Dominate South Asia

Pakistan has a long and narrow land, and the choice of space base must be careful, because the earth rotates from west to east, so if Pakistan wants to launch satellites, it must also launch eastward, which is the same all over the world. However, to the east of Pakistan is its old enemy India. Quetta is in the west of Pakistan, with convenient transportation, and there is a desert area in the east. After the first stage of the launch vehicle is separated, it will fall into the territory of its own country.

Of course, this will also cause great tension in India. Who knows whether Pakistan launched a launch vehicle or a ballistic missile? The initial ballistic characteristics are exactly the same, that is, one goes up to the sky and never comes back, and the other goes up to the sky and comes back down again!

Of course, Mhamad will not care about India's protests. No one can stop Pakistan's exploration of space, even if the first launch is not a launch vehicle, but a single-stage Dongfeng-3 ballistic missile!

Bangladesh temporarily calmed down, but just ten days later, Western countries, led by the United States, began a carrot and stick policy.

The military rule in Bangladesh is not in line with the public opinion. The existing military government in Bangladesh must be dissolved, the leader resigns, and then the Bangladeshi people themselves elect a government that conforms to the public opinion! After the existing government disintegrates, an interim government can be organized first. This interim government can be formed with the help of neighboring India.

If Bangladesh does not do this, the United States will impose all-round sanctions on Bangladesh, especially food!

Bangladesh has a large population and limited arable land. In normal years, people will starve to death. If there is another disaster such as floods, the disaster will be even more serious. People have been displaced, so the US sanctions on Bangladesh mainly focus on food! If the Bangladesh government does not accept the arrangement of the United States, then it will starve!

At the same time, the United States also expressed strong dissatisfaction with Pakistan, believing that Pakistan sent troops into Bangladesh and contributed to the unrest in Bangladesh. It also has a wrong connection with the existing Bangladeshi regime. The United States hopes that the Pakistani army can withdraw from Bangladesh and that the United Nations can send observers to observe. If Pakistan continues to station troops in Bangladesh, the United States will impose sanctions on Pakistan.

After receiving this news, Mhammad couldn't help but shake his head. Americans are pretty smart, and there are very few politicians as stupid as Robert. The United States did not directly accuse Pakistan of being ruled by a military government, which means it did not break up with Mhammad. . The current demand of the United States is for Pakistan to withdraw its troops. As long as Pakistan withdraws its troops, everything can remain as before, and the United States will not pursue further investigations. If Pakistan does not withdraw its troops, it will usher in US sanctions!

Bush thought that this would make Pakistan compromise, but later, Pakistan issued a statement.

Pakistan has discovered some mineral resources along the Chittagong coastline, including titanium concentrate, zircon powder, ruby ​​​​and so on. Now, Bangladesh has exploited these minerals. It is all done by Pakistan, and in return, Pakistan will export food grains to Bangladesh.

With the granaries in places like Kashmir and Amritsar, Pakistan has long been self-sufficient in food with Afghanistan and has enough surplus, so it exports part of it to Bangladesh. It is entirely possible that the two parties would directly barter and would not use the international currency, the US dollar, at all.

At the same time, Pakistan also stated. Historically, Pakistan and Bangladesh were once one country. There is a brotherly friendship between the two sides. Now that Pakistan has stationed troops in Bangladesh, it is entirely a matter of the two peoples. It reflects the great friendship between the two peoples and has nothing to do with other countries! Brutally interfering in the regimes of other countries by wielding the big stick of liberal democracy is an act of complete hegemony!

Originally, Mhammad was prepared to push Ranade out to die if necessary, and then install a new government to come to power. This government must be a government friendly to Pakistan. However, the condition offered by the United States is to require Pakistan to withdraw its troops, which is absolutely intolerable to Pakistan.

If a certain amount of force is not maintained on Bangladesh's soil, the situation in Bangladesh will not be under Pakistan's control. Pakistan can support it today, and the United States and India can support it tomorrow. In the past, it was okay if Pakistan did not get involved here, but now, since Pakistan has stationed troops here, there must be no compromise!

Pakistan's statement was a slap in the face to the United States. The Americans were so angry that they finally decided to impose sanctions on Pakistan: stop high-tech exports to Pakistan! Stop military-technical cooperation with Pakistan and temporarily withhold the F-16 fighter jets ordered by Pakistan!

After receiving this news, Hamad breathed a sigh of relief. Grandma, the Americans are also thundering loudly but raindrops are light.

Originally, what frightened Mhammad the most was that the United States had frozen all assets of Pakistan! After all, a large part of Pakistan's national income comes from speculation in the international financial market. In response to U.S. sanctions, Pakistan has withdrawn a lot of funds, but after all, this will reduce a lot of profits.

Now, the United States has at least stopped exporting high-tech products. Instead, it has not implemented the most effective and direct method of freezing assets!

I am afraid that Hamad can guess some of the reasons. Americans are also afraid of rats.

Pakistan has assets in the United States, and the United States also has assets in Pakistan! Especially in Afghanistan!

At the beginning, when consolidating northern Afghanistan, Muhammad internationalized the Afghan issue and found many Western companies to jointly develop the mines there, so that their interests would be combined. Later, when Pakistan vigorously developed its industry, there were also many Western companies in Pakistan.

If the United States freezes Pakistan's assets abroad, then Muhammad will not hesitate to nationalize all these Western companies!

This struggle between the two sides is also within a certain bottom line. Since the Americans have not done it, Muhammad will not do it too much.

As for the US high-tech export ban on Pakistan, including military equipment, Muhammad also has a response plan. In the past few years, Pakistan has been introducing various advanced Western industries, and the military industry has begun to develop rapidly. Based on its own production, it has also built a high-tech center called the Tower of Babel to carry out high-tech innovation.

The only thing that hurts Muhammad is probably the dozen or so F-16 fighters.

This was a contract five or six years ago. Pakistan ordered the second batch of F-16 fighters from the United States as low-end aircraft for high altitude combat. Since Pakistan has been suppressing the Soviet Air Force, the delivery of the second batch of fighters has been delayed. The American F-16 is too popular, and there are too many orders. The company cannot produce them, and the orders have been scheduled until 1994.

Under Pakistan's repeated urging, the United States still has less than 20 F-16 fighters that have not been delivered. Now, the Americans want to detain these fighters.

This is much better than in history. At the beginning, Pakistan used the F-16 fighter as its main force, but the Americans detain it. As a result, Pakistan has not even had a decent fighter for a long time. Until the Xiaolong entered service, Pakistan's Air Force Chief of Staff was about to shed tears.

Now, Pakistan has a large number of Tomcat fighters, and has begun to produce new Tomcat fighters by itself. The United States has detained these 20 aircraft, and Pakistan can resolve it through negotiations later. It is not very urgent.

"The Americans really did it." Muhammad said: "In this case, we don't have to hold back, let's announce Pakistan's space program!"

"The earth is the cradle of mankind, but mankind will not stay in this cradle forever." Pakistan's spokesperson also had a rare philosophical moment: "Exploring the mysteries of space is what everyone wants. We Pakistan must also contribute to the exploration of space. We Pakistan will carry out a series of space exploration activities. We will launch a Pakistani artificial earth satellite within five years, send a probe to the moon within ten years, and achieve manned space flight within fifteen years, and launch a manned space station."

Pakistan has shown its ambitions in outer space, which is obviously in response to US sanctions. The United States wants to stop the export of high-tech to Pakistan, so Pakistan must show that they themselves have the ability to carry out high-tech research and development, such as aerospace!

When the United States heard about Pakistan's space program, it sneered. Do Pakistanis think that building a rocket is like building a train? How can it be so easy? Especially manned space flight, only the United States and the Soviet Union have this technology in the world!

The United States did not think that Pakistan really wanted to explore space, but only thought it was a trick. One month later, when the clock pointed to the New Year of 1990, Pakistan's space exploration activities finally began!

Bostan, north of Quetta.

Pakistan's space city stands here. In just one month, the basic buildings have been built. Pakistan's industry has made great progress and its construction capacity is also very strong.

Three kilometers away from the space city, a brand new launch pad has been built. The iron tower stands tall, and there is a buffer device under the launch pad. There are also rails next to it that connect to the assembly plant of the space city. This is a standard space launch pad.

However, the rocket standing on the launch pad at this time looks very small. (To be continued ~^~)