[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-232":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2079702,3287,"Chapter 232: Modifications to Weapons! The Modernized B-2 Bomber!","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-232",232,"\u003Cp>To be honest, Lin Yi had always been deeply displeased with the United States, Israel, and Britain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to ask why, it was not merely because of how they treated Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly made him uncomfortable was that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these nations had never purchased a single weapon from the DWS platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Israel, for instance; it would rather swallow its pride and beg Europe for fighter jets\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>than buy them from the DWS platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the DWS platform offered third-generation aircraft like the F-16 and F-15.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even stocked models specifically tailored for Israel, such as the F-16I Storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Israel been willing, it could have instantly spent billions of dollars to purchase hundreds of units, replenishing its losses from the previous conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would have caused its military strength to surge dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, stubborn as it was, Israel refused to contribute a single aircraft purchase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their view, if they bought weapons from the DWS platform,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wouldn't that simply mean allowing the platform to earn more money and build even more weapons?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this same platform also sold weapons to Hamas, playing both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While this was every arms dealer's dream scenario,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Israel had never once considered it from that perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They understood clearly that even if they purchased these outdated models,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the end, next time they would surely be blown into balls of fire by the DWS platform's fighter jets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than face that, they might as well seek help from Europa and the Ugly Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for Israel, with Britain close behind, the official account transaction volume for this nation remained at \"0\" even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he saw that number,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi felt it was Britain mocking him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, when Lin Yi lacked military strength, he could only let it go,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but now, after acquiring over a thousand soldiers from the 447th Military Unit,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he naturally felt even less affection for such non-clients who refused to pay protection fees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made Lin Yi even more uncomfortable was that Britain was jumping up and down, providing air force aid to Israel,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dispatching aircraft carriers, sending reinforcements, and even trying to put Lin Yi on the gallows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They insisted on acting as dogs for the Ugly Country!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to Britain's past harms against the Dragon Country, countless looted Dragon Country artifacts still remained in the British Museum to this day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet this robber nation never mentioned returning the artifacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Lin Yi would take a loss to teach Britain a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would let those dogs following the Ugly Country know that dogs could be slaughtered and eaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he would make some nations quickly and obediently pay their protection fees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi checked his equipment list,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty J-20s are a bit few; I'll buy another twenty F-22s. Besides beyond-visual-range capabilities, these fighters are more agile in dogfights!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he looked further,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>at six B-2 bombers, valued at 200 million dollars each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The B-2 bomber, commonly known as the Northrop Grumman B-2 Stealth Strategic Bomber,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was a low-observable flying-wing bomber developed for the Ugly Country's Air Force by Northrop Grumman and Boyin Company, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to execute strategic nuclear and conventional strike missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the world's only stealth strategic bomber, its most prominent feature being low observability, commonly known as stealth capability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This allowed it to safely penetrate dense air defense systems to launch attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The B-2's stealth was not limited to radar detection; it also reduced signals such as infrared, visible light, and noise, minimizing the possibility of detection and locking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, without mid-air refueling, its combat range reached 12,000 kilometers, extending to 18,000 kilometers with one mid-air refueling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It possessed \"Global Reach\" and \"Global Destruction\" capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 1997, the first batch of six B-2 bombers officially entered service, with only twenty-one units produced in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each B-2 cost as much as 2.4 billion dollars to build,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>meaning that by weight, the B-2's unit price was two to three times more expensive than gold at the time of its service entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even within the system, the selling price for this fighter jet reached as high as 200 million dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to performance considerations, Lin Yi had removed it from the weapons sales catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Yi was actually not satisfied with this aircraft model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it possessed a 23-ton payload capacity and stealth capabilities,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its maximum speed was only 0.95 Mach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this speed, it was far inferior even to Britain's 1970s Jaguar attack aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System, can the B-2 bomber only achieve this?\" Lin Yi couldn't help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding... Host demand detected. The host can perform era modifications on selected catalog weapons!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Note: This function can only be used on weapons purchased by the host!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Era modification?\" Lin Yi was somewhat confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Era Modification: This function allows the system to optimize weapons from their original era to meet the standards of various eras!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the system's explanation, Lin Yi roughly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone knew, some weapons might stop receiving upgrades after reaching a certain version due to various reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These reasons included the emergence of new weapons, high costs, and outdated designs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, the B-2, due to its exorbitant unit price, was not heavily equipped even by the Ugly Country's military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, because of its superior performance, the Ugly Country's military did not upgrade or modify it for a long period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by today's standards, the B-2's performance was no longer considered formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(abcf) Especially since its external radar-absorbent coating was a product of the last century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing increasingly advanced new radar systems today, whether this bomber could still penetrate radar defense networks\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was truly hard to predict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if era modification were used,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the system would modify this old aircraft model without changing its airframe structure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>based on the premise of using the finest technological materials of the current era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, using new magnetic radar-absorbent materials and the latest carbon fiber materials to alter the aircraft's weight and increase its speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the aircraft's flight control system would be modified to equip the plane with a new operational platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System, calculate the modification cost!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding... Calculating...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calculation complete... The single modification cost for the B-2 is 100 million dollars...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"List the performance stats after modification.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-2 (Modified with 2020s Era Technology)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Engines: 4× General Electric F118-GE-100 turbofan engines\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrust: 4× 27,300 lbs\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Max Speed: Mach 1.87\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Payload: 32,000 kg\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Service Ceiling: 21,200 m\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Max Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 km)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thrust-to-Weight Ratio: 0.282\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Head-on RCS Value: 0.02 sq m (regarding stealth capability)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this data, Lin Yi was utterly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The data for this modified B2 bomber was simply explosive; it was like an entirely different aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking stealth capability alone, the original B2 bomber had a head-on RCS value of 0.1 sq m,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>whereas now it had dropped directly to one-fifth of the original.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be known that even the F-22 Raptor has a head-on RCS value of only 0.01 sq m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for a colossal heavy bomber like the B2, with a wingspan of 52.43 meters, a length of 21 meters, and a weight of 170 tons,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the stealth capability shown in the new B2 data was already beyond imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi therefore named this bomber the B2-S.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S stood for Super.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although procuring this magic-modified version of the B2 raised the unit price to 300 million USD,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi felt it was extremely worthwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a mere 100 million USD, he had essentially obtained a new fighter jet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this modification capability could only be used by the Host\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and could not be listed in the weapon catalog of the DWS platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Lin Yi decided that the gift he would send to Britain would include 20 F-22s, 20 J-20s, and 6 B2-S aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This expense alone cost him 1.88 billion USD.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, his overseas account had recently risen back to 23 billion USD, but now it had dropped to around 21.1 billion USD.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, in Lin Yi's view, this money was well spent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, every dollar spent had become part of his arsenal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all belonged to his fixed assets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if, someday in the future, Lin Yi accidentally exposed himself and Dragon Country could no longer tolerate him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could rely on this arsenal to\u003C\u002Fp>",1387,"2026-06-16T04:16:39.910Z","2026-06-16T04:35:04.683Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","06da40d795606bfdb038aa18e45c6d333e4b2e42fe918689c1bfdeedb74f4d8a","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-233","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-231",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]