MTLNOVEL Chapter 554: Nuclear Strength 2
As for the military, the Jieke Group maintains an army of 1.5 million, with a total force of 105 divisions, owning more than 12,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and it has six mechanical combat brigades, with more than 1,100 Main Battle Mechas.
The Genetic Warriors have also formed an Iron Brigade, with the first and second generations of Holy Blood Gene Warriors numbering over a thousand.
In the air force, the Jieke Group currently possesses 1,300 helicopters, over 900 conventional fourth-generation fighters, in addition to having more than 400 Magic Bird Fighters and 120 Luanyang Airspace Bombers.
In terms of the navy, in recent years, the Jieke Group has been rapidly expanding. Just last month, the 15th Devourer-class Deep Diving Cruiser, the Mambaramo, was launched into service.
The Jieke Group has established five fleet combat groups using three Devourer-class Deep Diving Cruisers as one fleet, combined with other destroyers, escort ships, submarines, and warships. These are deployed in locations such as Siam Bay, the Indian Ocean, and the Java Sea.
In the Western Pacific Sea Area, the Jieke Group's navy has been patrolling for years, taking advantage of controlling these two vital international golden waterways, the Malacca Strait and the Kra Isthmus Canal, collecting tolls annually to their gain.
Currently, the Jieke Group is a new powerhouse ruling over more than 600 million people, with a territory of more than 5 million square kilometers, a GDP of 15 trillion US Dollars, a military force of two million troops active in the air, land, and sea, wealthy and strong, a new star dominating power.
Neighboring countries, especially Australia and New Lan Country, who follow the Beautiful Country, are now shivering in fear, afraid that the Jieke Group will take them down because they know, at that time, the Beautiful Country will certainly not send troops to save them. After all, the Beautiful Country has been fighting with the Jieke Group for so long and has consistently chosen to retreat, building a reputation for screwing over their little brothers worldwide.
Due to the Jieke Group's constantly increasing military strength and fleets often cruising near Australia and New Lan Country, it seemingly has its eyes on Australia.
In response, the Beautiful Country has continuously raised its military spending over the past two years, refurbishing and expanding outdated shipyards, commencing the construction of various ships, including aircraft carriers, to cope with the Jieke Group's aggressive military threat.
Besides at sea, the two sides are also engaging in competition upgrades in aerospace, mecha medicine, and other sectors, with the Beautiful Country drawing resources from the domestic You Tai population, its pockets full, spending generously on military affairs.
And this military competition naturally forces other countries worldwide to follow suit.
This is also declared by outsiders as the world entering a new century's Cold War, with the leader being the Jieke Group.
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November 1, 2032!
On this day, tourists visiting Mande City released a video on the internet.
The video shows a log transport truck with an enormous steel body, independent suspension system, and eight-axis sixteen-wheel drive. The vehicle's total length exceeds 20 meters, bearing a steel cylinder so long it extends to the cab, requiring the cab to have a split in the middle with a recessed area to accommodate it.
On that steel cylinder are printed letters and numbers: KT—35.
Everyone who saw this video, especially those military experts, couldn't help but gasp because this was evidently an intercontinental missile launch vehicle.
Jieke Group abruptly releasing such a video immediately caused global tensions to shift, with countries worldwide turning their attention to it.
This was the first time the Jieke Group publicly disclosed its intercontinental missile.
While everyone was puzzled by its intent, on the same day at the United Nations Security Council,
the Jieke Group's representative suddenly put forth an application, requesting to become the sixth permanent member state.
This news, unsurprisingly, immediately caused a huge stir at the meeting site. Although Japan, Germany, and India frequently apply to become permanent member states, with India having been rejected six times,
this time the applicant was the Jieke Group, and its significance was entirely different.
The Jieke Group was renowned for its impressive stature, and the demands it made could not be taken as lightly as those of Japan or India; even the Beautiful Country had to take it seriously.
By the next day's voting and deliberation session, as if pre-discussed, the Jieke Group's application was met with strong opposition from the Beautiful Country, the Great British Empire, and France, the three permanent member states.
And many other countries around the world also cast negative votes, with supporting votes not even reaching half of the world's countries.
The Japanese representative frankly stated that they were more capable of becoming a permanent member state than the Jieke Group, calling the Jieke Group a fierce war-crazy entity unfit to become a permanent member state.
Because permanent member states hold veto power, the Jieke Group's first application to become a permanent member state failed.
Not long after the meeting ended, three days later, the Jieke Group suddenly announced major news.
"On November 5, the Jieke Group's military will, alongside Mande City, conduct a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a simulated nuclear warhead over a related open sea area 18,000 kilometers away in the Pacific Ocean. Meanwhile, the Jieke Group will also conduct a nuclear explosion test on an uninhabited desert island, where surrounding ships must avoid venturing inside."
This news shocked countries worldwide, and everyone finally understood why the Jieke Group suddenly proposed joining as a permanent member state at this time.
The Jieke Group possessed a nuclear bomb, and not only that, it also had the capability to deliver nuclear bombs over long ranges.
In fact, true major nations knew that the Jieke Group had been developing nuclear weapons in recent years. After all, the research and manufacturing process of nuclear weapons leaves many traces to follow.