Chapter 1359 An Increasingly Turbulent World
All of a sudden, the Americans stopped bragging about the start of construction of the ‘Ford-class’ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
It’s boring.
The launch of the ‘Yue Ship’ offset the impact of the groundbreaking ceremony of the ‘Ford-class’ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
After all, the ‘Ford-class’ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has just held its groundbreaking ceremony, and it is still a long way from launching, let alone serving!
The ‘Yue Ship’ is different, it has already been launched, and it is not far from serving!
Not long after, coinciding with the Army Day, Dalian Shipyard held the launching ceremony and naming ceremony of the third Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
The third Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was named ‘Liao Ship’, both because Dalian Shipyard is located in Liao Province and to make up for the previous one.
The chord number also inherited 16!
This made the people of Liao Province, who had been complaining a lot, all their complaints were gone, and they were happy and felt the joy of changing their guns to cannons.
The officers and soldiers who received more systematic training all had smiles on their faces. They were not newly recruited recruits, but veterans!
As the most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world, the shipboard officers and soldiers of the Type 003 aircraft carrier are well-known for their good treatment.
The whole world is looking at the launch of China's Type 003 aircraft carrier.
After all, launching two Type 003 aircraft carriers in one year is the first time in China's history. It is also the first time in the history of aircraft carriers in the world. It can be called a feat!
But at the same time, the discussion about the S3 season has become more frequent and intense.
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has launched the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War in the name of anti-terrorism, intending to promote hegemony, and regional confrontation and conflict have intensified.
Religiousism, extremism, nationalism, etc. are intertwined, and wars have broken out in many countries.
There is also climate warming, which has caused some island countries to face the crisis of extinction due to rising sea levels.
After the outbreak of the US subprime mortgage crisis, this situation has been exacerbated.
The whole world is in turmoil.
The sense of security of various countries has been greatly reduced, and people generally feel unsafe.
Many countries and many people around the world are worried that the S3 season will break out.
This moment is just like that moment!
History always has its similarities.
And because of the development of technology, missiles, aircraft, etc., the scope of war has been greatly extended. Once the S3 season really breaks out, it will inevitably sweep the world, and no country can avoid it.
The military expenditure of the United States alone has exceeded 900 billion US dollars, setting a historical high, which is equal to the sum of the following dozen countries. Although Barack has repeatedly expressed his intention to cut military expenditure after taking office, there are big doubts about whether Barack can really cut military expenditure.
Military expenditure is easy to increase and difficult to decrease!
Just like that reason, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality!
What's more, the existence of the Smith Commissioners in the United States is no longer a secret in the world, and it is an open secret.
According to the current situation in the United States, it is very dangerous to continue like this.
Who knows whether the United States will launch a new war to divert domestic conflicts.
In the world, there are only two countries that can withstand the military strikes of the United States, and the rest of the countries cannot!
No one wants to be targeted by the United States.
And Russia just showed its teeth in Georgia and ended the war in just a few days.
Although Britain has been calling for a second Falklands War and even purchased a large number of warships for this purpose and carried out large-scale military expansion, it has not yet officially dispatched an expeditionary force.
Britain's second Falklands War is still in the war of public opinion.
The reason for this is that in addition to the fact that Britain's national strength has declined significantly compared to the Falklands War, Britain is also worried about Europe.
Who knows whether the Franco-German alliance in Europe will take advantage of Britain's expedition to Argentina to launch a second Falklands War and kill Britain.
You must know that the current Franco-German alliance has autonomy and strong military power.
After being driven out of Africa, France, even in the face of continuous public demonstrations and protests at home, still kicked off the reform, strongly cut social welfare, delayed the retirement age, and carried out major reforms to the army, turning most of the army into rapid reaction forces, thereby strengthening the combat effectiveness and deterrence of the French army.
After regaining sovereignty, Germany's annual defense expenditure accounted for 2.5% of GDP, and its military strength was greatly enhanced. So far, the German army has never fallen out of the top five in the world military rankings.
The Franco-German alliance is promoting European integration. Through the rapid reaction forces of the two countries, it is gradually replacing NATO. Even this alliance has included eight countries, and the positions of these countries are consistent.
No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!
In recent years, the UK has been regarded as a troublemaker of the EU by the Franco-German alliance and has been hostile. In fact, the UK has indeed been playing the role of a troublemaker in Europe, stirring up trouble in Europe, and naturally the UK is also wary of France and Germany.
Britain has always been the main force in promoting Russia's strength in Europe, and is even more active than the United States.
The purpose is self-evident!
After all, if the Franco-German alliance becomes the Franco-German-Russian alliance, it will truly unify Europe. As an isolated island, Britain will be completely isolated and then completely decline.
Due to the economic crisis, weak economic development and soaring unemployment in Western Europe, Western European countries have been cutting social welfare and increasing working hours. The days when Western Europe was better than the United States have come to an abrupt end.
This is the case in Western Europe, not to mention Eastern Europe, which is no longer just stuck in the economic crisis, but in turmoil, with political parties taking turns in power, right-wing or even extreme right-wing parties in power.
The attitudes of the five Stan countries in Central Asia are becoming more ambiguous.
In recent years, with the opening of railways, the five Stan countries in Central Asia have railways directly to China, and more investment from China has increased. Unknowingly, China has become the largest trading country and the largest investor in the five Stan countries in Central Asia.
The five Stan countries in Central Asia are increasingly dissatisfied with the control of natural gas, oil and other revenues in the hands of Russia, and they continue to demand that Russia must make concessions and give them part of the revenue.
Although they used to belong to the same country and now belong to the CIS, Russia has a strong influence and great interests in the five Stan countries, but in the final analysis, they are different countries, and each has different interests.
The five Stan countries in Central Asia export natural gas and oil to China every year, which is worth tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars, and the bulk of the revenue belongs to Russia.
That is why, although the economy of the five Stan countries in Central Asia seems to be developing continuously in recent years, life is still hard and there is no obvious improvement, because the revenue is taken away by Russia.
Central Asia, West Asia, and South Asia are all in turmoil, and even military coups have occurred.
This kind of geopolitical game is not controlled by the will of the local countries at all. In the context of the world pattern, they have all become pawns. (End of this chapter)