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Chapter 94 This is good stuff, we should buy more!
After hurling insults for a while until he ran out of words, Kavan finally stopped and began to seriously consider what Iran should do when those despicable Israelis also started using their brains and considering cost-effectiveness.
In the past, the insatiable Israelites liked to call themselves God's chosen people and used high-tech items to flaunt their identity.
The same applies to weaponry.
They like to use so-called high-tech weapons to decide the outcome of the battlefield.
But now it is the 21st century, and the third decade of the 21st century.
Europe and the United States have successfully completed the process of deindustrialization, and their industries cannot support the upgrading and extended range of their high-precision weapons.
After several rounds, both sides had their wins and losses, but from an overall strategic perspective, Iran had a slight advantage.
Iran's slight advantage stems from its fully self-reliant, albeit barely self-sufficient, weapons industry.
This is barely enough to make ends meet.
But if those damned Israelis also take this cost-effective approach and use those cheap weapons to attack Iran, then the balance of power might tip back in Israel's favor.
Of course, this is the worst-case scenario.
Kavan comforted himself, raised his head, and looked at the pickup trucks not far away. On the two dilapidated pickup trucks were two black "tanks".
His gaze lingered briefly on the two black "tanks," then turned to Ali:
"Tell me your thoughts!"
Ali saw him turn his head, and when asked about his thoughts, he shook his head repeatedly: "My thoughts are not important. I am just following Commander Amar's orders."
"Before I took off, Commander Amar told me that once I returned to Iran with these two devices, I should use every means to test their limits."
"But the Israelis completed the test for us last night."
"Based on my personal observations, these two laser defense systems, which cost a total of ten million dollars, have already earned back ten million dollars last night."
"During last night's sudden air raid, these two devices performed their functions perfectly and passed the test."
"I need to report the relevant data to Commander Amar, and Commander Amar will make the decision."
Knowing this guy was impervious to reason, Kavan didn't bother arguing with him. He tapped his fingers on the table and said in an icy voice:
"This thing costs five million dollars a set, and you bought two sets for ten million dollars. In addition, you also gave the other party the extraction certificate for two million barrels of crude oil, and you also have to send two million barrels of crude oil out of the Strait of Hormuz."
"On the international market, a barrel of oil costs $127. Two million barrels of oil would cost $2.54 million, which translates to 50.8 sets. Since you're buying so many, they should be giving you one set for free."
"That's a total of 51 laser defense systems. I'm responsible for protecting the capital, so I need half of them. Is that a problem?"
"Heh..." Ali let out a cold laugh, stood up, and walked towards the command post while responding to Kavan's outrageous demands:
"Those two million barrels of crude oil, we converted the price to $87 per barrel."
Upon hearing this number, Kavan shouted repeatedly behind Ali:
"You guys are really something... You're willing to pay $87 a barrel..."
Before he could even utter a couple of complaints, Ali's figure disappeared into the command post gate. Kavan took two more steps forward, barely catching a glimpse of Ali's back, and shouted at it again:
"If all else fails, just add some more crude oil. Two million barrels is only enough for a few days of production..."
This time, Ali's figure disappeared completely, and Kavan returned to the bomb wreckage, squatted down, and picked up a few fragments.
As he examined the fragments, he sketched out a new defensive position in his mind.
West of Tehran, beyond Karaj, lies a continuous range of mountains.
Setting up air defense positions in the mountains and using personnel for air defense will inevitably leave loopholes.
However, if there are enough laser defense systems, and these laser defense systems are deployed in multiple layers on the continuous mountain range, several defense networks can be formed.
Intercept all of Israel's cheap bombs.
Moreover, it provides round-the-clock, low-cost, and comprehensive interception.
Thinking of this, Kavan took the bomb fragments in his hand and sketched out a defensive line on the open ground at his feet.
This thing has an attack range of 5 kilometers. When it attacks, it forms a semicircle with a diameter of 10 kilometers that lands on the ground.
If one unit is deployed every 10 kilometers, there will be a gap between the two semicircles. Therefore, a second line of defense should be deployed behind the gap, with the second line of defense intersecting the first.
Keep the second line of defense concealed. Once the enemy rushes in through the so-called gap, the second line of defense will be activated, allowing you to attack any enemies who slip through the "loophole" in the first line of defense.
However, the most urgent task is to teach the Israelis a lesson.
With this idea in mind, Kavan continued to outline the defense line, and about ten minutes later, a new defense network built around the western mountains of Tehran appeared in the open space in front of Kavan.
In acquiring this defensive line, he also obtained another statistic—140.
Upon receiving this data, Kavan's expression became somewhat hesitant: 500 million per unit, and purchasing 140 units would amount to 7 million US dollars.
If converted into oil, they would need at least 600 million barrels of oil to acquire these 140 laser defense systems.
That's a bit expensive!
With that thought, he stomped away the map and defensive lines drawn on the ground and began to recalculate.
In the command post, Ali got hold of the encrypted phone and immediately called Amar. As soon as the other end answered, he eagerly said:
"Commander, last night, just last night, Israel launched an airstrike against us, and these two laser defense systems proved their worth, successfully intercepting eleven Israeli cruise bombs."
"Our air defense positions launched twenty-three anti-aircraft missiles and successfully intercepted the remaining five."
"Colonel Kavan was very satisfied with the two laser defense systems, and he even said... he wanted half of the purchased laser defense systems."
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Yangcheng.
As the commander of the Revolutionary Guard in Hormuzgan province, Amar had many sources of information, and he had already heard that Israel had launched airstrikes on Tehran without achieving any actual results.
He heard it, but his subordinates hadn't given a complete report on the whole matter, so he didn't know the details.
At that moment, having received details from Ali and learning that most of the cruise bombs launched by the Israelis had been intercepted by the laser defense system he had purchased, Amar's face, hidden behind his large beard, broke into a wide smile.
If this thing is useful and very useful, then he can buy it with confidence and without restraint.
Move this thing onto the ship, adjust the parameters, and shoot down any American planes that dare to cause trouble over the Strait of Hormuz using this laser system.
However, I can't go to Lin Man right now; I have to wait a couple of days, or at least a week.
At least make yourself appear less anxious and less concerned.