Strategy is not actually important, what is important is self-understanding. Although Britain is still talking about what it says even in the 21st century, it is still a world power.
But the strategy implemented is one-sided, which is no different from Japan and South Korea. In fact, this is also the strategy implemented by most European countries.
The only countries that want to be independent are Germany and France. What is the situation in Germany? There are troops stationed in the country but they are not strong-willed. They still want to be independent and define themselves as a world power. Excluding Russia, the only ones left in Europe are the French.
But France is also in a difficult situation.
After the end of the Cold War, Europe's situation has become more and more difficult. From its economic aggregate surpassing the United States by 30%, to being surpassed by the United States by 30%, the entire Europe is getting weaker and weaker. What can France do? No matter how hard it works,
It cannot change the fact that the gap between France and the United States is widening. Even if Europe is bundled together, there is really nothing France can do.
Alan Wilson feels that this government can order the Storm fighter jet. After all, it is the world's first fourth-generation fighter jet to be launched, and this can be used to express Britain's attitude.
"Secretary-General, this is what you want to say, right?" Mrs. Thatcher asked in response, "Those words before are just foreshadowing, right?"
"It's really all the truth, not a foreshadowing. As for the order for fighter jets, that's because the UK wants to be prepared to protect its interests, but to show strength to the United States and let them not underestimate the UK."
Alan Wilson thought as he counted on his fingers, the foundation is actually quite good and he will not suffer from rickets.
In the Internet era, there are still no bonus points. In terms of traditional public opinion, the hegemony of British public opinion is no less than that of the United States.
Militarily, after the air-to-air missiles were under the long-arm jurisdiction of the United States in the Middle East war, the United Kingdom also kept a close eye on key armaments. The satellite navigation also shared Galileo with France. Once the military was independent, there was nothing to fear.
Of course, having said that, Alan Wilson or Prime Minister can quickly push forward the order. After all, there are orders from Australia, which can help the UK save a lot of costs.
Compared with the history, even the Typhoon fighter jets only entered service in European countries after the Soviet Union disappeared. Alan Wilson has reason to believe that the British aviation industry in this world is countless times stronger than the original world. As for how much stronger, this mainly
Look at what the budget of the Ministry of Finance is.
This is the job of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Alan Wilson took the initiative to find the daughter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Lawson. He said in words that of course he knew that the Chancellor of the Exchequer's daughter was taken on the rocket by Arnold, even though Arnold was married.
Yes, but Lawson can have the same status as Arnold's wife here.
"This era is not like our time..." It's more fun than anyone else, but at this time Alan Wilson has to pretend to be an old-fashioned, with an age-matched face. He is now at this age.
You must play an old-fashioned person, but be willing to violate your principles and turn a blind eye to Lawson and Arnold's affairs.
According to the original history, Lawson should have resigned by now. This is also the difference between the European and Atlantic factions within the Conservative Party. For a long time, the Conservative Party has not been unified on European policy and economic policy.
Lawson, with the support of Geoffrey Howe, advocated taking a positive attitude towards European policy, linking the UK to the currencies of the European Community, and joining the European Monetary System to stabilize the pound and combat domestic inflation. Mrs. Thatcher advocated
Refusing to join the European Monetary System, citing sovereignty issues.
If it is up to Alan Wilson to judge, then of course the Europeans are right. Is it possible for the UK not to do business with European countries but to do business with the United States, which has a special relationship?
However, in this world, the liquidity of the British pound has not been wiped out. After dealing a heavy blow to the idea of reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany, the liquidity of the British pound seems to have increased.
If you have the pound, use it. Even the European faction will not fight with Mrs. Thatcher's faction over the currency.
He seemed to have violated his principles for the sake of their true feelings, and successfully made the Chancellor's daughter feel grateful, and the task of solving the problem of the Chancellor was taken on.
"I believe that my son can solve this problem." Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets with joy. He just bought his son at a good price. He was in a good mood. As for what to do in the future, isn't there a saying that one generation can only
When it comes to doing the work of a generation, Li Zhongtang is the middle man, is Ai Zhongtang not the middle man?
The Chancellor's inclination will play a decisive role in whether the Storm fighter can be recognized by the UK this time. There is no need to worry about the attitude of the military, Marshal Mountbatten has already approved it for them.
The key is to have money, and soldiers also need to have enough food to fight, so the key to this issue still depends on the view of the Ministry of Finance. Sure enough, the Finance Minister appeared. He was definitely not talking about his daughter, but abandoned his selfishness.
Have a good talk with the Cabinet Secretary for the interests of Britain.
"I have always been optimistic about Arnold." The finance minister said directly, "I also believe that he will also be an excellent civil servant in the future. As for the Storm fighter jets, the Ministry of Finance has no objection in principle, but we still have to discuss the numbers.
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Alan Wilson nodded. Dialogue on this number is indeed necessary. After all, even Australia has expressed its intention to order two hundred aircraft. The United Kingdom claims to be a world power. Is it too few?
In the end, both of them agreed that after repeated research, the UK did not need to deliberately pursue a figure that was twice that of Australia. Together with Australia's order, this time's order for Storm fighter jets, 370, was enough.
Australia's order intention is for a total of 570 aircraft.
A few days later, the news about the Storm fighter, the world's first fourth-generation fighter manufactured by the British, would enter service with the Royal Air Force spread all over the world. It triggered discussions among people around the world, and the Washington government
The British move is unnecessary in the context of relaxation, and peace is the mainstream of development.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It's like, when the Labor Party was in power, we said the same thing to the United States fighting the Vietnam War." Alan Wilson tilted his head and said to Pamela Mountbatten.
, the richest woman is of course happy, it’s another big deal.
Of course, the United States' move was not for the sake of world peace. It was obviously sour, and it did not rule out that it had become hostile to Britain. It felt that this post-war ally was somewhat uncontrollable.
"No way." Pamela Mountbatten lowered her voice, "The current Storm fighter jets are simply not up to standard 4S."
"But the United States doesn't know." Alan Wilson replied with a smile, "What can the United States see? It can see typhoons that are almost exactly the same as the American Eagle, and it can see comets that are as good as Boeing."
There is a basis for the supreme authority to dare to deceive the Americans. If Britain has nothing, the United States will definitely think that the so-called British first fourth-generation fighter jet is just propaganda.
The British expressed their dissatisfaction by flexing their muscles. At the same time, they also expressed their dissatisfaction with the Pentagon. Where did the annual allocation of the Ministry of Finance go? Such a huge allocation was once again grabbed by the UK.
Bush Sr. doesn’t know where he is now. As a department that has never had a corrupt payment since its emergence, the Pentagon certainly has its own argument. This argument is essentially that based on its position of strength, excellent weapons are slower to leave the factory.
It makes sense.
It is better to consider putting pressure on Britain when attending the summit in London, and try to see if you can deceive the British with such a big reason that will not help the Eastern and Western world to ease the situation.
At the beginning of July, U.S. President Bush flew to London, and the heads of NATO member states came to London together. They all gathered together to talk about the future of NATO. Of course, Mrs. Thatcher repeated her old tune, emphasizing that the threat from Russia could not be ignored, but
Most people are no longer interested in this voice.
This is especially true after Bush Sr. expressed his stance. This is the first time that Britain and the United States have adopted completely different attitudes on one matter. It can be said that during the entire process, Mrs. Thatcher and Bush Sr. were not on the same channel.
This is in sharp contrast to the Reagan era.
Mrs. Thatcher was opposed to several issues, including her opposition to not using nuclear weapons as a conventional means of putting pressure on the Soviet Union, and her opposition to negotiations on conventional disarmament between Western Europe and the Soviet Union.
This voice was ignored by Bush Sr., and under the interference of Mrs. Thatcher, the London Declaration of the North Vietnam Summit was produced. The London Declaration called on the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact member states to conclude a "mutual non-use of force" and "mutual non-use of force" with NATO.
"No longer hostile to each other" joint reconciliation statement, and established a schedule in principle for reaching a European conventional disarmament agreement: striving to sign the first phase of the European Conventional Forces Reduction Treaty within the first year.
Bush also emphasized that he had raised the nuclear threshold and re-established the bottom line for the use of nuclear weapons. At the same time, he emphasized that under the conditions of achieving a low-level balance of conventional forces, the use of nuclear weapons should not be regarded as the first option to deal with large-scale conventional attacks, thereby reducing the risk of
Over-reliance on nuclear weapons, and reiterated support for the Federal Republic of Germany, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is still in effect, and short-range missiles will not be deployed in the Federal Republic of Germany.
"Using nuclear weapons as the last option will undermine NATO's effectiveness in dealing with threats." Mrs. Thatcher stood up and criticized Bush dissatisfiedly. "Compared with the original consensus, this meeting will lead to a speech on NATO's response, which is not as good as the original consensus."
It turns out to be flexible.”
"Does Prime Minister Thatcher think it's flexible to be ready for a nuclear war at any time?" Bush spoke while looking at the European heads of state in the venue and asked, "Can we listen to the opinions of other allies?"
Opinion? That is obvious. There are several countries that are willing to threaten each other with the Soviet Union at any time. Naturally, they all stand next to Bush Sr. Even though this meeting was held in London, Bush Sr. still had the upper hand. However,
In the end, Bush gave Mrs. Thatcher face and did not directly announce the end of the Cold War at the meeting.
When he visits France next month, he will gather his friends together to announce the news of victory. This will leave the last bit of dignity to his host, Mrs. Thatcher.