Chapter 618 The Price of the Plane

Study room.

Liu Tao was thinking.

He was thinking about the export prices of the ‘J-7’, ‘Eagle’ advanced trainer and the J-10.

In recent years, the depreciation of the US dollar has led to a sharp rise in the prices of various weapons and equipment in the international arms market.

A few years ago, the German army purchased the German ‘Cheetah’ self-propelled anti-aircraft gun at a price of about 4.4 million US dollars. Now it has soared to 10 million US dollars, and the export price is higher.

The German army purchased the German ‘Leopard 2’ tank at a price of about 2.47 million US dollars in 1979. Now the German army’s purchase price has soared to about 3.5 million US dollars.

As for the export price of the ‘Leopard 2’ tank, it goes without saying that the price has also been rising all the way.

Of course, the German ‘Leopard 2’ tank is not the fastest. The American M1A1 tank is the fastest in the world. The M1A1 began production in 1986, but the US military’s purchase price has almost reached 5 million US dollars, and the export price is even higher, at least 6 million US dollars.

Not only are European and American tanks rising, but Soviet tanks are also rising.

This is true for main battle tanks, and even more so for aircraft!

The price of F20 was 10 million US dollars in 1983, and it had risen to 15 million US dollars in 1985; the price of F14 was 19.6 million US dollars in 1979, and it had risen to 33.27 million US dollars in 1983, and it rose to 44 million US dollars in 1987; the price of F15 was 27.3 million US dollars in 1983, and it had risen to 39.1 million US dollars in 1987; the price of F16 was 8 million US dollars in 1980, and it had risen to 13.5-18 million US dollars in 1985, and now it has risen to 25-30 million US dollars; the current price of F-18 is 29.7 million US dollars; the price of F117 was 42.6 million US dollars in 1983, and it has risen to 72 million US dollars now.

This is the case with American aircraft, and it is similar for French aircraft. The price of Mirage 2000 was 25 million US dollars in 1983, and it has risen to 30 million US dollars in 1987; the price of Super Etendard was 10.8 to 12 million US dollars in 1983, and it has risen to 13 to 15 million US dollars now; the price of Mirage 4000 was 30 million US dollars in 1983, and it is now 50 million US dollars.

The price of Soviet fighter jets, MiG-29 is now 18 million US dollars, and Su-27 is 34 million US dollars.

Although the advanced trainer is not a real fighter, as a training pilot, the price of the advanced trainer will not be too cheap.

Liu Tao thought for a while, and finally wrote in his notebook: 8.7 million US dollars for the ‘J-7’ advanced trainer, 15 million US dollars for the ‘Eagle’ advanced trainer, and 25 million US dollars for the ‘J-10’ fighter.

If you want to lower the price, you can actually reduce it a little bit, even if the price is reduced by half, there is still a good profit.

But Liu Tao didn't, because he had been in the international arms market for so long, he knew very well that the lower the price of weapons and equipment, the better. If your price is too low, customers will doubt the performance of your aircraft.

Sell at the same price as the level of weapons and equipment!

It can be lower, but not at a bargain price.

Otherwise, customers will feel uneasy when they see a bargain price.

The cost performance is not only reflected in the slightly lower price, but more importantly, it is reflected in the fact that there are no political or economic conditions attached.

If other arms dealers want to fight a price war, they can just lower the price.

Put the notebook in the briefcase and leave the study.

When he returned to the room, the children were all asleep.

Zhu Lin was sitting in front of the dressing table, combing her hair. Her long black and smooth hair and pink pajamas really made Liu Tao dazed.

Liu Tao couldn't help but walk over and gently hugged her from behind.

Then he saw Zhu Lin's pretty face blushing, and she looked so beautiful under the hazy light.

The next day, the sun shone into the room.

Liu Tao woke up, felt the warmth and softness in his arms, and his heart softened.

He looked at the monitor and saw that the children were still asleep.

Liu Tao moved his body, changed his position, and continued to sleep.

Until the children woke up and made noises, they woke up, and then they yawned and got up.

When they walked out of the room, they saw that it was white outside. It snowed late last night, wrapping the sky and the earth in silver.

This is the winter in Beijing, and it is normal to snow.

At about 10 o'clock, Liu Tao waited for his friend, Malaek!

This time, Malaek also came to buy warships.

Unlike Iraq, Persia has a much longer coastline, a full 2,700 kilometers, and Persia's navy is also the most powerful navy in the Persian Gulf.

During the Pahlavi Dynasty, Persia was the overlord of the Persian Gulf, with the most powerful army, the most powerful air force and the most powerful navy in the Persian Gulf region. At that time, Persia was an ally of the United States and its grip in the Middle East.

Now the influence of the United States in the Middle East is in great turmoil and decline. It can be said that the root cause is the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty.

This makes the United States very passive in the Middle East.

In addition, the father is always angry and makes trouble, which makes the United States very annoyed, but there is nothing they can do.

The Reagan administration has always wanted to suppress the oil price to below $20 per barrel, preferably $12 per barrel to $15 per barrel, so that the inflation rate in the United States can be greatly reduced, and it can also hit the Soviet economy.

After all, although the Soviet Union has abundant oil, the cost of oil extraction in the Soviet Union is much higher than that in the Middle East.

Unfortunately, OPEC members are unwilling to cooperate with the United States. After all, the world's overall demand for oil is increasing, and now there are constant wars. Who is willing to lower oil prices?

The "Iran-Iraq Ship Attack War" broke out. Although both sides attacked each other's merchant ships or other third-party merchant ships, the Iraqis also attacked Persian warships, which caused Persian warships to suffer considerable losses.

Now that the Saudi Navy's military strength has greatly increased, Persia also feels a huge threat, as if it will lose its maritime hegemony in the Persian Gulf.

If Persia wants to import warships, the only choice is the Panshan Group.

With the end of the Afghan War by the Soviet Union, the first batch of troops has withdrawn from Afghanistan, and the second batch of troops will soon withdraw. Most of the 300,000 troops deployed by Persia in the east can be transferred to the western front to fight the Iraqis.

Before this, Persia had been on guard against the Soviet Union.

Because Iraq's national strength is there, it can't take Persia away in one wave, even if it is a sneak attack. But the Soviet Union is different. That ferocious polar bear may take Persia away in one wave.

Now that Persia is free of pressure from the east, it will naturally turn its forces to the west to defeat the Iraqis and drive them out of Persia.

But before that, it must first replenish naval warships to ensure Persia's maritime influence in the Persian Gulf.

Liu Tao took the order from Malaek without hesitation.

After all, this is a huge order of up to 8 billion US dollars, which is not easy for Persia.

Now Persia is only barely supported by oil revenue, because Persia's oil revenue is not as good as Iraq's.

A large part of Iraq's oil is transported to Turkey through oil pipelines and then exported to various countries. The income is relatively stable and objective.

Persia is different. Persia's oil is mainly in Khuzestan Province. Oil extraction is more or less affected, and it has to be transported through middlemen, which inevitably has to pay high intermediary fees.