The big grievance of the international arms purchase market: India!
Many friends have an impression of the country of India, that is, the popularity is very good, and the whole world is his friend. Why is this so? This has to be said that India is the title of a big grievance in the international arms procurement market.
India has a dream of being a great power, and since it has a dream of being a great power, it must have strong military support. Of course, India does not have its own industrial capacity, so it can only purchase from all over the world. The biggest feature of India's arms purchases is that they spend a lot of money on rags!
The biggest joke in India's arms purchase is the purchase of a Russian aircraft carrier for one dollar. India has taken a fancy to the Gorshkov aircraft carrier, which Russia has built half-built, and Russia has given you a dollar with a wave of its hand. The third brother of India was overjoyed, but what about the result! India spent $2.9 billion on various repairs and modifications, and as a result, seven of the eight boilers blew up after delivery.
India's purchase of French Rafale fighter jets has brought out the Indian chicken thief character to the extreme. India first proposed to France to buy 126 Rafale fighters, and France naturally quoted 90 million euros according to the cost of 126 fighters, but India actually purchased 36 fighters, and France was naturally unwilling, anyway, after talking about it, India finally purchased 240 million US dollars per aircraft, and you must know that the American F35, which is much more advanced than him, was sold for 120 million US dollars.
Of course, India has also been slaughtered in other weapons. The price of the M777 howitzer purchased by the US military is $1.5 million, and India buys and sells it directly for $5 million; U.S. drones were sold to allies for $12 million and India for $83 million.
Why has India become a big source of international sourcing?
This thing is like this, the weapon itself contains a premium factor, you will make it yourself, and people naturally dare not quote more, and India is precisely the country that has almost no industrial capacity, then it's embarrassing, people will definitely slaughter you!