The arms trade was not a simple business.
The military's procurement process for military equipment was not complicated.
Each company displayed its latest equipment, after which the military had specialized departments handle the matter and ultimately select a suitable company to purchase products from.
Note that it was a "suitable company," not "suitable equipment." During wartime, the military paid more attention to the characteristics of the military equipment itself.
That was because soldiers needed to use the equipment to kill the enemy.
But during peacetime, replacing military equipment was more about military competition, not simply the actual usefulness of the weapons! Under such circumstances, a suitable company was clearly more important than suitable equipment.
Moreover, the quality of the equipment itself would not differ by much.
Rockets were a new project, and Pelius quickly realized the value of the things! They could fly farther, higher, and were more difficult to defend against.
If they were made larger, could they fly even farther? Could they be equipped with more terrifying warheads?
Definitely! But Lin Qi could not possibly take this business all for himself.
That would not be doing him a favor. It would be trying to harm him.
Military-industrial companies with military backgrounds were the mainstream in the Federation. The major shareholders or important members of the Board of Directors of these companies were either family members of military generals or members of certain military interest groups.
Take Lin Qi, for example. On the surface, he seemed to have no exchange of interests with the military.
But the money he donated to the Veterans Club every year was no small sum.
In addition, Blackstone Security had planted some "military advisers" who only took money without doing any work, and they had taken stakes in several subsidiary foundations under the Blackstone