A gentleman hides his sword, and if he endures small grievances, he will plot a great deal; do not draw his sword with a villain, and do not contend with a fool. If anyone deceives me, slanders me, insults me, deceives me, and tolerates him, let him, by him, avoid him, and in a few years you will see him. As the old saying goes, if you want to become a tree, don't argue with the grass; the general has a sword, and does not cut down flies. However, to deal with disputes of interest between countries, it is necessary to break their luck mentality and strike when it is time to strike.
Not long ago, the United States, Britain and Australia formed the so-called "Augustus" alliance, and the United States took the opportunity to induce Australia to tear up the submarine trade agreement with France and grab France's tens of billions of dollars in arms contracts into its own hands. For this reason, macron's government denounced the move as stabbing the French in the back. This submarine storm not only turned France and Australia into a vendetta, but also caused the RELATIONSHIP between the United States and France to collapse. Afterwards, US President Biden quickly expressed his "remorse" to French President Macron, who also borrowed a donkey to go downhill, which brought the submarine storm to an end.
However, the United States stole France's submarine orders and began coercing its close ally in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates. During the Trump administration, the United States agreed to sell weapons such as 50 F-35 fighter jets and 18 MQ-9 Death drones to the UAE, but the $23 billion deal is facing failure. On December 14, the United Arab Emirates informed the United States that it would suspend the purchase of F-35 fighter jets indefinitely. A number of mainstream foreign media analysis believe that the reason why the UAE has suspended the purchase of F-35 fighters is that the United States forced the UAE to eliminate Huawei equipment on the condition of selling F-35 fighter jets.
The US side has said that there are great "security risks" in China's Huawei equipment, which may cause data and information leakage. During the Trump era, the United States threatened to induce allies to ban the use of Huawei equipment in communication networks. Under this continued diplomatic coercion, Australia, the United Kingdom, Lithuania and other countries have to abandon Huawei's 5G equipment and instead use network communication equipment provided by european and American network giants. However, the UAE is one of Huawei's main customers in the Middle East and signed a number of cooperation agreements with Huawei in 2019. For the so-called "security risks" of the United States to clamor for Huawei's 5G equipment, the UAE side made it clear that there is no problem with Huawei equipment at all and will continue to cooperate with Huawei.
In fact, the UAE not only has good cooperation with Huawei, but is also the first country in the Middle East to approve and use China's COVID-19 vaccine. Not only that, the UAE has also relied on cooperation with China to achieve mass production of new crown vaccines, which can not only meet the needs of the domestic people, but also obtain rich economic returns through external sales. In March, Sinopharm also signed an agreement with Julphar to produce Sinopharm vaccines in the UAE, with an estimated final production capacity of up to 200 million doses per year. The UAE's cooperation with China continues to heat up, making the United States extremely unhappy, and the White House even warned the Abu Dhabi authorities to keep enough distance from the Chinese side, and even refused to sell F-35 fighters, coercing the UAE to abandon cooperation with Huawei. However, the United States clearly overestimated its own strength and underestimated the UAE's firm will and determination to maintain good cooperation with China.
What is more interesting is that when the Sale of F-35 fighters in the United States was facing failure, France chose to sell when it was time to shoot, taking the opportunity to steal the BIG ORDER for US arms. France has quickly signed an arms order worth about 17 billion euros with the UAE. According to the contract, france's Dassault will supply the UAE with 80 Rafale fighters and 12 H225M "Husky" helicopter gunships, and the first "Rafale" fighters are expected to be delivered in 2027. The Rafale fighter is considered to be a fourth-generation fighter comparable to the J-16 fighter, which can perform a variety of tactical tasks such as air, ground and sea attacks, and its overall performance is comparable to that of the F-35 fighter, in addition to not having a complete stealth capability. For France, the sale of 17 billion euros of arms to the UAE in one go, in addition to economic benefits, has also enhanced its influence in the Middle East and avenged the United States for snatching up submarine orders.
On December 14, local time, Al Jazeera reported that in terms of arms purchases, the UAE is not only the United States. The introduction of 80 Rafale fighters in the UAE can fully meet the actual needs of the UAE. If the introduction of F-35 fighters continues, it will not only require increased military budget expenditure, but also may drag down the country's economic development. And for the military drones needed by the country, the UAE or the purchase of Chinese military aircraft. You know, whether it is the military drone of the DJI series or the military unmanned aerial vehicle of the Rainbow series, there are models comparable to the AMERICAN MQ-9 "Grim Reaper" UAV, and even the US military is using DJI military UAVs. China's military UAVs are not only inexpensive, but can also perform a variety of tactical tasks such as high-altitude reconnaissance, surveillance, electronic jamming, communication relay, and long-range missile attacks. From this point of view, this time the United States coerced the UAE to eliminate Huawei's 5G equipment in the arms trade, and it is likely that it will steal chickens and not become erosion rice, lose the wife and fold the army!