In fact, the problems exposed on the rifle are a true portrayal of India.

What portrayal?

The basic industry is too poor and does not have its own defense industry.

It can be said that from small rifles and even bullets to large warships, tanks and warplanes, the Indian army almost without exception needs to import.

How strong can an army armed with imported weapons be?

If you just bully some weak countries, such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, there is no problem, after all, India is a behemoth in front of such a country, just with a population of more than a billion people, and millions of troops, it is enough to crush these countries.

However, when it comes to facing a real power, it will definitely not work.

So, is Pakistan a powerhouse?

If you look at it only in South Asia, it is a powerhouse.

Perhaps, thirty years ago, Pakistan was similar to India, and it also needed to import a large number of weapons and equipment, and did not have its own industrial system, let alone a military industry, which belonged to the international brand army, so now Pakistan is very different, and it has far surpassed India.

It can be said that this is the biggest gap between the two countries.

It is undeniable that Pakistan is still a long way from industrialization, but it is also undeniable that Pakistan is already standing outside the door of industrialization.

In Pakistan's industrial system, the military industry plays a pivotal role.

Actually, this was also forced out by India.

For security reasons, Pakistan has developed a military industry first, and the Pakistani authorities attach the most importance to it.

Of course, Pakistan did not make so many reputations and did it pragmatically.

The most representative is actually the tank industry.

India is very exaggerated, at the end of the last century, it had to develop its own third-generation main battle tank, that is, the famous "Arjun" tank, but after 20 years, the tanks produced were not even looked down upon by the Indian Army, and finally forced the Indian Army to spend a huge amount of money to purchase T-90S in Russia.

In the third generation, "Arjun" is still the same thing, and the Indian Army still doesn't buy it.

Why?

It is precisely because India simply does not have the ability to develop and produce advanced main battle tanks, but it is self-righteous and wants to slap a swollen face and become fat.

The so-called "Arjun" is nothing more than going to various countries to buy a bunch of new products and then putting them together.

If you can really put it together, it's a skill.

For example, South Korea, its K2 is also a patchwork of goods, but it is finally put together, and the performance is not bad.

What about India?

It's a pity that India doesn't even have the ability to piece it together.

More importantly, core technologies such as tank guns, armor-piercing shells, and armor are absolute military secrets, and no country will sell core technologies, and what can be bought is only ready-made products, even if the relationship is good, it can only get a production license.

Among them, armor technology is the most.

The Germans are willing to send 120mm smoothbore guns to NATO countries, but Britain has never given the core technology of Chobham armor to Germany, and the United States is even more stubborn to deplete uranium composite armor, not to mention the export technology, and even the finished product is not sold to the outside world, it has always been for its own use.

So, will India be able to buy the best tank technology?

Obviously, the answer is no.

In fact, Pakistan is facing the same problem.

Even if the relationship with China is very good, it will be difficult for Pakistan to obtain the most advanced tank technology in China, let alone produce it on its own.

Fortunately, Pakistan is not so ambitious.

Starting from the maintenance of Type 69 tanks, Pakistan has gradually established its own tank industry, and by the time of "Khalid", it has finally blossomed.

With the launch of Khalid 2, Pakistan is already one of the few countries in the world capable of producing third-generation main battle tanks.

Of course, the core technology of "Khalid 2" still comes from China, not Pakistan.

However, Pakistan is indeed able to manufacture the "Khalid 2" on its own, and only the power pack and sighting equipment need to be imported directly from China, and the tank guns, armor and ammunition can all be produced by Pakistan itself, and the additional armor has also been produced by Pakistan itself.

It's a little worse, but it's better than nothing.

In fact, the technology of the tanks sold by Huaxia to Pakistan is not bad, and on the whole it is a generation worse than that of Huaxia itself.

And not just tanks, but also fighters.

Although the JF-17 and JF-20 produced by Pakistan are actually limited by Huaxia, and core components such as engines and fire control radars still need to be imported from Huaxia, Pakistan at least has the ability to produce fighter jets, and the performance is not too bad.

What about India?

The LCA that he did was directly blocked by the Air Force.

Although the F-16E/F has achieved local production, strictly speaking, it is only assembled in India, and more than eighty percent of the parts, including the fuselage frame, need to be imported from the United States and other European and American countries, while India can only produce a few tires on its own.

The heavy industry, which is matched with the arms industry, is actually similar.

Although Pakistan's heavy industry is also very backward, with the help of Huaxia, especially after the power supply is basically guaranteed, Pakistan has begun to focus on the development of heavy industry, and the starting point is very high, and now it is able to produce special steel for the military on its own.

It can be said that whether it is armor steel for tanks or aluminum alloys for fighter jets, Pakistan has basically achieved domestic production.

In addition, Pakistan has the capacity to produce special steels for the manufacture of pressure-resistant hulls for submarines.

What about India?

It is a pity that so far India does not even have the capacity to produce qualified armor steel.

In addition, in the field of chemicals, especially in the field of military chemicals, India has a greater gap.

Pakistan has at least been able to achieve the basic localization of military ammunition, and several of its large chemical plants have good production capacity, some of which have even been exported to Saudi Arabia and other countries, for example, during the Iraq civil war, Pakistan produced a lot of small-diameter bombs for Saudi Arabia.

What about India?

Not even a single good shell can be made.

From these comparisons, it can be seen that Pakistan, with the help of China, is promoting the modernization of its national defense through industrialization.

Perhaps, in five years, Pakistan will collapse to the threshold of industrialized countries.

As for India, perhaps another decade, it will still be a typically agrarian country.

If Pakistan had been the first to industrialize, and had gained more than a decade of advantage, India's demographic advantage would have been worthless.

You must know that an agricultural country, no matter how populous, is definitely no match for an industrial country.

More than 100 years ago, Britain proved this to China, which was still Manchu at the time, that an industrial country with a population of just over 10 million could easily defeat an agricultural country with a population of 400 million.