Fighting the Eagle in 1980: Dongfeng Missile Deliveries from the Start

In 1980, Sun Hang, a graduate of an Ivy League university, resolutely returns to China to work in the defense industry.

Sun Hang: "What? The Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls has imposed military trade restrictions on the Republic?"

"Then surely there's nothing wrong with exporting some seamless steel pipes, tracked agricultural tractors, and recoil-proof pickup trucks!"

"Oh, and you camels, remember to read the instructions: never replace the hollow carbon dioxide rounds with thermite! And definitely don't lower the barrel until it's level..."

"What? The Wassenaar Arrangement says sales of rifled steel pipes, flammable gas canisters, large-caliber rainmaking guns mounted on pickup trucks, and tracked tractors are prohibited?"

Sun Hang flies into a rage. "If you keep running your mouths, I'll dam the Yarlung Tsangpo River. I'll open the gates and release the floodwaters during floods, and store water to generate electricity during droughts."

Sun Hang becomes the East's foremost hawk and vigorously develops the defense industry.

In the 1990s, the J-20 takes flight. In 2000, an aircraft carrier is launched. In 2024, the Nantianmen Project begins...

Years later, Sun Hang stands on the deck of an aerospace carrier, gazing down...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.