After conducting a demonstration launch of the 300mm multiple rocket launcher, Crown Prince Salman was completely conquered by its excellent performance.
At this time, the world can produce rockets with a range of more than 500 kilometers and a speed of more than Mach 7.
This is the only one, no other semicolon!
And even if other countries develop such rocket launchers, it is basically impossible to sell them outside.
The reason why Longguo sells to foreign countries is also very simple. It is short of money and has better options.
If the 306mm caliber is placed on the barrel artillery, it will basically be at the naval gun level.
But in the field of rocket launchers, there are ones bigger than this everywhere.
From 406 mm, to 500 mm, and then to 700 mm, the caliber of the rocket launchers is larger than the last.
All kinds of heavy rockets are much stronger than 300mm caliber rockets!
Especially the 700mm rockets, which actually exceed the caliber of some cruise missiles.
If it weren't for the lack of follow-up power support, this could actually be regarded as a type of missile!
However, in terms of warhead charges, there will be a certain gap between the foreign trade version and the self-use version.
The self-use version of the warhead is charged with 100% high-nitrogen explosives. One shot is equivalent to the power of more than ten tons of TNT.
The charge of the foreign trade version is only mixed with less than 20% high-nitrogen explosives, and the power of one rocket is only equivalent to the explosive power of less than three tons of TNT.
However, although there is a certain gap in this power compared to the self-use version.
But it can still perform like a small mushroom egg in war!
"My friends, we really want this weapon, and I hope you can give us a chance!"
Salman did not mention the issue of money at all, but only asked Zhang Xingyang to sell this weapon to them.
Before the Aerospace Expo, Zhang Xingyang also discussed the pricing issue with the old chief.
The cost of the 300mm rocket launcher, except for the rockets, is actually not very high. The chassis is the Type 89.
The most expensive part of the entire system is the solid fuel engine and guidance equipment in the rocket.
The ex-factory cost of a set of 300mm rocket launchers is about 30 million, and the six matching rockets alone account for nearly 12 million in cost.
At such a price, if you really use it as a rocket launcher, it is indeed a bit expensive.
But if you think about it from a different angle and regard it as a short-range missile with slightly less accuracy, then it can only be said to be cheap!
"Of course we will sell this rocket launcher to you!"
“But the price will be a little more expensive!”
Zhang Xingyang sat opposite Salman and said seriously.
"money is not a problem!"
As the crown prince, Salman was responsible for this equipment purchase and had obtained a high trade quota before coming, so he did not care much about money.
"Each set is RMB 100 million and comes with basic supporting equipment."
"If you buy an entire rocket launcher battalion, then we will provide a complete set of battalion equipment, including radar, command vehicles, and all training work."
"But these will also be more expensive, about 1.5 billion!"
The price quoted by Zhang Xingyang is actually a sky-high price, but these are all domestic currencies. When converted into US dollars, a rocket launcher battalion is less than 200 million US dollars.
It can only be regarded as a high price, not a sky-high price.
After Crown Prince Salman heard the quotation given by Zhang Xingyang, he frowned slightly at first, but soon relaxed and said:
“Although the price of US$1.5 billion is a bit high, it is still within our acceptance range!”
"But you must teach our young men, you know, each of them is valuable!"
Salman obviously didn't understand that what Zhang Xingyang wanted to say was the domestic currency, but although the price in U.S. dollars made him feel a little pained.
But for a rocket that can achieve performance close to that of a short-range missile, the other party can still accept such a price.
However, the firepower of a 300mm long-range fire camp is still very fierce. A single salvo can fire more than 72 300mm rockets.
Based on the calculation that each rocket can damage an area of 100,000 square meters, 72 rockets can damage an area of 7.2 million square meters, which is equivalent to the area of 720 standard football fields.
Zhang Xingyang and the person in charge of domestic weapons and equipment exports next to him looked at each other.
Both of them are now thinking about whether to tell each other the price of the rocket launcher.
If you don't say anything, the other party may bite the bullet and accept such an offer, but it may cause unnecessary trouble in the future.
Because the rocket launcher business cannot be done only to them in the future, if other countries hear such prices.
Then you should be so scared that you jump up?
So after the two people communicated in a low voice, they decided to tell their true offer.
"My friend, you may have a certain misunderstanding."
"What I just said is the domestic currency price. If converted into US dollars, the price of a 300mm remote fire camp is less than 200 million US dollars!"
After Zhang Xingyang revealed the true offer, Salman was a little stunned.
He didn't expect that there are still people in this world who can't get along with money and take the initiative to ask for a price reduction.
"It doesn't matter, I said before, no matter what your cost price is, we will pay ten times the price!"
Zhang Xingyang's mouth twitched. He didn't expect that there was such a thing in this world.
The buyer takes the initiative to ask for a price increase, and the seller wants to lower the price, but the other party refuses to let it go!
"If calculated based on the price of US$1.5 billion, our quotation is already close to twenty times the cost!"
The person in charge of weapons exports was also frightened and couldn't help but persuade him, but he raised the cost of the rocket launcher slightly.
It was also the first time for Salman to meet such a seller. He didn't know what to do. After a while, he said:
"Just $1.5 billion!"
"As for the extra, just think of it as us making friends!"
In fact, according to Salman's idea, this can establish a good relationship with the Dragon Kingdom, which will have many benefits in the future.
Zhang Xingyang agreed to the matter after thinking for a while, but it was not that he did not give Salman a little compensation:
"Okay, we'll accept that price!"
"But we will give you a batch of 300mm rockets with high-performance warheads!"
Since the other party was so generous, Zhang Xingyang did not completely take advantage of the other party.
The high-performance warhead rockets mentioned by Zhang Xingyang are actually rockets with an increased proportion of total nitrogen explosives.
The original proportion of total nitrogen explosives was increased from 20% to 50%.
The power of the explosion has more than doubled!
However, the cost of such rockets is actually higher, with the cost of one shot being almost 2.2 million.
However, Salman gave such a high quotation, and it was nothing to give him a basic high-performance warhead rocket!
"I believe you will love this gift!"
(End of chapter)
