Chapter 667 Development Trilogy

A "Light of Peace" exercise not only allowed the outside world to see the changes in Somalia's political axe, but also made the five-nation special forces realize their strengths and shortcomings.

High-difficulty sniper of North Korean snipers...

The difficult blasting of the Syrian special forces...

The jungle tracking ability of Iranian special forces...

The temporary rapid sensing ability of the Somali Special Forces...

All of this made the commanders of the five special forces deeply feel the remarkable effect of this exercise, and unanimously decided that their special forces could strengthen more exchanges and learning in the future, and strive to improve the combat effectiveness of special forces in various countries.

The Somali political axe has also used a propaganda machine to vigorously promote Somalia's achievements in fighting piracy at home and abroad, with the support of many international organizations. It is said that some aid organizations plan to increase aid to Somalia next year. This is undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for the Somali political axe.

Li Mo didn't care about the political axe. His main focus was on the negotiations with the Chinese delegation and the construction of the navy and air force.

In Li Mo's long-term plan, Somalia does not need all-round development by sea and air. Judging from Somalia's economic power, population resources, land area and national potential, Somalia cannot be compared with those big countries, even with Li Mo's efforts.

In a national defense committee, Li Mo put forward long-term plans and short-term goals for Somali defense construction. In the future, Somalia will maintain a small-scale elite army, a defense navy dominated by small and medium-sized ships, and a large number of air forces with long-range landing and control of the land and predetermined target air meritation.

That is to say, the core of the development of the Somali Defense Force is the air force, and the navy will gradually expand and upgrade with economic power and development needs on the existing basis. The army will be a high-quality professional army with a number of about 50,000 people.

Therefore, Li Mo is still not satisfied with the current army size, the quality of officers and soldiers, weapons and equipment, etc., but he also knows that these need to be done step by step. At present, the time of the establishment of the Somali National Defense Force is relatively short. Although the army has been able to do it, its officers and soldiers are basically armed with warlords during the civil war. It's compiled. Although the old, weak, sick and disabled have been screened out when the National Defense Force was established, Li Mo was not satisfied with the age structure, cultural quality, military skills and other aspects of these officers and soldiers. He felt that the quality of the Somali National Defense Force was at most similar to that of the regular army of the military power in the 1960s and 1970s, even if it was equipped with some 'advanced' weapons. Yes, but its fundamental quality is still far from that of today's powerful countries.

But Li Mo also knows that it is impossible to ascend to the sky in one step. Somalia is an African country with congenital deficiency.

In modern history, it was either the colonies of the great powers, or the reign of the military strong, or the civil war of all kinds of warlords. In the past hundred years, it can be said to be completely abandoned. When other countries are vigorously developing their economy and national defense, Somalia is still competing for power, which is often a military means. As a result, Somalia does not have a stable environment to develop. The gap with other countries is naturally getting farther and farther away.

The gap of dozens and nearly a hundred years is not easy to catch up. It takes more efforts and determination.

Li Mo's ideal is to become an arms giant and occupy a certain share in the international arms trade. This ideal has not changed so far, but Li Mo has also deeply understood in the development process of the past few years that this ideal seems simple. The idea that as long as there is arms that are more advantageous than others, it is completely wrong to become a giant.

A real arms giant is inseparable from strong economic power, strong force deterrence and an advanced and complete scientific research team.

With a strong economy, you can recruit more scientific research talents to serve you, and you may obtain more advanced military technology. A strong economy can also ensure the formation of a strong enough military armed forces and advanced military technology, which is also an important factor to ensure the strength of force.

And strong force can protect the economy from plunder and ensure that scientific researchers can study in a safe and stable environment without being affected by the outside world.

These factors are complementary. Without any one, it is impossible to become a giant.

The development of military technology is a step-by-step process. It can be said that with step-by-step accumulation and a little luck, remarkable achievements can be achieved. These are inseparable from the support of the economy and the guarantee of force.

Li Mo's current job is mainly here. In the early stage, he sells guns, obtains a little development funds, sets up an armed force loyal to himself, and raises his own crisis threshold. Exclude half of the threats to ordinary people.

In the medium-term development, trade by bullets is far less than the drag-in of research funds. In particular, some research is in a critical period. It is necessary to increase investment and obtain more technical support. At this time, more financial resources are needed. Selling resources has become a shortcut to get a large amount of money in the short term. And because the armed forces mastered in the early stage are enough to ensure that they can get resources by force.

There are enough funds for some research to continue. Until the scientific research department gets some results and feeds the organization back. Li Mo is now in the second part of a growth trilogy.

The growth path from ordinary people to arms giants is tortuous, and different people must experience different processes. Because of the power brought by rebirth, Li Mo has certain advantages and provides the qualification to cross shortcuts. So that Li Mo can spend less time in the first part of the trilogy, and as long as there is a short accumulation, he will directly enter the second part.

But this 'shortcut' has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Li Mo, who is located in the second part, has a certain amount of capital and chips in his hand. If the whole society is compared to a pyramid. The comprehensive strength of the United States is at the top, and Russia, Britain and France are at the second level... Although Li Mo's current comprehensive strength is not a high-level position, it is not the bottom role. Just like in the officialdom, Li Mo is now a department-level cadre. Although there are still many people on their heads who can control his fate, in the huge system, there are more than his level, not any department member or section-level cadre can threaten.

On the contrary, there are many disadvantages. Because of the lack of a solid foundation, it is more difficult for Li Mo to enter the third step than those who have spent a long time accumulating in the first part. In the second step, more effort and energy should be spent, and more time should be spent. Unless there is a special opportunity, Li Mo will be in a middle position in the global pyramid for a long time.

Li Mo belongs to a special category, but this does not mean that Li Mo can also directly cross the second step into the third step by relying on the first step.

Just like Li Mo now, it is located in the second step. This step requires more financial support. The use of the means of selling resources cannot meet the investment in scientific research and military. Although Somalia's resources have not been plundered by foreign forces because of the chaos, Somalia is not Saudi Arabia or Iraq. You can't get hundreds of billions of dollars by selling oil. Hundreds of millions of dollars may be enough for a certain research topic, but this is the most basic capital investment to ensure this kind of research. That is to say, the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars can guarantee the results in 5 or 10 years, but Li Mo is obviously unwilling to wait for such a long time. If you want to speed up, it is not impossible, you have to increase the investment of funds. Strengthen the scale of the scientific research team.

It takes 5 years for 100 experts to invest 500 million US dollars in a project. What about 200 experts to invest 2 billion US dollars? Maybe it will only take four or even three years. What if we multiply the size of funds and scientific research and technical personnel on this basis?

This is what Li Mo wants now. With more funds and scientific research, we will break through the technical difficulties in the face of development.

But these are easier said than done. First of all, there is the issue of funds. Li Mo did not discuss this issue with the National Defense Commission, but raised it at the monthly meeting of the organization.

For the source of funds, the senior management of the organization also has several ideas. The first is to increase the exploitation of resources and exchange resources for scientific research and development funds. This organization is currently working on it. Although it is still unable to meet the needs of scientific research, it has offset a considerable part of it, greatly reducing the pressure on the organization's financial funds.

The second is to increase the production and sales scale of the organization's currently monopolized technical products. For example, the value of silicon uranium alloy has now been valued by some countries. Even countries that have no contact with Somalia and Star Company have received news. According to the reports of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Sales Department, some world consortia have contacted the company, but most of the consortiums have proposed to buy manufacturing processes or monopolize silicon. Sales of uranium alloys. These are obviously not in line with the company's profit maximization, product monopoly and confidentiality, and have been declined. Even so, there are still some consortia and organizations representing various forces that are interested in the cooperation of silicon-uranium alloys. Star Company has received more than a dozen requests for "private commercial exchanges" in June. After reporting to Li Mo, they have been approved by Li Mo one by one. July may be the most frequent for Star Company to receive commercial companies. In a month, experts and others estimate that a part of the procurement agreement may be reached this month, and the specifics will not be confirmed until these "private companies" visit and request cooperation.

In addition to these two opinions on construction surnames, some people also proposed to increase the size of gold exploration teams in Kenya and other countries. Some people have gained enough benefits from Kenya's gold mine and have become interested in it and intend to make this a serious deal.

Some people even proposed to cooperate with al-Qaeda to secretly sell weapons-grade enriched uranium. It makes Li Mo laugh and cry!

(to be continued)