Chapter 615 Barter
"We will never compromise with the United States." Chavez said in the office, next to him was Venezuelan President Mike.
Hearing his words, Mike said, "Yes. We won't compromise, but what about our weapons?"
"At worst, you can sell all these weapons. It is not only the United States, France, the Soviet Union, or China that are willing to sell weapons to us, but also the United States, France, the Soviet Union, or China, that can sell weapons to us." Chavez said.
Sell! Chavez said it too much. Americans want sanctions. Chavez's approach is to sell all these weapons. Anyway, Venezuela has oil, and the United States attempts to restrict Venezuela through economic sanctions. That is absolutely impossible. Selling US weapons will make Americans' sanctions a piece of waste paper.
"Mr. President, the Pakistan Ambassador asked for a visit." At this moment, a secretary came in and reported.
Pakistan ambassador? What are they doing? Mike was questioning in his heart, but Chavez had a smile on his face: "Please come in immediately."
The Pakistani ambassador came in soon, and behind him was a Pakistani military officer in Venezuela. The military officer smiled at Chavez, and Chavez immediately recognized him. This guy was Mr. Ben!
"Mr. President, now the United States has imposed sanctions on your country, and your country's advanced fighter jets will turn into a pile of scrap iron. We are very dissatisfied with this. Although we cannot express our publicly, we will also support Venezuela's revolutionary cause in actual actions. Therefore, we can provide Venezuela with a fighter jet we made ourselves." said the Pakistani President.
A fighter jet made by Pakistan? McHonma was stunned. When will Pakistan be able to build fighter jets? Fighter jets are not something that can be built. Only advanced industrial countries can manufacture them. It seems that Pakistan’s fighter jets are mainly bought from the United States, right?
"Okay, okay." Before Mike could speak, Chavez nodded repeatedly: "Sure enough, Pakistan is our good friend. What does the fighter jet you built by yourself look like?"
"It is a third-generation fighter jet developed by us. We have all the production capacity." Osama behind him spoke: "Now the fighter jets cannot be brought to you, but we have brought information. Please turn on your computer."
In Osama's hand, he took out a computer floppy disk. This is an important mobile storage device in this era. Although the capacity is limited, it is enough to store information on fighter jets.
Putting the floppy disk into the computer and pushing Mike aside, Chavez looked at the contents of the floppy disk and the outline of a fighter appeared on the screen.
"This is the fighter we made ourselves, with air intake on the belly, edge wings, and air-transmitted operation with a high-thrust turbofan engine at the tail. It has excellent maneuverability and strong loading capacity. The airborne radar is also produced by Pakistan itself. It can use medium-range air-to-air missiles. As far as I know, your F-16 fighter seems to be like our Pakistani, and can only fire fighting missiles."
Looking at the fighter jet, it was almost the same as the F-16. Chavez nodded: "No, we can order it after our Air Force formally inspects. When can we go to inspect?"
"We will make arrangements with the country and ask you to go for an inspection as soon as possible." Osama said.
The fighter he introduced was of course the purely exported JF-17 fighter. After fooling Saddam, he used it to fool Chavez.
As there are already hundreds of potential orders, the development progress of this fighter aircraft is progressing rapidly. Chengfei has already started to build the first prototype. When it is made, it is naturally possible to arrange for Venezuelan representatives to go for inspection.
"How much does this fighter cost?" President Mike asked carefully.
"It's not expensive, it's about 20 to 30 million US dollars." Osama said: "With your financial ability, you can purchase hundreds of aircraft."
With Venezuela's current financial capabilities! Mike is now forced to implement one measure after another by Chavez. The country's investment is very large, and the treasury is empty, so there is no enough funds to buy more fighter jets.
"I'm afraid we're not having enough funds." Mike said. Chavez next to him was already eager to try. Mike must explain the status quo.
"If you don't have enough funds, we can also use other payment methods, such as bartering." Osama said: "As far as I know, you have F16a/b fighter jets, 8-130 transport aircraft, and 20 UH-60 Black Hawk General Helicopters. These aircraft have lost their parts supply due to US sanctions, and they will probably rot in the hangar. It's better for you to hand over these aircraft to us. We exchange them with new fighter jets. What do you think?"
No matter how you use those broken planes to exchange for new planes made with Pakistan, Venezuela has taken advantage of them. After all, their planes lack accessories and are about to lose their flying ability.
"Of course, that's pretty good." Chavez said.
These aircraft are not available to Venezuela, but Pakistan is different. After all, Pakistan owns these three models of aircraft. Although the number of F-16 fighter jets is small, they are all purchased from 1985 to 1988, and at least 90% of them are good. If transported to Pakistan, they can join the army to serve as a new maintenance.
As for the -130 transport aircraft, it is an excellent transport aircraft. The Pakistani troops have dozens of aircraft in size. In addition, the Black Hawk helicopter is also an excellent general-purpose helicopter.
Venezuela can no longer operate, so it is better to pack it and hand it over to Pakistan. This is also one of the reasons why Osama came here to help Chavez. He made Chavez coup successful and sold himself some rags. Can he still say something wrong?
Sure enough, Chavez agreed. Mike looked ugly on the side. Who knew whether this Pakistani fighter jet was reliable or not, so he took away all the good things in the Venezuelan Air Force. Although the United States imposed sanctions, it was still able to get some accessories in the international arms smuggling market.
However, seeing Chavez's excited look, he still knew how to remain silent.
Chapter completed!