The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Netal even wanted to kill someone.

The war situation is now deteriorating. More than a dozen cities have been lost. Even a large national city like Delhi has been surrounded by the Khalistan and Nepali coalition forces.

This is like roasting Netal on the fire.

He can decide when the war will start, how it will start, and how many troops will be deployed.

But he couldn't decide when the war would end, how it would end, and at what cost!
India is now fighting on four fronts and the cost of the war is very high.

The amount of supplies, weapons and ammunition consumed every day is very staggering.

India's military industry is not well developed, and most of its weapons and equipment have to be imported.

The current daily consumption is far greater than India’s daily production.

It means that India already had arms stockpiles, and it can also import them from Russia, the United States and other countries.

But if India loses control of the sea and its import channels are cut off, it will be catastrophic for India, and there will be no need to fight this war because it cannot be fought.

In recent years, India has purchased a batch of warships from Russia, which has made India's naval strength even surpass Pakistan at one point.

But now with Pakistan acquiring the Type 001 aircraft carrier, the balance of power is once again tilting towards Pakistan.

India actually has aircraft carriers, but the two "Moscow-class" aircraft carriers it has imported are still being renovated at the Russian Black Sea Shipyard and will take at least four months to be delivered to India.

At its peak, the Soviet Union had a total of twelve aircraft carriers.

The 'Moscow class' aircraft carrier was the first type of aircraft carrier developed by the Soviet Navy. This type of aircraft carrier is also called a helicopter carrier because it can only carry helicopters. The displacement of the 'Moscow class' aircraft carrier does not exceed 2 tons and was decommissioned in the 90s.

In fact, India would like to introduce Russia's Marshal Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, which is the most advanced aircraft carrier built during the Soviet era. It has a standard displacement of 5.5 tons and a full load displacement of 5.9 tons. It can carry fixed-wing aircraft.

However, this type of aircraft carrier is an active aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy, and Russia is not willing to sell it at all.

India can only settle for the second best and introduce two "Moscow class" helicopter carriers.

Prior to this, India had already reached an agreement with Russia to introduce two more "Kiev-class" aircraft carriers, and later Russia will sell a "Varyag" aircraft carrier to India.

The 'Kiev-class' aircraft carrier is the second type of aircraft carrier developed by the Soviet Navy. It is a 4-ton aircraft carrier that can carry Yak-38 fighter jets and has far greater combat power than the Moscow-class aircraft carrier.

In the 90s, Russia was unable to maintain so many aircraft carriers. The four Kiev-class aircraft carriers were retired and stored one after another, and then two of them were exported to India.

It's just that India messed up and failed to bring into play the combat effectiveness and reputation of the 'Kiev-class' aircraft carrier, which led to the sinking of the 'Kiev-class' aircraft carrier.

India has once again introduced two "Kiev-class" aircraft carriers, not because these two "Kiev-class" aircraft carriers are so advanced, but to introduce Russia's "Varyag" aircraft carrier.

This kind of opportunity is extremely rare, because there are only a few countries that can develop large aircraft carriers, and you can't buy them just because you want to.

It is also because India paid a price, and Russia is rebuilding the "Ulyanov class" aircraft carrier and needs funds, which gave India this opportunity.

The 'Ulyanov-class' aircraft carrier was developed by the Soviet Union in the late 80s. It is a large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a tonnage of more than 8 tons. It was the most advanced aircraft carrier developed during the Soviet era. However, the construction of the first ship was only 30% completed because of the split between Soviet conservatives and reformers, and the construction of the aircraft carrier came to an abrupt halt.

As China's Type 002B aircraft carrier is about to enter service, Russia has also dug out the design data of the "Ulyanov-class" aircraft carrier from its database and is determined to build the "Ulyanov-class" aircraft carrier. However, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. Netar's biggest fear is that the Pakistani Navy will launch an attack on the Indian coast.

You know, the coastal areas are almost all the best developed areas in India. Once they are attacked, the losses will be huge.

After the meeting, Netar summoned the Russian ambassador to India, Alexander, and then called to meet with the US ambassador to India, Johnson.

For a long time, except for a period of time when India sided with one side, it has maintained friendly relations with both sides most of the time. Moreover, due to geopolitical reasons, India can play both sides and is the object of wooing by both sides.

Coupled with India's special relationship with the United Kingdom, India has also maintained good relations with Europe.

Alexander is a Russian man, about fifty years old, tall and strong.

The Russian ambassador to India is a lucrative position because India is the largest customer for Russian arms exports and purchases a batch of weapons and ammunition from Russia every year.

75% of India’s weapons and equipment are made in Russia.

However, India's military industry is weak, and many weapons and equipment cannot even be repaired. Fires in Indian military factories are not uncommon.

Even every year, warships suddenly catch fire, causing serious fire accidents.

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India crashes dozens or even hundreds of aircraft of various types every year.

Although this is very unfavorable to the reputation of Russian-made weapons, it is a loss of face but a gain in substance. If a plane crashes, a new plane has to be imported from Russia. If a warship catches fire, it has to be overhauled in Russia, and the cost of the overhaul is not low. If a warship is scrapped, another warship has to be imported from Russia.

Russia doesn't have much else, but it definitely has a lot of retired and stored weapons and equipment.

Even if we sell it for another 20 years, we won’t be able to sell them all.

And every year, he would receive a reward for the arms trade between the two sides, which was even more than ten times his annual salary.

Now that the war in South Asia has broken out, India has purchased even more weapons and equipment.

All kinds of weapons and equipment, ranging from bullets to missiles, were shipped from Russia's arsenals to India.

Russia would like the war in South Asia to last for ten to eight years.

In the Afghan war, Russia did not make any money from its arms. It even had to provide free support to the guerrillas to prevent the guerrillas from being completely wiped out by the US military and allowing the US to completely control Afghanistan.

Russia definitely does not want to see the United States controlling Afghanistan, because if that happens, the five Stan countries in Central Asia will be shaken. Americans are different from the Chinese.

The only things that really made money from Russia's arms business were the Iraq War and the arms purchased from Libya.

And now, India's war in South Asia has also made Russian arms money, and the profits are no less than those from the Iraq War.

Russia is only one of the suppliers of arms purchased by Iraq, but it is different for India. Russia is the only one from which India can purchase weapons and equipment.

As for the United States, due to the war in Afghanistan, it did not export weapons to India, let alone provide free support. (End of this chapter)