Why did the Indian Arjun tank cost $20.7 billion become an international joke?

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited the main part of the former Soviet Union, and its development in some areas gradually slowed down, while other countries became stronger and stronger, and the international situation changed accordingly. The development of globalization has created development opportunities for all countries, and all countries have seized the development opportunities, so some countries have gained a firm foothold in the international arena, such as India, which has made continuous efforts in the changes of the times and achieved some good results. In order to seek further development and enhance international status, India has also begun to attach importance to military construction. However, due to the limitation of industrial development, it can only use weapons from other countries for its own military construction. However, this is not a long-term solution. To achieve long-term development, it is necessary to improve its own industrial level, so India independently developed military weapons. For example, Arjun tanks are weapons made in India.

India began the development of this tank in the last century, and has been painstakingly operating it, and it has also won the support of Germany in the development process. India also has higher requirements for its performance during the development of this tank. Because this tank was jointly developed by India and Germany, it has some similarities with the German Leopard 2. At that time, India had great expectations for this tank and wanted to promote the development of its military industry by developing Arjun tank, but India did not expect that its backward industry hindered the development of Arjun tank.

Because India had only one enthusiasm for determining the performance requirements of Arjun tank at that time, its own industrial level was too low, and it could not contribute much to the development of Arjun tank. In this regard, India can only buy parts from other countries to support the development of Arjun tanks, and then India's military industry once again became a stumbling block to the development of Arjun tanks. Faced with this situation, it is more difficult for India to constantly change the tank performance standards that have been determined before. Therefore, the development of Arjun tank becomes more difficult. On the other hand, it is the problem of imported parts, because this tank needs more parts, and these parts need to be integrated again after import, which makes the research and development cost of Arjun tank continue to soar.

Later, the development of Arjun tank finally achieved some tangible results, but at this time India began to set performance targets for Arjun tank. Although these goals can be achieved, they will also increase the weight of the tank. Finally, the tank was formed, but there were problems again. The tank is too heavy to run normally on the road, which affects its combat effectiveness to some extent. India disagrees with this and is still unwilling to admit its failure. Arjun tanks could not meet the operational requirements of the army, and the Indian army was unwilling to pay, but in the end it was forced by the government to order several.

It is not difficult to know India's ambition, but India's backward industry can't meet India's ambition, and India has never realized the problem from beginning to end. Therefore, although the Arjun tank in India took a long time to develop, it really could not meet the needs of the Indian army and eventually became an international joke.