India, as a large country with a large population and a rapidly developing economy, has attracted global attention. However, despite India's apparent strength, it is inMilitaryIn the industrial sector, India is still in the role of a catch-up. Recently, India has procured multi-purposeFightersAs well as the project of the domestic fifth-generation aircraft, it has suffered significant delays. In order to ensure that China's defense strength is not left behind, in a highly competitive environment, India must quickly introduce a ready-made fifth-generation aircraft. However, India is faced with many embarrassing choices, because the United States rejects the most advanced F-35 fighter, although Russia intends to cooperate with India, but India's previous fifth-generation aircraft project developed in cooperation with Russia has been abandoned, and India can only turn to Russia now. This also means that India has lost to China in the competition for fifth-generation aircraft and has to hope for help from foreign countries. This is difficult to accept in India, which is dominated by pride and self-esteem.
India has long regarded China as its main imaginary enemy and has pinned its hopes on being able toMilitaryThe field competes with China. However, it was successfully developed in ChinaJ-20Against the background of fighters, India's domestic fifth-generation aircraft project is progressing slowly, and construction will not even begin until 2022, and the launch and first flight of the prototype are still far away. IndiaAir ForceLooking at ChinaJ-20The fighter is coveted, but India's industrial and scientific strength can no longer meet the needs of the fifth-generation aircraft project. This ironclad fact proves that China is thereJ-20The "miracle" achieved on the fighter plane, and India will never be able to replicate it. To achieve the development of fifth-generation aircraft, India needs to have a complete industrial category, especiallyaviationhigh-tech technology in the field, which is what India is lacking at the moment. Even the development of the "Brilliant" fighter at the same level as the Chinese Thunder Dragon fighter, inEnginewithRadarand other key areas are still subject to foreign technology.
In the face of this grim reality, the Indian side also has to face the facts, they realize that the postponement of the domestic fifth-generation aircraft project is likely to occur, so the Indian National Defense Standing Committee asked the ** and the military top brass to prepare as soon as possible. They want to be able to buy fifth-generation aircraft from foreign countries to secure IndiaAir ForceOn paper, it will not be left too far by China. India's hopes, however, are relatively wishful thinking. If fifth-generation aircraft can be easily obtained, India will not abandon the fifth-generation aircraft project in cooperation with Russia. From this point of view, India's long-held strategy of "make is better than buy" is not feasible, and India, which has always been complacent, is paying a heavy price.
Judging from India's dilemma and challenges, China is inMilitaryThe leading position in the industrial sector cannot be easily caught up. India must comprehensively upgrade its industrial and scientific capabilities, especially in theaviationThe field of high-precision and cutting-edge fields. Only in this way will India be able to make greater progress in the field of defense and no longer depend on technical support from other countries. At the same time, India needs to rethink its past for the pastMilitaryThe strategic mistakes of industrial development cannot be repeated.
India inMilitaryThe road to catch up with China in the industrial sector is difficult and tortuous. Despite India's huge population and fast-growing economy, it is still inMilitaryIn the industrial sector, especially in the domestic fifth-generation aircraft project, India still faces huge challenges. Successfully developed in ChinaJ-20Against the background of fighters, India's domestic fifth-generation aircraft project is progressing slowly and cannot be compared with China. India must have a complete range of industrial categories and high-precision technical support in order to make a breakthrough in its defense strength. At the same time, India also needs to rethink its approach toMilitaryThe strategic mistakes of industrial development do not repeat the mistakes of the past. Only by comprehensively upgrading its industrial and scientific research capabilities will India be able to:MilitaryAchieve greater success in the industrial sector.