Chapter 1135 Reliable Minister of Defense

and Sweden jointly developed tsr.2 attack aircraft, and France to promote the Belfast strategic transport aircraft, as well as united Europe’s joint fighter.

In his opinion, now is the right time to bring out the advantages of the aviation industry accumulated by Britain in the midst of the Second World War, as for what Germany, Italy in the aviation industry and Britain’s gap is not a little bit of half a point, take the initiative to show goodwill can get the greatest right to speak.

Britain alone to promote so many projects, financial will feel the strain, even if the current British economy is not a problem.

Weapons are becoming more and more refined, for a country of Britain’s size, it is no longer realistic to follow through with all of them. Not to mention the fact that the UK can now push forward more projects than Alan Wilson remembers.

Aircraft carriers are not a big project? Nuclear submarine is also a big project ah, this is not a benefit from the United States to bring the technology imitation, are their own research, the cost of these can be Britain’s own to bear.

Field Marshal Mountbatten and his son-in-law came out together, looked at the last few sealed Giant-class unsealed, will carry out the necessary maintenance and improvement, and then will become the Middle East Emirate royal family’s big toys, the heart is also quite sentimental, “the world’s strongest Royal Navy, the last bit of the trace has disappeared.”

“Out with the old, in with the new, my Marshal.” Alan Wilson comforted with his hands in his pockets and his eyes unblinking, “There’s really nothing to be sentimental about, it’s better to turn into an Emirate’s Casino Royale, or Waterworld, than to dismantle it. In fact I’m sure the Navy is well aware that in every way, the Giant class is literally useless, and the low intensity missions can be left to the Centaur class.”

“I’ve even had a couple of islands in Malacca sold to them, it’s the only way to tie up these small nations that are rich in resources, but can’t survive on their own in the world.”

And he was more than just being nice to these small countries, for years he had done everything in his power to convince the British government that the Kingdom of Egypt was incapable of being a real power, even if the Aswan Dam was completed and Egypt completed its initial electrification, it was still charting its downfall.

“Your diplomacy is to constantly be in monarchies, looking for communities of interest to tie up.” Marshal Mountbatten paused at that and had to admit, “But it seems to be working.”

“Thank you, Pamela has been a great help as well.” Alan Wilson said humbly, “I am lucky to have such a companion, and every time I think of it, I am feeling that God has treated me well, and that I can only dedicate myself to the supreme authority, and lay down my liver and brain for the sake of the British Empire.”

Mountbatten was noncommittal, the submarine version of the Evil Missile was being assembled, once it proved reliable Britain would speed up the construction of the nuclear submarine, the hull was never a problem for a shipbuilding powerhouse like Britain, it was the newer weapons that had problems.

“One more question, what exactly is the document you asked me to give to the Secretary of Defense.” Mountbatten wasn’t until now the reason for John Profumo’s change of attitude, reason told him it was best not to be curious, but Mountbatten, a smooth marshal, really couldn’t help himself.

“Some investigative reports on private life, some clarification of catch-all rumors. Of course as a Minister of Defense, the matter is still quite significant. I’ll settle the matter immediately.” Alan Wilson did not want to betray the rising star of the Conservative Party.

It is right to describe John Profumo as a rising star, the defense secretary was born in 1915, look at the ages of the other giants of the current Conservative Party, Aidan in 1897, Macmillan in 1894, Homer in 1903, Rab Butler in 1902.

Just know what position this John Profumo, who was among the four great Ministers of State in 1915, was in the Conservative Party.

By contrast, Harold Wilson of the Labor Party, the same Labor Prime Minister he remembers as having been in power for a long time in the sixties and seventies, was born in nineteen sixteen.

In terms of normal correspondence, the current defense secretary should be and Harold Wilson’s party leader in the future, even if he does not become prime minister, but also a solid Conservative Party giant, will be in the next decade or so in the British political arena to make a big splash.

It’s too bad that such a man was implicated in the Soviet spy case, he should have played a bigger role.

So when John Profumo is willing to come to an understanding with the military after being open to increased military input, then the gentleman should not continue to be treated harshly. Of course the Soviet spy case will continue to be investigated, just that the results will not be published after full weighing.

Alan Wilson was still prepared to exchange the captured Soviet spy for the British diplomat who had been arrested for his involvement in the Pinkowski case, except that he would cut off contact with John Profumo to protect the rising star.

Even at the moment, the benefits of having such a minister in office who is concerned about the immediate safety and security of Britain’s defense are many. Doesn’t that add another one to the number of new aircraft carriers?

Aircraft carriers have been added, and nuclear submarines, as well as a range of programs across the services, can be taken one step at a time.

In saying that, Alan Wilson is not trying his best to pull the European countries to save costs, the United Kingdom to promote their own, it may cost one hundred pounds, pulling on Germany and Italy, the total cost of half a day of pulling may soar to two hundred pounds, but belong to the United Kingdom’s burden of the funds are still less.

At this point in time, Britain has plenty of time to wait for the Eurofighter to enter service.

The Iranian oil crisis has come to an end, the Federal Republic of Germany got the benefits it wanted, at this time the German government urgently needs to repair relations with the United Kingdom, the two countries cold relations are not conducive to the unity of Europe.

As for Italy, the last time Allen Wilson went to North Africa, talk is still quite good, happy to see Italy to help Britain, maintenance in Libya, this important oil-producing countries in Africa’s influence.

It’s not as if with one world war, Italy will change the plight of pauper imperialism. Italy’s situation is somewhat similar to Japan’s, with almost nothing on the mainland.

When it claimed to be one of the six great European powers, it couldn’t even fool my Qing Dynasty, which shows its own dilemma.

The British willingness to work with Italy to balance the influence of France on North African interests was also something Italy was happy to see.

The year-end meeting of the European Community foreign ministers, foreign ministers in Brussels, the meeting, in accordance with the usual practice, is divided into two parts, the overseas part of the European part, the former is more concerned about the legitimate interests of the countries abroad, mainly colonial countries to talk about, the latter is Europe’s own business.

Feeling Hepburn grew up in the Netherlands is not easy, Alan Wilson’s impression of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is good, take the opportunity to communicate with the Dutch side, about the Dutch Guiana that gang of dogskin may not want to be independent of the possible.

And before and after the independence of British Guiana, the local public opinion polls were given to the Dutch side “is that London saw the opportunity quickly, otherwise those people would almost rely on the UK.”

“France also has this problem, do not believe that your French intelligence services to check properly, is not it so?”

“For this kind of worthless colony, even if we let Venezuela annex it, it’s still better than lying on our backs and sucking blood.”

At the same time that Allen Wilson and the diplomats of various countries were privy to …… the colonies with an enlightened attitude, Rabo Butler was at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Community, delivering a passionate speech and loudly calling for European unity.

Once a common goal is set, European countries will work together in the most efficient way possible. British and French leaders will work together to address the crisis through communication and cooperation. Britain and France have the same goal, the unity and development of Europe and the restoration of the vitality and economic status of the pre-war European countries.

Europe will only be strong if it is united, and this is not just a matter for Britain and France, but also involves Germany and Italy, as well as the vital interests of all European countries.

The foreign ministers nodded their heads as Rab Butler spoke, saying you are right. The big framework is no problem, but the industry overlap, and the concrete steps to cooperate with each other, certainly will not be like the big framework so smooth sailing.

Cooperation in the military field, however, tends to be a little easier than in other areas. Alan Wilson’s promotion of European defense autonomy, in fact, the economy of other European countries, to pay for the development of Britain’s aviation industry, is not a day or two.

He had been preparing for this for the past two years, and finally at this EC meeting, the foreign ministers of Britain, Germany, and Italy jointly announced that they would adopt an attitude of solidarity and cooperate in the development of a new aircraft that would replace, among other things, the f-4, f-104, “Canberra,” “Predator “Canberra”, “Marauder” and other fighters.

Britain and Sweden also signed on to support Sweden, in the face of foreign large-scale armored clusters on the development of attack aircraft, jointly developed to deal with the threat in this area, the United Kingdom will tsr.2 attack aircraft prototypes as a technical support, and Sweden jointly developed.

As for the French side, Britain and France also agreed on the Belfast strategic transport aircraft project, with a more united attitude, to continue to promote, Dassault Aviation and Aerospace France on behalf of France and the British side of the docking, at the same time, France has also brought together the German mbb company and the United Aerospace Technology – Fokker, together to join in the development.

The UK was naturally responsible for the most critical engine part, and the French requirements were broadly in line with those of the UK, with a large-capacity cargo compartment, a rear access ramp on the rising tail, a flat wing and turboprop engines. Carrying out cargo and troop transport missions, operating directly from front line positions and evacuating casualties.

In flight, the cargo area is pressurized and kept at a constant temperature by an integrated air conditioning system.

Britain, the United States, and France finalized their requirements and clarified their intention to order a total of two hundred and seventy units, one hundred each for Britain and Germany, and seventy ordered by France, although France shared Britain’s needs when it came to strategic transports.

Although France had a common need with Britain for strategic transports, Germany, which had to take care of the supply of West Berlin, obviously needed a larger number.

There were voices in the FRG that wanted to give up West Berlin in exchange for some land with the GDR, but there were only such voices, and such voices would never be taken seriously.

This move of the Federal Republic of Germany also has the attitude of hoping to cooperate in the field of air force, and the United Kingdom to make up for the differences caused by the Iranian oil crisis.