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Edit|tIn this world, there is a country that regards the "Wanguo brand ** library" as its own advantage, and their own military industry has even become a joke after a long period of development.
This strange country is India, which is located in South Asia. Today, India's military industry has developed to an unbelievable level. Accidents of all kinds of Indian-made arms are so frequent that the Indian army has to rely on foreign equipment.
So, what are the jokes that have been made in India's military manufacturing industry?And why is their military manufacturing industry so fragile?And what impact does the current state of India's military manufacturing industry have on the Indian army and the country as a whole?
Indian troops in training).
Next, let's take it slowly.
"Made in India", where accidents are frequent
When it comes to India's military manufacturing industry, someone will definitely mention India's aircraft carrier Vikramaditya. Unlike aircraft carriers in other countries, this aircraft carrier has always dominated the headlines of major international news with an ultra-high failure rate.
Strictly speaking, the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya is not entirely Indian-made. This aircraft carrier was supposed to be the last ship in the Russian Navy's Kiev-class aircraft carrier system, and in 2004, Russia gave this aircraft carrier to India, and the latter was responsible for processing and transformation.
After India's military manufacturing personnel took over the aircraft carrier, they dismantled all the equipment on the bow of the aircraft carrier and transformed it into a gliding runway for carrier-based fighters to take off and land.
India's aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya).
However, the aircraft carrier, which pinned the hopes of the Indian people, has repeatedly suffered fire accidents. In April 2019, a fire broke out on the Vikramaditya. As a result of this disaster, an Indian Navy officer who went to fight the fire was killed on the spot.
And two years later, the aircraft carrier suffered another fire. Fortunately, the fire did not cause significant human damage**, but the aircraft carrier also disgraced the entire Indian military manufacturing industry.
In addition to this, the quality of Indian-made missiles is also difficult to describe. In March 2022, a missile operated by the Indian army suddenly headed in the direction of Pakistan.
missile vehicles of the Indian army).
Just when India and Pakistan were in a tense quarrel over this matter, the Indian military took the initiative to clarify that this was because there was a problem with their missile control system, which caused the missile to be fired into Pakistan for no reason.
Although the Indian military was sincere in handling the incident afterwards, the incident has once again raised concerns about India's military manufacturing industry.
Someone even joked:As soon as India's missiles are launched, the whole world will have to turn on air defense radars. Because even the Indians themselves do not know that their missiles will be directed at **.
However, this is clearly not the worst thing for India. Because of India's poor military manufacturing industry, India not only wastes a lot of money and resources on related events every year, but even contains a large number of Indian soldiers who die as a result.
Indian Army at the parade).
Bad consequences
In April 2020, the Times of India published an investigative article boldly exposing the shortcomings and undesirable phenomena brought about by India's military manufacturing industry.
"Due to the negligence and paralysis of the Ordnance Factory Board of India (OFB), the Indian army discards about 9,600 crore worth of rupees (about 11.) every year," a New Delhi-based ** indignantly said in an interview$500 million) of ** ammunition. It's not that we don't save, it's that their quality is too poor. ”
In fact, India is not without a department dedicated to overseeing the production of the military industry. The Indian Ordnance Factory Committee, mentioned by the Indian**, is one such function. But due to the corruption of India's bureaucracy, this department has long been non-existent.
heavily armed Indian troops).
Many times, Indian soldiers and officers at the grassroots level know that there is a problem with the ** ammunition produced in the country, therefore, they tend to refuse to use the ** produced in the country. A large number of bullets and guns produced by India itself can only be used on training grounds.
Even so, what happens every year due to misfirearms and low-quality ammunition still results in a large number of Indian military personnel**. The whole country of India is outraged by this situation.
According to statistics, from 2014 to 2019, there have been 403 accidents within the Indian army because of ** ammunition. These accidents resulted in a total of 27 deaths and 146 injuries.
Indian troops participating in the training).
And the problems that have arisen in the Indian military-industrial complex are obviously enormous. Not only do Indian soldiers face huge safety risks when using domestically made products, but even those workers who are responsible for the production of military equipment often face "life and death tests".
According to the news reported by the British ** Reuters, on December 17, 2023, a serious production accident occurred at an explosives factory in Maharashtra, India.
The dramatic accident ended in the tragic result of nine workers killed and several injured. At one point, some investigators suspected that this had a lot to do with the substandard quality of the explosives produced by the factory.
Workshop of military production enterprises).
Regarding the frequent military production accidents in Indian society, some reporters directly pointed the finger at the part of New Delhi. People have reason to believe that it is precisely because of India's inaction that many accidents have occurred in the process of production and use of India's military products.
The reporter of the "Times of India" found that some Indian military manufacturing enterprises often use the best procurement of raw materials whose quality is not up to standard for military production. Therefore, it is not surprising that they produce low-quality military-industrial products.
But there is a lot of information that shows that the ** of the Indian Ordnance Factory Committee is aware of these situations. But some of them, having accepted bribes from military manufacturing enterprises, turned a blind eye to these situations.
Indian soldiers at the parade)
However, such phenomena are already commonplace for people living in Indian society. When the entire Indian military manufacturing industry was tied to its own chariot by some behind-the-scenes interest groups, the industry completely lost hope for development.
In desperation, the Indian army has no choice but to import from various countries around the world**. Although most of these ** are expensive, the soldiers of the Indian army must also go through a period of training if they want to adapt to them.
But they are already considered "advanced equipment" compared to India's own domestic **, and the Indian army obviously has no better way than the current initiative.
Soldiers in the Indian Army).
Reluctant to choose
It is no secret that India has always maintained close military ties with Russia. Since the beginning of the last century, high-quality and inexpensive quality** has become the first choice of the Indian army when purchasing equipment.
Even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, India made Russia a priority when purchasing military products. Because replacing a set of equipment systems is by no means a trivial matter for the military of any country.
It stands to reason that in order to get rid of the team's dependence on foreign systems as soon as possible, India should increase its support for its own manufacturing industry. However, India's military manufacturing industry is really unsupportable, and as a last resort, the Indians can only come up with a very novel idea.
Military experts often say that if a country regularly purchases from a certain large country, the large country will use its military industrial superiority to form a de facto coercion of the country's military.
Therefore, in order to avoid this embarrassing situation, India has let its own army be procured from many countries in the world**. In this way, no one will be able to form a monopoly on the equipment of the Indian army, and the Indian army will not be coerced by the unilateral military industry of a certain country.
Judging from the equipment of the Indian Air Force alone, they are equipped with fighters from the United States, Russia, France and other countries. But even so, the Indian Air Force often causes tragic accidents due to operational errors.
Indian Air Force ground fighters).
In January 2023, a Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force collided with another Su-30 fighter jet. In order to rescue the pilots of these two planes, the Indian military had to use a large number of forces.
According to a report by Al Jazeera Arabia, the accident is likely to be caused by differences in operating systems between Russian and French. Such accidents are not uncommon in the Indian army.
Because both India** and the Indian military have long been accustomed to the behavior of taking benefits from various countries, such an approach is obviously more efficient and easier to implement than the difficult "road to the localization of the military industry".
Indian Air Force ground fighters).
What's more, the fact that foreign equipment that looks like a majestic and domineering military can show India's "military might" at a military parade is a direct display of results that also means huge political benefits for Indian politicians.
Indians have all but ceased to have hope for the amazing Indian military-industrial industry. But India's own military manufacturing industry has fallen to this point, and it seems that no one else is to blame.
At the end of the day, there is no one who really wants to help India's military manufacturing industry grow. The vast majority of people use the industry as a tool for money and political gain. And this is the essential reason for the continuous decline of India's military industry.
On the road to the rise of a country, the improvement of military strength is indispensable. No matter how Indian politicians are, the many tragedies caused by India's military manufacturing industry today are destined to become stumbling blocks on the road to the country's development.
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