Chapter 143 Arms Trade
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"Traveling arms?!" The second old man, the boss, stared at him.
"Well, trafficking arms." Ye Kai's answer was very affirmative, and it could be seen that he was serious.
The second old master thought about it for a while and then said to Ye Kai, "This matter is not very reliable."
Because of the Nanmen Incident two years ago, the Americans and Western countries were banning economic lockdowns, embargoes of armed weapons, and various other sanctions. Some sensitive materials are difficult to transport through maritime channels. Moreover, there is no large-scale war in the surrounding countries, and it seems that it is not very likely to traffic in arms through land passages.
What's more, the Communist Party and the top leaders are not very interested in arms trade. The only few channels are all countries with relatively good relationships, and the number is not large.
So when we talk about this, the first thing that the second old man thought of was that it was not feasible. One was the lack of supply and the other was the lack of market channels. Without these two support, how could the rumor trafficking of arms be said?
But the main problem is the relationship between the Communist Party and the United States.
The Communists and the country do not want to arouse Americans too much, or cause a lot of trouble because of a little bit of profit. Moreover, major customers of international arms dealers such as the Arabbots are basically fixed customers of Western countries and are not so easy to accept other sources of goods.
Moreover, this is not very consistent with the national policy of the Communist Party and the country.
"I'm just borrowing people from you. The supply and market channels are outside, and there is no relationship with the country." Ye Kai said, "The most important thing is loyalty, which is the first issue to consider."
When the second old man heard this, he felt a little embarrassed.
There are such talents, but as he said to Ye Kai, everyone is a treasure of the military. Although the second old man and son control the Military Commission, he is not a one-handed person. He naturally cannot do things that harm the public and private affairs.
"It's not that there are many people, two are enough." Ye Kai said.
"If you say two, you can barely find it..." The second old man, thought about it, and finally nodded, "But you have to tell me the plan."
After all, the second old man is still more curious.
"I'm not afraid to tell you this. Anyway, the government will definitely not be able to do this." Ye Kai immediately became energetic when he heard that the second old master had agreed to lend someone, and he talked about his plans to the second old master for a while.
Ye Kai’s goal was naturally the huge reserve of the Soviet Union’s arsenal.
The Soviet Union's power is indeed very powerful. It is said that during the Cold War, in order to fight against the United States' nuclear deterrence, the Soviet Union built a "super last day weapon" - "edge system", also known as the "hand of death". Once a nuclear war broke out between the United States and the Soviet Union, the activated "edge system" will begin to be automatically detected. If within a certain period of time, it does not receive a response from the Soviet senior leaders, it will automatically recognize that "the last day is coming, and the Soviet leadership has disappeared", and then it will start a Jedi counterattack against the United States.
As for the Soviet nuclear bomb reserves, it is also an extremely huge number.
However, Ye Kai naturally has no way to get involved in equipment like this, and he does not have the courage to do so. If possible, you can consider the suitcase nuclear bomb. This thing is powerful and small in size. If you can get dozens or hundreds of sets of sets, it is the best weapon to use it to deceive Americans.
Strictly speaking, nuclear weapons can only play a deterrent role in the hands of the government, but if they are in the hands of the private sector, they will have a great influence. With so many nuclear bombs, there is no big problem in establishing a country overseas.
Of course, the premise is that you have to have a launch vehicle that launches nuclear bombs, or at least it must be a medium-range missile, otherwise the threat will greatly decrease.
"I mainly like the conventional weapons of the Soviet Union..." Ye Kai said to the second old man, "The war in Africa and the Middle East has never stopped. There are countries like Afghanistan, and even some small countries in South America, where threats from anti-political government armed forces will be our arms dumping place."
In fact, arms trade is also a special part of international trade.
As an indirect means of military struggle between the international community, it plays a unique role in adjusting multilateral relations, improving strategic situations, and balancing strategic forces. It has important significance in political governance, military and diplomatic aspects.
At the same time, as one of the most profitable deals in the world, it is also an important way for some countries to obtain greater economic benefits and ensure the survival and development of industry.
Therefore, after the end of the Cold War, arms trade, as an important part of international political governance, economy and military, also underwent profound changes with the changes in the international situation, and showed some completely different characteristics from the Cold War period at the strategic level.
What Ye Kai values now is that after the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union had not yet fully integrated with the international community, the domestic political situation was very chaotic, and the corruption among the top military leaders was severely defeated. In this case, if you want to take the lead and make profits in the crowd.
"Actually, I just want to fight a time difference." Ye Kai said to the second old master, "During the Cold War, due to the fierce confrontation between the East and the West, international arms trade, as a means of military struggle, was also strongly confrontational. As the main arms suppliers of their respective camps, the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union mainly considered not economic interests, but political governance and military interests when providing military equipment to their allies or quasi-alliers. For example, in the United States in the "Regulations on the Sales and Control of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces"
It is explicitly stipulated that exports can only be approved if it can clearly prove that the military-sale weapons can strengthen the security of the United States and are consistent with the foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, countries with military trade relations with the United States are generally first of allies, followed by indirect allies or friendly countries. The United States not only strictly prohibits the use of military-sale weapons from countries that rely on the Communist Party to promote the public, but also has many limited systems for developing countries to sell weapons."
In this way, there are many blind spots in the world that American fire merchants cannot do business.
"In fact, developing foreign arms trade is also a means to curb the excessive development of American forces." Ye Kai also said, "In fact, arms trade still plays an irreplaceable role in adjusting multilateral relations and balancing geopolitical governance. For example, after the Cold War, in order to avoid the emergence of new strategic vacuum, imbalance of power, and regional powers threatening their global interests, the United States continues to rely on arms trade to curb such situations while constantly looking for various solutions. On the one hand, the arms trade can maintain and expand the relationship between the United States and allies, incorporate relevant countries or regions into the sphere of influence, and become part of the US global strategy to prevent the so-called local filling of vacuum to countries and causing damage to American interests."
For some countries importing military products, arms trade has rapidly improved the technical level of armed equipment and enhanced defense capabilities, and has also become a means for them to seek high-level security interests beyond the scope of military power.
After the Gulf War, in order to maintain their own security, the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Commission did not take the one-sided approach to the United States when purchasing arms, but purchased advanced armament equipment from the United States, Britain, France and other countries. The reason for this is that one of the main considerations of the Gulf countries is to care for the interests of the importing countries of each military product, and use the military trade method as a means of fighting to "build momentum" to build up various countries, and obtain security protection or verbal security commitments from major countries.
"As you said, the arms trade in the Gulf is basically monopolized by the United States and other Western countries." The second old man said with a frown, "But Africa is so poor, are you sure you can receive the payment?"
"The arms trade itself is a high-risk and high-reward business. However, if it is sold to African countries, it is naturally impossible to charge their currency, and even the US dollar is not easy to use." Ye Kai replied with a smile, "But they have gold and diamonds!"
In fact, compared to gold, Ye Kai prefers diamonds.
Because this thing is smaller in size and higher in value, or if the payment is collected after a transaction, you can bring it back by one person in a suitcase, which is the most convenient.
Moreover, diamonds are non-renewable resources and their value will only get higher and higher. If Ye Kai has time, he will set up a large gem jewelry company to specialize in processing diamond jewelry and sell them, it would be perfect.
Of course, this kind of thing can easily cause a rebound from international arms dealers. For example, Americans can easily find clues about arms trafficking from the diamond trade, and then follow the clues to come to the door.
The concerns of the second elders are mainly concentrated on the relationship between the Communist Party and the United States. Although relations with the United States are still relatively tense, the impact of the Nanmen Incident is slowly fading over time, and relations with the United States are also recovering. This is naturally in line with the development of the Communist Party and the United States' foreign relations.
If Ye Kai makes trouble outside because of this, it will affect the normalization of relations with the United States, and things will be troublesome.
"It is precisely because of this that I have to look for a manager." Ye Kai said, "The source of goods is in the Soviet Union, the market is in Africa, or some other remote places. The middlemen are from the Soviets. I just wait to collect the money. Even if the Americans know who is instructing him behind the scenes, why can they catch up with me with the excuse? The country is not a place where they can scatter wild!"
The second old man nodded, thinking that what Ye Kai said was also reasonable.
Anyway, international arms trade is a kind of dispute between each other. Everyone wants to dump their weapons into third countries, but they are worried that other countries will follow suit and affect the security of their own countries. Therefore, there is some rules to do this and you cannot do it randomly.
However, if private arms trafficking is not so much concern, or if Ye Kai makes trouble, it may make Americans feel overwhelmed.
"In principle, I support you, but I still need to consider the details carefully." The second old man, the son of the second old man, finally decided to support Ye Kai. Putting aside that he is the only heir to his old Ye family, the idea of changing the world's strategic structure through arms trade is also worth a try.
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