Indian plane joke

India has 65438+ billion F35s. Why buy 200 million gusts? Fool or mole?

In India, our intuitive impression of him is that he is grabbing food, hanging people and buying arms all over the world. However, such a country has become a world superpower since today. Of course, this superpower status has only been recognized by itself so far.

In the Indian arms purchase case, rafale fighter made in France was chosen at a sky-high price of $225 million this time, while the cheaper F35 fighter made in the United States was only $654.38 billion. Is this a bluff or is someone openly corrupt?

For 20 years, India has been pursuing cheap light fighters because the MIG fighters of the Soviet era were too old to be used. However, the Indian Air Force's requirements for aircraft are too harsh for the Indian aircraft manufacturing industry to meet. In the end, it can only be met by all imports.

At the beginning, India also supported the manufacture of local fighters. However, Indians' industrial ability and product control ability are too poor. No matter how good a fighter plane is, as long as it enters an Indian repair shop, it will land immediately after it comes out, and all good things can be repaired into bad ones. If we let them build it directly, it is estimated that it will not fly. Of course, the Indian military found through calculation that developing and manufacturing aircraft by itself is too complicated, with long cycle and high cost. If you buy it directly, it may be cheaper. Therefore, the view that "manufacturing is better than buying" prevails.

In terms of aircraft purchase, India especially favors aircraft made in France. Mirage 2000, which was originally equipped in India for a long time, was made in France, but now rafale fighter is still made in France. Crucially, India is even willing to pay twice the price, and even pushed off the order from the United States. There is only one reason: good after-sales service and supporting facilities in France.

India is not a sucker this time, nor is it a traitor and corruption (it is hard to say that it was an honest official before it was found out). They just want to change a plane, which in turn will improve their air strike capability and gain the upper hand in the conflict with Pakistan.

In addition to the basic system, the Rafale fighter provided by France also includes a large number of Meteor medium-range air-to-air missiles and a series of service packages such as maintenance, training and spare parts. In short, the French not only helped the Indian brother get on the plane, but also gave him a ride before giving up.

What makes India most tempted is that France is willing to transfer the M88 aircraft engine, so that India's glorious fighter can be re-launched to continue research and development.

It is for these reasons that India is willing to pay twice the price of the F35 fighter to buy the gust.

So, India's third brother doesn't look as stupid as we thought?

India bought 36 gusts at one time. Is this a big move?

Judging from the current situation, India's newly purchased rafale fighter may be taken as a strategic opportunity, that is, carrying a nuclear bomb and threatening to blackmail Pakistan. If Pakistan does not take corresponding countermeasures, it may suffer big losses on Kashmir and other issues.

Indians also shop around and are definitely not the most advanced F35 in the United States. If you can buy a good plane that you can learn and is suitable for your air force, that's fine. After all, India does not need to fight superpowers like the United States and Russia. India's imaginary enemy is Pakistan!

If India can really learn to build fighter planes with the help of the French, the situation in the Asia-Pacific region will be very complicated. Otherwise, with the fighter plane you bought, it will be gone if you fall. How can you fight with people? How to show the infinite charm of "super power"