Why can the developed countries with the worst wars in the world become the world's arms powers now?

There is a saying in China that interlacing is like a mountain, that is, an inch is short and a foot is long, and everyone should have his own specialty. This is especially true at the national level. In the world, all walks of life have countries that are good at and professional. For example, China has a strong high-speed rail, so China has become a high-speed rail country. The United States, Russia and Israel are at war, so arms are selling well, and many countries are rushing to buy them. But there are exceptions The most typical is the following developed country, which can be called the country with the worst ability to fight and the worst fighting capacity, but now it has become a world arms power. Why? Actually, there are two main reasons.

This country is Italy, a western power. Italy is a highly developed country in Europe, with a per capita GDP of over $35,000. Moreover, Italy is an ancient country in Europe and has always been one of the most important countries in Europe. It is also the successor of the Roman Empire, the greatest empire that once ruled Europe. At that time, the Roman Empire was so powerful and invincible.

However, Italy does not seem to have inherited anything. Italy is known as the most developed country that can't fight, and it is also the most developed country that fights. Why do you say that? Because Italy has not fought a decent battle since modern reunification, there are basically only four words, that is, repeated wars and repeated defeats.

Modern World War I and World War II can't beat the European powers, Britain, France and Germany, the second-rate countries in Europe, and even Hobbiru. When sending three warships to invade the Qing Dynasty, they were all defeated, even attacking a primitive country like Ethiopia, and they were all defeated in the end ... Therefore, its war is an open joke in the world, and the best way is to surrender, raise your hand and surrender to the whole army ... It can be seen that Italy is a country with poor military and should belong to military blindness.

However, despite this, Italy is still a world arms power, which occupies a very important position in the world arms ranking after World War II. It has always been a big country in arms sales in the world, and its arms exports are basically in the top six. Its arms products are not only sold well in many poor countries in Africa, but also in Asian countries such as India and Pakistan.

Therefore, its annual arms sales amount is as high as tens of billions of dollars, with the highest exceeding 1 100 dollars. Many people don't quite understand. Italy is a typical country that can't fight. The fighting level is so poor, why are so many countries willing to buy it? Why can you become an arms power? In fact, the reason is very simple, mainly for two reasons.

First, people can't, weapons are ok.

Since modern times, Italy has shown poor combat power and has been defeated repeatedly. The core is not bad weapons. On the contrary, Italy's weapons and equipment are not worse than other powers. The most typical weapon was Ethiopia, which was advanced in the world at that time. But we still can't win. The most important thing is not weapons, but what the Italians can't do. They surrendered as soon as they fought, and they had no fighting spirit. This is the root of failure.

Therefore, the key to Italy's war slag is people, but the weapons are very advanced. In particular, Italy's shipbuilding is very developed and advanced, as well as Italian-made chariots and fighters, which are also very advanced. Even Italy can build an aircraft carrier, so it built a light aircraft carrier for India. So Italy can't fight well, but weapons are still recognized. During World War II, the Italian weapons captured by Britain were very good in performance and could slightly attack the city, so this did not affect the popularization and export of Italian weapons.

Second, the service is in place.

Italy has always attached great importance to arms export and regarded it as an important industry. In the world arms market, its weapons are not more advanced than those of the United States and Russia, nor are they comparable to military powers such as Germany, Britain and France. So Italy focuses on service, buying weapons, directly transferring technology and even directly helping to build production lines. For example, in Pakistan, Italy will build a complete production line for it.

And not only willing to transfer technology, but more importantly, after-sales service, which is very good. Russia is the most typical big arms country with poor after-sales service, but Italy's after-sales service is very good, which can basically satisfy all customers. Even if the demand is excessive, it can be met without extra money, so it has a good reputation in the world ... It is precisely because of this that Italy, a country that can't fight, has become a world arms power, relying on strength and service, at least much stronger than Russia.

References: A Brief History of Italy.