143: Chapter 143 Camel Sand Kingdom to Deploy "Sky Thunder" Missile Defense System

After Major General Faye dispatched troops to receive the second batch of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles, he quickly distributed and deployed the anti-aircraft missiles to major oil fields and various military bases.

Although so many Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles had been put into domestic anti-aircraft operations, Major General Faye still felt uneasy.

After all, the combat effectiveness of Saudi Arabia's military was not particularly strong. Even though they had spent a massive amount of funds on purchasing military equipment, they still had not gained an absolute advantage when facing the Yemen Sada Armed Forces, and sometimes their performance was even quite pathetic.

Major General Faye could not help but become increasingly interested in the Tianlei Missile Defense System. After receiving the information Li Yi had sent him, he paid special attention to the Tianlei Missile Defense System.

Upon learning that it could integrate the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles and achieve a 100% interception success rate against enemy airstrike targets, he wished he could equip this Tianlei Missile Defense System immediately.

After all, relying solely on Saudi Arabia's military officers and soldiers to operate the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles would always result in situations of delayed operation or inaccurate judgment; failing to respond to enemy airstrike targets in time would cause losses to Saudi Arabia.

If the Tianlei Missile Defense System were deployed, allowing the Tianlei Missile Defense System to handle analysis and judgment completely, he would only need to make the decision on whether to attack. This would allow for a calmer response to enemy airstrikes and improve anti-aircraft capabilities.

Major General Faye immediately went to find General Hadi, Chief of Staff of the Saudi Arabia Armed Forces, and handed over the information on the new weapons and equipment launched by the arms dealer for General Hadi to review.

"General Hadi, the arms dealer has launched quite a few new weapons and equipment, such as armored vehicles and drones. In particular, I believe Saudi Arabia should purchase the Tianlei Missile Defense System," Major General Faye suggested.

General Hadi did not respond immediately. After carefully reviewing all the information, he nodded thoughtfully, "We should indeed purchase it. If we in Saudi Arabia deploy the Tianlei Missile Defense System, we can maximize the efficiency of the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles and not let enemy airstrikes succeed so easily."

"Then shall I communicate with the arms dealer and negotiate the purchase as soon as possible?" Major General Faye asked.

"After I communicate with the King of Saudi Arabia, we can negotiate the purchase with the arms dealer as soon as possible," General Hadi decided.

General Hadi soon met with the King of Saudi Arabia, analyzed the pros and cons of the various weapons and equipment provided by the arms dealer, and specifically introduced the significance of the Tianlei Missile Defense System to Saudi Arabia.

The King quickly agreed to purchase another batch of weapons and equipment, deciding to utilize one strategic petroleum reserve, with a procurement budget limit of 1.2 billion barrels of oil and 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

At the same time, the King decided to increase Saudi Arabia's oil and natural gas production, raising the daily oil production from 10.5 million barrels to 12 million barrels, striving to reach the level of 13 million barrels within two years; and increasing the annual natural gas production from 117.2 billion cubic meters to 125 billion cubic meters, striving to increase it to 150 billion cubic meters within two years.

After increasing the daily oil production, a portion of the oil could be added to the strategic reserve to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve utilized this time. Once natural gas production is increased, it can be used directly when purchasing arms in the future.

General Hadi quickly relayed the news to Major General Faye and simultaneously put forward a requirement: "Major General Faye, the Tianlei Missile Defense System must be purchased. As for armored vehicles, just purchase a portion of the most advanced ones, and purchase a batch of drones as well. You decide whether to purchase the other weapons and equipment."

"Yes, General." Seeing that there was a procurement budget of 1.2 billion barrels of oil and 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas, Major General Faye felt that the scale of this procurement would also not be small.

After receiving procurement authorization from General Hadi, Major General Faye immediately contacted Li Yi and set a time for the arms trade negotiations.

Two days later, in the designated negotiation room in Beirut, Li Yi and Major General Faye met again.

"Major General Faye, it is a pleasure to see you." Li Yi was very pleased that Major General Faye had decided to purchase a new batch of weapons and equipment so quickly.

"Let us begin the negotiations as soon as possible," Major General Faye said after exchanging pleasantries.

"Certainly. I wonder how much procurement funding Saudi Arabia intends to use this time?" Li Yi asked.

"Approximately 1.2 billion barrels of oil and 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas, all of which will be used for this procurement," Major General Faye said, sounding wealthy and generous.

After hearing this, Li Yi realized it was indeed a significant scale, at least exceeding 50 billion USD. He had not expected that Saudi Arabia, having purchased over 30 billion USD worth of weapons and equipment last time, would throw out such a large procurement order again so quickly.

The current international oil price is 72.87 USD per barrel. Since the oil quantity exceeds 1 billion barrels, it is priced at a 28% discount on the international oil price, which comes to 52.4664 USD per barrel. The value of 1.2 billion barrels of oil is 62.95968 billion USD.

The international natural gas price is 692.5 USD per thousand cubic meters. Since the natural gas quantity exceeds 10 billion cubic meters, it is priced at a 32% discount on the international natural gas price, which comes to 470.9 USD per thousand cubic meters. The value of 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas is 14.127 billion USD.

Soon, Major General Faye and Li Yi agreed on the prices for the oil and natural gas. The total value of the oil and natural gas utilized this time was 77.08668 billion USD.

Seeing yet another procurement order of over 70 billion USD, Li Yi began enthusiastically introducing the pricing for the various newly launched weapons and equipment.

"The original price for a single set of the Tianlei Type IX Anti-Aircraft Missile is 85 million USD, with each missile at 65 million USD; if the purchase quantity exceeds 10 sets, the price per set drops to 78 million USD, and each missile to 58 million USD; if the purchase quantity exceeds 30 sets, the price per set drops to 70 million USD, and each missile to 50 million USD; if the purchase quantity exceeds 50 sets, the price per set drops to 60 million USD, and each missile to 40 million USD; if the purchase quantity exceeds 100 sets, the price per set drops to 50 million USD, and each missile to 35 million USD."

"The original price for the Tianlei Missile Defense System is 5 billion USD. If the total amount of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles purchased exceeds 10 billion USD, the price is reduced to 4 billion USD; if the total amount of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles purchased exceeds 20 billion USD, the price is reduced to 3 billion USD; if the total amount of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles purchased exceeds 50 billion USD, the price is reduced to 2 billion USD."