At the Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition in February this year, the 052D destroyer Nanning, which was the main warship of the 43rd batch of escort fleets in the Gulf of Aden, also came to the defense exhibition for a sea demonstration, and there were big rumors that Saudi Arabia and Algeria were interested in purchasing 12 and 6 Type 052D destroyers respectively.
If this is the case, then in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Algeria will be the most powerful naval forces outside of the US Navy.
What does this mean?Of course, this means that as long as they do not confront the U.S. Navy, these two countries can basically walk sideways on this sea at will.
Having an advanced and huge modern navy has always been the dream and pursuit of Saudi Arabia, after all, as the richest man in the Middle East, it has this realistic demand. The inexhaustible oil fields, the rolling petrodollars, the drunken people who live in the lives of the masters, which does not need the force they can control to protect?
In this regard, Saudi Arabia has first-hand experience.
Think about how horizontal Saddam Hussein was back then, and he was cold to Saudi Arabia, so he almost waved his army to conquer. Although Saudi Arabia felt the tremendous pressure to survive, it did not panic at all in its heart, and after pulling the big missiles sent by the big eastern powers at friendly prices to the streets and showing them on TV, Saddam finally calmed down, stopped yelling at Saudi Arabia, and even almost learned to be good at singing and dancing.
Therefore, Saudi Arabia, the desert camel, has a soft spot for the big countries in the East, and it can give the big families confidence at critical moments.
Therefore, it is not surprising that after the appearance of the 052D destroyer at the defense exhibition, it was reported that the camels were ready to buy in a big way.
After all, Saudi Arabia has a realistic need, and there are endless financial resources that others only envy.
Why not spend some advanced destroyers that are many times cheaper than similar destroyers of the US military?
However, this news has only been circulating on ** for a while, and there is no follow-up, and there is no official news coming out. But what is curious is that the defense cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia is getting deeper.
Interestingly, the news of 052d has not yet been conclusive, and some Saudi netizens can't bear it anymore and begin to issue appeals and suggestions on **.
Wait, instead of calling on and urging the two sides to reach an agreement on the purchase of 052D destroyers, these netizens put aside 052D and jumped directly to China's 055 destroyers.
Here's what Saudi netizens said: Any military progress by China, especially in the field of marine industry, will be beneficial to Saudi Arabia.
Doesn't that sound a little vague?
It's true, let's translate it into the vernacular, that is, the more advanced China's maritime equipment is, the more likely Saudi Arabia will be able to get these advanced equipment, of course, it will be beneficial to Saudi Arabia.
So what is China's most advanced equipment at sea?Aside from the aircraft carrier, it is naturally the 0.55 million ton drive.
Sure enough, when this Saudi netizen made an appeal on **, it was China's most advanced 0.55 million ton destroyer.
That's not all, I feel that the thinking of this Saudi netizen is a little "floating": China has provided everything for Saudi Arabia's military construction, even including the transfer of military technology.
In other words, China not only sells first-class equipment to Saudi Arabia, but also sells core technologies!
Speaking of which, I can't help but think of a joke on the Internet that seems a bit ridiculous.
The camel fell in love with the rabbit's big boat, and felt that this thing was a bit too advanced and inconvenient. But the camel has a lot of business and is determined to win, so there is such an interesting conversation with the rabbit:
The camel asked sincerely: Rabbit, this thing is so good, can it be sold?
The rabbit smiled all over his face: I'm sorry, this thing really doesn't sell.
The camel was not discouraged, knowing that the price must not be enough, so he began to increase the size layer by layer: 10 billion.
The rabbit smiled, but was still very reserved: I'm afraid not now, it will take a few years.
The camel immediately sacrificed a big killer: 20 billion!
The rabbit panicked all of a sudden: This, no, I still have to go back to work overtime.
The camel slowly spat out the smoke ring: dollars, cash!
The rabbit was furious and yelled at the camel: "You inch by inch camel, hurry up and drive your boat away, don't you get in the way of our harbor?"
Although it is a joke, it also shows that the tacit understanding between camels and rabbits is incomparable to other cats and dogs.
But in fact, the 0.55 million tons of the big country in the East really can't be sold easily, after all, it is a weapon of the country, and it is really inconvenient to show people, let alone sell it.
For this kind of ** equipment that is too advanced and difficult to master, it is recommended that the camel family should buy 052d back first and run it in slowly, and wait for the integration with the rabbit's ** system, and then talk about 055, it is too late.
Of course, by then, we should have a destroyer that is even more powerful than 055.
At that time, 055 may be crowned with the "reputation" of "too backward to export", and the camel family can buy it openly.