115: Chapter 115 You keep bragging, I'll keep following suit! Let's make a five-year plan for the US too!

Minister Charles of the Eagle Country Department of Defense and Director Smith of the CIA arrived at Trump's office together.

Hearing Charles's voice, Trump put down the fruit phone in his hand, looked up at his two capable subordinates, and said indifferently, "What's the situation?"

Charles reported solemnly, "Sir."

"It's like this: every year on November 8th, we in Eagle Country organize an international airshow and invite countries from across Blue Star to participate."

Having said this, Charles looked up to gauge Trump's reaction and said cautiously.

"However, on November 11th of this year, China has suddenly decided to organize an international airshow and military equipment exhibition,"

"How do you think we should arrange our international airshow?"

"Should we hold it as scheduled, or postpone it?"

As Charles finished speaking, the scene fell silent.

Trump pondered with a straight face, not replying immediately.

After the last press conference, countries across Blue Star already knew that China had achieved a rapid, revolutionary breakthrough in the field of fighter jets.

The fighter jet called "Xuan-Nu" had reached, or even exceeded, the standards of a sixth-generation fighter jet in terms of comprehensive performance.

At such a critical juncture, if we were to still hold the Eagle Country international airshow, wouldn't it just be an embarrassment?

But... if the Eagle Country international airshow, which is held on schedule every year, were to be suddenly canceled, countries across Blue Star would surely let their imaginations run wild, thinking that Eagle Country was afraid of China.

By then, Eagle Country would inevitably lose all its prestige!

Perhaps it would even have extremely far-reaching negative consequences, and the foundation of our position as the world hegemon would be shaken because of it!

No! Trump quickly realized the key point; this time we must not only hold it, but we must do so openly and confidently!

Considering China's "Xuan-Nu" fighter jet, the Eagle Country international airshow cannot be held simply!

We must bring out our top-secret reserve technology and show the countries of Blue Star what we've got!

Thinking of this, Trump asked, "Charles, what level has our cutting-edge fighter jet technology in Eagle Country reached?"

"Can it compete with China's 'Xuan-Nu' fighter jet?"

Hearing this question suddenly, Charles didn't know how to answer for a moment, and his expression became a bit awkward.

Sir, can we be a little self-aware... they've already gone to space, how can our Eagle Country fighter jets even compare? We aren't even in the same field anymore!

However, as the Minister of Defense, he certainly couldn't dampen his own side's spirits...

After straightening his expression, Charles feigned calmness and said, "Sir,"

"The advanced fighter jet technology that we in Eagle Country have in reserve has already reached the standard of a mature sixth-generation fighter jet!"

"After the collapse of the Red Bear Union, because there had been no rival to match us, our Department of Defense has been keeping this sixth-generation fighter jet technology under wraps as a technical reserve and has not disclosed it to the world."

"To date, we have mass-produced and stockpiled nearly one hundred sixth-generation fighter jets."

"We have named this fighter jet the NGAD (Dominator) fighter!"

"Meaning, the next generation's master of the skies!"

Charles proudly raised his head, spouting such a tall tale that he almost believed it himself.

"Sir, I dare to assert that,"

"Within the atmosphere, our 'Dominator' fighter is stronger, not weaker, than China's 'Xuan-Nu' fighter in all flight performance metrics!"

"Although, because our 'Dominator' fighter was never designed to perform combat missions in outer space from the very beginning, this is a clear weakness we have now!"

"But this is not because we don't have the ability to do it, but because of some other factors!"

"Sir, you should be very clear about the specific reasons."

Trump nodded with an ugly expression; as the person involved, he was certainly clear about it.

The financial backers behind him were the major military-industrial giants of Eagle Country.

And the consortium giants who supported his arch-rivals, in order to rival him, turned around and went to support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (abbreviated as NASB).

Because Eagle Country had not had any external enemies for many years, both sides were constantly engaged in internal struggles for profit. As one of the branch battlefields, the NASB not only failed to receive enough official support but instead became a victim of the struggle, causing the development of Eagle Country's aerospace technology to stagnate.

Up until now, there are even faint signs that it is being surpassed by the technology of Musk's private company, SpaceX.

Charles smiled and continued, "Sir,"

"The good news is that this problem no longer exists!"

"Facing China's threat, we and our arch-rivals have reached a consensus!"

"From now on, we will concentrate all of Eagle Country's scientific research power, focusing on aerospace combat, to carry out a deep upgrade and modification of the 'Dominator' fighter, and I believe we will have results very soon!"

Hearing this, Trump nodded with satisfaction.

After such a long time, he finally heard some good news!

"Good, Charles, you've worked hard!"

"Since that's the case, this time our Eagle Country airshow must be held with great splendor and fanfare!"

"We must suppress China's arrogant momentum!"

Trump slapped the desk and said firmly, "Our Eagle Country's 'Dominator' fighter doesn't need to be kept under wraps anymore!"

"Send out ten of them to be displayed in all aspects at this airshow!"

"Then, symbolically offer twenty units for other countries to pre-order, and finally sell them to a few lackeys within our Western Alliance to go through the motions."

Having said this, Trump still felt it wasn't secure enough, so he asked again.

"Smith, how is the Eagle Country's five-year scientific research plan coming along?"

After hearing this, Smith immediately replied, "Sir, we can have it ready in three days at most!"

"Are you planning to take this opportunity of the international airshow to officially announce our Eagle Country's future five-year scientific research plan?"

Trump nodded, "That's right!"

"This is a great opportunity to save face for Eagle Country, and we must not let it slip away!"

A few days ago, Trump had demanded that the CIA take the lead in benchmarking and establishing projects one by one according to the four major plans in China's five-year plan, and formulate an Eagle Country five-year plan that would blow everyone away.

Trump had always believed that while some of China's future five-year plan might be genuinely underway, the vast majority must be inflated with bragging, with the purpose of threatening them, Eagle Country, and the Western Alliance!

Since you, China, are playing this game, then we will follow suit!

Hey, you have a five-year plan, so we'll make a five-year plan too!

You have four major plans, so we'll make eight major plans. Hehe, that's twice as many as you in China!

Anyway, I'm just going to talk big!