Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

In the afternoon, in the conference room.

"Is this 130mm shell a type of artillery-launched missile?"

Qin Chuan continued to deceive.

"Well... not yet."

Grishen shook his head.

Qin Chuan was still racking his brains to think of things in the Russian armory to get a better price, but many of the ideas were far-fetched and might not be feasible.

Therefore, the price was finally settled at $523 million, which was much higher than the previous price of $400 million. However, if Qin Chuan was given a 20% commission, that would be $104.6 million.

They sold so many more, but the price only increased by less than ten million US dollars, which made the Russians very unhappy.

Seeing the ashen faces of the Russians, Qin Chuan spoke again.

"Actually, these two warships are only half-built and can't be modified anymore. If they were built from scratch, they could be completely improved, bringing about a radical change in the performance of these warships!"

Borisovich quickly chimed in, "Yes, our Type 956 destroyer has a large displacement and ample hull space, making it perfectly suitable for upgrades and improvements. Gentlemen, how about we have our chief engineer introduce the refit plan to you?"

"Okay, let's listen."

Wang Zhenhua gave a perfunctory answer.

Sporidopoulos stood up and walked towards the projector, saying as he went, "Distinguished leaders, our refit is geared towards aligning with the Aegis system, so we will be installing four phased-array radars around the bridge..."

Instantly, a look of surprise appeared on the faces of all the Easterners present.

"What? Aegis? You have such weapons and equipment?" Qin Chuan said in surprise. "Quick, tell us about it!"

After saying that, Qin Chuan looked at Wang Zhenhua and said, "Leader Wang, our navy has always been looking forward to regional air defense capabilities and warships like those with Aegis. Now, our wish is finally about to become a reality!"

"Yes!"

Wang Zhenhua couldn't hide his excitement: "If we could have such a warship, our navy would definitely buy it, no matter how expensive it is, we would sell our pots and pans to buy it!"

Borisovich and Grishin exchanged a glance, then parted ways.

The kickback given to Engineer Qin was well spent!

Sure enough, his improvement project hit the nail on the head for the Eastern Navy.

Although the two ships on this slipway are not expensive, the next destroyer, 21956, can fetch a high price!

After all, it's a major redesign, with so many advanced systems installed. Even if it costs two billion US dollars per ship, it's not expensive!

Even if we sell just four, that would be eight billion US dollars!

I’m rich, I’m rich!

"First, everyone look at the four phased array radars. We have installed Sky Sentinel radars on several heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers. The relevant technology is fully mature. However, the antenna size is a bit large and the weight exceeds the standard. Therefore, we will reduce the size of the antenna to 4 meters by 3 meters."

The Sky Sentinel's antenna measures 5 meters by 4 meters.

Later, when it arrived at the Tbilisi, the dimensions were further increased to 6 meters by 5 meters. Since the target of the load was a warship with a displacement of 50,000 to 60,000 tons, it didn't matter if it was a bit heavy. However, it was a bit too big for an 8,000-ton destroyer.

The radar on American Aegis warships is only hexagonal with sides of 3.65 meters.

If you only need to modify the antenna and nothing else, it's not too difficult.

"This radar operates in multiple bands, from UHF to S-band, with a maximum search range of 400 kilometers."

"What, four hundred kilometers?" Even Elder Jin was shocked: "This radar is amazing!"

Looking at everyone, Qin Chuan was also impressed. They really put in a lot of effort in their performance; they should all be given an Oscar.

The Russians were completely relieved; the East had performed so well simply by mounting a four-sided phased array radar on the Type 956 destroyer.

Selling this 21956 destroyer to the East would be a sure thing!

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's now introduce the shipborne missiles. We've decided to incorporate the S-300 missile, which has a range of 120 kilometers."

After saying this, Sporidopoulos paused, hoping to hear surprise from the Easterner.

But this time he was disappointed.

The bundle didn't even make a sound?

Sporidopoulos looked at the crowd with curiosity.

“We have purchased S300 systems domestically and are familiar with this system. I’ve heard that they are not interchangeable among the three branches of the armed forces. It would be great if our navy’s missiles could be interchangeable with those of the air force!” Old Jin said.

The S-300 air defense missile system is on par with the Patriot missile system, and even has better combat performance. During the Soviet era, it was the Soviet Union's trump card. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was willing to sell anything for money.

So the Eastern Air Force immediately went to Russia to investigate and tentatively purchased two battalions of S-300PMUs. Later, they found that it was really good!

Therefore, in 94 and 01, eight more battalions of S-300PMU-1 were purchased. In 04, four more battalions of S-300PMU-2 were purchased, thus acquiring the largest S-300 air defense system in the East.

Meanwhile, experts from the East also learned about the S-300 system.

Back then, Russia's navy, air defense forces, and army all had a need for long-range air defense, but their specific needs were different.

For example, missile defense is a capability that the Army strongly demands, but it's considered a useless capability by the Navy.

Whose ballistic missiles can reach the navy's fleet?

However, the Army, being the elder brother, strongly insisted on a separation, and they subsequently parted ways.

The Army hired the renowned designer Lyulyev to develop a missile defense system, codenamed S-300V. The Air Defense Forces commissioned the Almaz Design Bureau, which had designed the S-75, S-125, and S-200, to develop the system, codenamed S-300P.

The Navy, on the other hand, turned to the Antal/Antey Design Bureau and developed the S-300F.

Although they are all S-300s, they are not really interchangeable; only laymen would confuse them.

The S-300PMU procured by the domestic air force is an air defense missile system for homeland air defense, which is a modification of the S-300P.

What about the navy?

Upon hearing Jin Lao's concerns, Sporidopoulos realized what he meant and burst into laughter: "The Rif-M air defense missile system we plan to install is the naval version of the S-300PMU!"

During the Red Empire period, the three design units each tinkered with their own projects.

Once the Red Empire is gone, where will the country find so much financial resources to support so many companies in developing military products?

As a result, these companies were merged to form the Diamond-Antey Group.

When the three products were put together, it was found that the S-300P was the most effective, so the focus was then placed on developing a modified version of this missile.

All of Russia's active cruisers, whether Kirov-class or Slava-class, are equipped with the S-300F.

However, the new warships developed by the Russians in the future will definitely be equipped with a modified version of the S-300PMU, which is named Rif-M and codenamed S-300FM.

Despite bearing the name S-300F, it is actually the genuine S-300PMU, with most parts interchangeable and missiles being interchangeable.

"Really? That would be great!"

"We'll definitely buy it!"

The Easterners became excited again.