Chapter 95

The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands and Sweden stated at a press conference that the Netherlands and Sweden have signed a memorandum, confirming that the two countries will jointly cooperate in the development of new warships and other technical fields at sea within the next five years.

The project is scheduled to start next month, with the Netherlands contributing a design proposal for early-stage demonstrative R&D and Sweden contributing £200,000.

The location is chosen in the Amsterdam Naval Port.

According to Swedish military sources, the development of the new warship is a flagship project in the field of cooperation between the Netherlands and Sweden.

According to them, this new warship will try to introduce the cannons of the Nobel family's company in terms of loading artillery, and the mode of using artillery is different from all current warships, not to mention subversive, at least an epoch-making change.

According to the Swedish military, the development cost will be very high, but the kings of the two countries are very insistent, and the parliament has passed the cooperation plan.

Therefore, the two countries are very "hard-working" in cooperation.

As the two countries approached, there was a lot of discussion outside.

Taking the opportunity to jointly develop the next generation of naval ships, the cooperation between the Netherlands and Sweden has reached the point that all allies have achieved, which is a model for other alliances, said an officer in the British navy who declined to be named.

This is very new, but very dangerous for the UK.

Because in the past, Britain's financial strength and navy were large enough to make other countries daunting, they voluntarily gave way to Britain to occupy the maritime hegemony.

But with the Netherlands and Sweden, if this model prevails, the cost will be greatly reduced.

The value obtained is not the same as the UK's independent R&D and construction. This is an unequal competition for the investment ratio.

After all, the research and development costs are about the same, and it is very large for one country to share and two countries to share.

So their cooperation is very unimaginable.

A shattering impact on the British lead.

The Dutch military said that this project has been around for a long time, but it has just been made public, and it is hoped that the outside world will not interpret it too much.

Moreover, it is difficult to succeed without 5 to 10 years before this new warship comes out and forms a military force.

They also mentioned that the design of the warship is a very ambitious project, so it is important to join forces with like-minded partners. Based on the complementary technical and industrial strengths of the Netherlands and Sweden, they will jointly explore the next generation of new naval combat technologies. .

They said the various services would be developed in joint operations to deal with threats to the Netherlands and Sweden.

"European Times" political expert, Leiden University School of Political Science Van Peron believes that it is not surprising that the Netherlands and Sweden jointly develop related technologies such as next-generation warships, and even jointly develop future fighter jets.

Due to the true meaning of steam iron armored battleships, the current development difficulty and capital requirements are very high.

At present, only the British Empire and the French Empire had the relevant technologies and finished products in the late 1950s, and even the combined total was only two or three single-digit ships.

Even if the United States is rumored to be constructing in other countries, the tonnage is very small, which is not enough to be recognized as having this capability.

Three Kingdoms barely managed a year, and the speed of launching at most one ship slowly increased.

Now these countries are trying their best.

Therefore, under the constraints of technology and financial resources, it is difficult for middle countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden to undertake it independently.

At this time, the joint action of the two countries, the Netherlands and Sweden, the idea of ​​​​joint development and manufacturing of resources is very reasonable.

This is also the way forward for middle-sized countries.

And most importantly, unlike Sweden, which lacks the experience of independently developing contemporary warships, the Netherlands has been a maritime power and shipbuilding power for nearly three or four centuries. It can be said that it is a complementary strategy. After all, Sweden's steel, especially the special steel area First in the world.

In addition, this model of joint development and production will definitely have the desired effect, unless the two countries are not sincerely cooperating, because the Netherlands now has the high-end shipbuilding technology of at most five or six countries in the world such as this class of battleships.

Therefore, the worst will be stronger than the current first-class sail battleship, which is undoubtedly a huge gain for Sweden.

This is a disguised transfer of the technology of the first class sailing battleship from the Netherlands to the Swedish Navy.

Make Sweden suddenly become a big shipbuilding country.

The Netherlands may be targeting Sweden's cutting-edge technology for making steel,

Sweden takes a fancy to the Dutch shipbuilding technology.

Both parties get what they need, and if they cooperate well, they both earn.

Therefore, it is difficult to say whether the two sides will cooperate sincerely and whether they will use their wealth to promote cooperation. Therefore, Hermann van Perron believes that this joint move between the Netherlands and Sweden may be a test of water for the follow-up cooperation.

If the cooperation is good, he feels that the two countries may conduct more "friendship"-like joint operations in the colonial hegemony around the world.

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The impact of the Dutch-Swedish economic-military alliance has been enormous.

Even in Europe, there are earthquake-level existences.

Needless to say, the Netherlands is not involved in all the major events that have happened in Europe recently, but at least most of them also involve their interests.

Many people are more and more deeply positioned for the re-emergence of the Netherlands.

Coupled with a strong navy that is not weaker than a first-class country, it can be said that the Netherlands is not a first-class country~www.mtlnovel.com~ but has the influence of a first-class country.

It belongs to the top countries among the medium-sized countries.

This is also the reason why the Three Powers Agreement can be established. Napoleon III of the French Empire and William I of the Kingdom of Prussia dare not despise the Netherlands.

Sweden, like the Netherlands, once had a glorious history.

The owner of Northern Europe has repeatedly beaten Tsarist Russia.

However, as Tsarist Russia expanded its southern territory and its population increased, Tsarist Russia eventually made a counterattack, defeating Sweden many times at the end of the 18th century, and in 1809 at the beginning of the 19th century, after defeating Sweden, it directly took away Sweden's Finland, forming the Now except for the north, other places are across the sea and have been quiet for more than 50 years.

However, after taking Norway from Denmark in 1815, Sweden was not only revived, but geographically safer.

The national military service method has enabled Sweden to fight more than one million soldiers, and this is not counting the Norwegian part.

Therefore, European countries have tacitly understood that they have never wanted to attack Sweden. Even the current imperial power of the Tsarist Russian Empire, including Nicholas I, Alexander II, and Alexander II, has never been revealed by the three kings. thought so.

Therefore, the establishment of the combination of the Netherlands and Sweden has made the major countries show a cautious and cautious attitude towards the Netherlands.

Because of the combination of the two countries, the military threat is no longer weaker than any empire.

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So much so that William IV proudly said to his ministers: "From now on, we can do a lot of things that we didn't do before."