Why is India, which basically relies on buying weapons and equipment, so aggressive in the aerospace field?

As a neighboring country and one of the most populous countries in the world, India is often reminded of its acrobatic military parades, passengers crawling on trains, aircraft carriers that have been overhauled over and over again, and planes that often crash, etc. , it seems that India is always making all kinds of jokes in the international media. But jokes are jokes. India is really very capable in some fields, such as Indian aerospace engineering. Although there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in India, and most of its weapons and equipment are purchased, India can be said to be very impressive in the aerospace field. This is related to India's continuous advancement of aerospace technology development, as well as the cultivation and attraction of talents.

The development of India’s aerospace technology in the past decade or so can be described as breakthrough. In 2008, the Chandrayaan-1 it launched successfully orbited the moon, thus becoming the third Asian country to be able to detect the moon, only one year later than China. Six years later, India has set its sights on the even more distant Mars. It successfully launched the Mangalyan orbiting satellite, thus becoming the first country in the world to successfully explore Mars for the first time, and the Mangalyan is still working normally around Mars to this day. What is even more impressive is that more than two years ago, India launched a rocket and carried 104 satellites in a rocket launch, setting a world record in terms of number. At present, India still has many research tasks in the aerospace field, such as the field of deep space exploration and the Mangalyan 2 that is preparing for research and launch. By studying the history of India's aerospace development, we can find that Indian aerospace has two very obvious characteristics. The first point is that it is cheap and has very high research results, and its high cost performance is widely praised. Compared with the aerospace industry in European and American countries, each project often costs billions of dollars. The cost of India's Mangalyaan is only 70 million U.S. dollars, which is not even as much as the investment in a Hollywood movie. Indian officials also claim that their mission budget for the lunar probe's space mission to orbit the moon is only 1/10 of that of similar international countries that have achieved orbiting the moon. Secondly, India's aerospace industry has also broken domestic restrictions and has become more international. For example, the launch of Chandrayaan-1 carried a variety of scientific instruments from the United States and Europe. The Mangalian has also extensively cooperated with NASA and has the same research mission. Indian officials attach great importance to the development of the aerospace industry. Through decades of accumulation and research, India is catching up in the aerospace field and has made significant progress. At present, India is also making great efforts in the aerospace field and is likely to become the fourth country in the world with independent manned spaceflight capabilities. India is developing rapidly. In addition to the country's emphasis on the aerospace field, its emphasis on talents in the aerospace field is also an important factor. A survey shows that India has become the largest source of overseas students for Europe's aerospace and aviation colleges. The reason why India is so attractive to talents lies in the excellent treatment provided to talents in India. Although India's per capita GDP is not high, the wages it pays to aerospace talents far exceed its per capita GDP.

So India’s aerospace strength cannot be underestimated by any country in the world. We must clearly see that the gap between him and the international community still exists and is gradually narrowing.