Chapter 952 Dilemma
As we all know, bullets are a kind of lethal weapon widely used in modern warfare. They are loved by armed forces of various countries because of their cheapness and ease of use.
It is no exaggeration to say that bullets are the simplest tool to kill enemies or destroy supplies during war.
Up to now, modern bullets have various types of bullets, such as ordinary bullets, armor-piercing bullets, incendiary bullets, tracer bullets, explosive bullets, armor-piercing incendiary bullets, incendiary tracer bullets, and armor-piercing incendiary tracer bullets.
Although the US military did not fight last year, the average number of bullets used for shooting was 1,200 per US soldier. The United States has 1.56 million regular troops and 600,000 National Guard troops, and the shooting consumes 2.592 billion rounds of various bullets.
In order to reduce procurement costs, the US military purchased 500 million rounds of bullets from the East last year, and this number is growing at a very impressive rate.
In addition, the US military imported more than 100,000 firearms of various types from the East, including automatic rifles, pistols, machine guns, and sniper rifles.
Last year, the US military spent more than $400 million just from unified procurement orders.
In the US gun market, Panshan Group sells more than 2 million guns of various types and hundreds of millions of rounds of various bullets in the US every year.
Guns produced by Panshan Group account for one-third of the US civilian gun market, and rifles account for half of the market.
Due to loose gun control, the US has a very large weapons market. The largest customers of many weapons companies are not the military or police, but the American people.
Under the lobbying of arms companies, the United States initially set relatively high tariffs on imported guns, which generally made the prices of imported guns relatively high.
Since workers in European countries are generally treated better than those in the United States, if they are high-end guns produced in European countries, the price will be even higher.
Even guns produced by the United States itself are generally not much cheaper, and many Americans cannot afford any good guns.
Therefore, the US civilian gun market has always been dominated by American weapons companies.
But since 1979, this situation has been broken. With the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, China's Panshan Group has set its sights on the US civilian gun market.
At first, it was the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and Type 56 submachine gun, which are imitation versions of SKS and AK-47.
Before the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, AK47 and SKS were quite rare weapons in the United States, and few people could buy this standard rifle of the enemy country across the Iron Curtain. At that time, the main source of AK47 was the spoils brought back from the battlefield by American soldiers, which also made these rifles extremely expensive.
At that time, a Chinese AK47 was priced at only 4P5 for 1,595 US dollars.
The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and Type 56 submachine gun quickly seized the civilian weapons market in the United States, as well as firearms such as the Type 54 pistol.
Brand new firearms are cheap, and second-hand firearms are even cheaper.
Since 1985, the firearms exported by Panshan Group have occupied one-third of the civilian firearms market in the United States.
This is because the United States has taken relevant measures to increase relevant import tariffs, otherwise the market share of Panshan Group's firearms would be higher.
Cheap firearms from the East, so that even the community has achieved a bird gun replacement.
In 1994, under the lobbying of American weapons companies, the Clinton administration issued an order: banning the import of most firearms and ammunition from China!
But this is of no help at all, because these firearms and ammunition entered the United States through Mexico, and even if the cost in between is added, it is still much lower than the same type of firearms in the United States.
At present, it is conservatively estimated that there are about 30 million firearms of various types from the East in the United States, and about 3 billion rounds of ammunition.
It is not that there are no American weapons companies who want to lobby the government to take further measures, but the government dare not take further measures without an audience.
First of all, the North American Free Trade Area is included in the important strategy of the United States, which is related to the status of the United States in the world. This is also the private land designated by the United States. The reason for establishing the North American Free Trade Area is that the United States is becoming increasingly powerless in international competition, so it is necessary to enhance the competitiveness of the United States in the form of the North American Free Trade Area.
If the North American Free Trade Area is destroyed because of these guns, causing the collapse of the North American Free Trade Area, it will cause too much damage to the United States.
Secondly, the fact that the American people hold a large number of firearms is no joke. Pushing too hard and causing public anger is no joke.
If there is a stronger person, he can easily raise tens of thousands of troops in the United States.
If they are really organized, it is no big deal to raise hundreds of thousands or millions of troops in the United States.
The United States is also helpless about the current various situations. The ice is three feet thick and it is not a day's cold.
Since the first oil crisis, oil prices have risen sharply, leading to rising production costs. In addition, the labor costs in the United States are already high and are still rising. The profits of the manufacturing industry have been greatly reduced, and there is even no profit and loss.
Japanese and European industrial products are rushing into the US market crazily to seize the US market. Many American factories are either bankrupt or have to move to developing countries.
After 1979, China's industrial products have also been flowing to the United States. First, general daily necessities, toothpaste, face towels, socks, clothes, shoes, toothbrushes, etc., followed by various mid-to-high-end products.
The fierceness of the coming is even greater than that of Japan and Germany in those days.
Nowadays, Chinese products are very cheap, which can effectively reduce the inflation rate. The American people have become accustomed to the high-quality and low-priced products from China.
The United States had a trade surplus with China in the past, but since a few years ago, it has changed from a trade surplus to a trade deficit, and the trade deficit will continue to increase.
The Clinton administration has not thought about changing this situation, but several efforts have ended in failure.
After nearly 20 years of efforts, the common interests of both sides have become very large.
The Clinton administration's previous effort resulted in China announcing the successful development of the Y-13 regional passenger aircraft and putting it on the market. Two months ago, China made another effort and announced the successful development of the Y-10 trunk passenger aircraft.
This made Boeing and other companies very dissatisfied with the Clinton administration.
Then there are also complaints within the United States about the losses caused by this.
The Clinton administration was forced to compromise, and several efforts were all in vain.
The Pentagon wanted to take this opportunity to prevent further cuts in military spending, or even increase military spending, but the Clinton administration and Congress were not willing to do so. Now the United States has no intention of starting a war.
Since World War II, the United States has never won any war. Although the Gulf War was declared a great victory, the number of casualties still exceeded the US government's estimates, making the body bags prepared by the US government insufficient.
Even now, there is still a dispute over the compensation for US military casualties, leaving a large amount of bad debt.
The interest and principal of US debts that the United States has to pay every year are a headache for the current US government. How can it increase the military expenditure that has been suppressed with great difficulty?
Even the warships, aircraft, tanks, etc. that were originally scheduled to be retired have been postponed to reduce military expenditure.