine.

    The embryonic form of an arms race in East Asia has already emerged.
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