Chapter 489: The Ambition of the Indians

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After formulating the general policy of taking the country as the rear, taking the Wa State as the base, and developing to the Shan State, Su Ming left here, such a small place in Myanmar is really not worth his stay for so long, not considering his own layout in Southeast Asia, Su Ming will not spend so much effort here, now whether it is Africa, or the Middle East, or Latin America, Su Ming has laid out large or small, strong or weak chess pieces, and it is only one step away from launching. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Another reason why Su Ming is in a hurry to return is the situation in Pakistan, since Su Ming crossed through other people's countries in a fit of anger, and then Tuniyar returned and wore again, which directly killed Pakistan's crimes, Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee was furious, and did not let his defense minister contact Russia, and flew directly to Russia with the team.

During the meeting with Putin, he said that the current security situation in India is very unoptimistic, facing pressure from China's two major neighbors, China and Pakistan, and Pakistan's weapons and equipment have been updated very quickly after receiving China's help, and India has succumbed to the upper hand, and the incident two days ago is a clear example.

After listening to this, Putin naturally knew that in addition to the MiG-31, it was impossible for other planes to have such a fast speed, of course, what Putin did not say was that it was Russia's own MiG-31, and there was no such a long range, of course, he would not have thought that the MiG-31 flew from Pakistan to Myanmar and did not land directly and returned, he also thought that it was refueled and then returned, when he walked to New Delhi, India, the plane had begun to warn frequently, and Tuniyar landed on the runway completely by gliding.

Putin said that he could sell a batch of active MiG-31s to India to fight against Pakistan's high-altitude and high-speed aircraft, Putin hesitated for a moment, and did not know how the Arms Import and Export Company talked to the other party, if he drove low, wouldn't Russia suffer a big loss, but he didn't expect Vajpayee to think that Putin was embarrassed to speak, and directly added another 1 million to the price told by the defense minister.

Putin blinked when he heard this, this price is too high, I really didn't expect that the people of the Arms Import and Export Company could pull the price to such a high price, these planes have been thrown there for several years, and they may not be able to fly, and it is really surprising that they can be sold at such a high price.

In addition to buying a batch of MiG-31, the two sides talked about the procurement of the main fighters, India does not look down on the Su-27, nor can it see the MiG-29, he just fell in love with the Su-30, this kind of multi-purpose fighter, Putin feels a little strange.

The Su-30 is a multi-purpose fighter, although it also has a certain air combat capability, mainly based on ground and sea attacks, and it is also a two-seater aircraft, but I don't know why, the people in India just fell in love with this fighter, although he was a little puzzled, but Putin still nodded appreciatively.

Whether it is the Su-30MKK purchased by China or the Su-30MKI that India wants to buy, they all belong to the models developed by the aircraft factory itself, which is nothing more than one is based on the Su-27UB and the other is based on the Su-27IB.

The Irkutsk plant was originally ready to use this model to compete for Russia's own bomber project, but it was taken away by the Su-34 developed by the Novosibirsk manufacturing plant, and finally had to package this model for export, and the four that were first delivered to India were directly given to India with the Su-27IB to change the livery, and it did not have the ability to attack ships, and the Irkutsk plant said that it would be the second batch to add this function, and at the same time replace the radar on the plane with a passive phased array radar, The engine was also replaced with a vector thrust version, which, in theory, is the most advanced and versatile fighter other than the F-22, and the Indians value this.

Although one is as high as more than $35 million, India still gritted its teeth and placed an order for 50 planes, and after getting it, India found that this kind of aircraft naturally has its own evaluation criteria, and it is far superior to the MiG-29, and since it has so many functions, it is not bad to simply use it as a fighter, and anyway, the fighter is also 20 million or 30 million dollars each.

Vajpayee's plan for this visit is to order 140 of the latest version of the Su-30MKI from Russia, with a total value of nearly $5 billion, but India also hopes that this order will be completed by the Hindustan Aviation Consortium, and Russia will only provide some parts and technical support, which is better, otherwise with Russia's production capacity, I don't know how long it will take to complete it, Putin immediately shook his head in agreement.

Vajpayee was overjoyed when he saw this, he always felt that this was the focus of the negotiations, and Russia would definitely not agree, but he did not expect that now Russia has used all its production capacity for its own production, and there are idle people who are afraid of other people's orders, since the Indians are not afraid that their own aircraft will disintegrate in the air, then let them produce their own production.

Since the Russians promised to produce it by themselves, Vajpayee did not ask for much more in terms of price, because India's request to buy out this version of the Su-30MKI means that Russia is not allowed to sell it to other countries, so part of the development cost must be borne by the Indians, so that the price of a Su-30MKI is close to 50 million US dollars. If it was produced by the Indians themselves, the price would be more than 7 million cheaper than the entire purchase, and Vajpayee quickly signed his name to the agreement.

What is strange is that as a multi-purpose aircraft, when India purchased supporting weapons, it actually crossed out the ground attack missile from the catalog, and the technicians on the Russian side expressed their confusion about this, could it be said that the Indians are really ready to use the Su-30 as a pure air superiority fighter, so it is not better to simply purchase the cheaper Su-27.

And it's air-to-air missiles, and the Indians have crossed out half of the number, and they don't even want air-to-air missiles, so what is this plane going to do with it, hang old-fashioned bombs to bomb others, it's even more puzzling, but people are the owners of money, so let's do whatever they say.

Then there are 500 T-90S, this kind of tank is Russia's after the collapse of the Soviet Union, T-80 manufacturers and design companies are in Ukraine, in order not to be controlled by others on the main battle tank, and developed on the basis of the T-72, and it is not because its model is T-90 is more advanced than T-80.

There is no dispute about this, with Russia's military industrial capacity, if the production capacity is fully opened, a few vehicles a day will not be a problem, so this is easy to sign, and then the procurement of BMP infantry fighting vehicles, S-300PMU anti-aircraft missiles, Mi-17 transport helicopters, Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters, AK74 automatic rifles, these contracts have been completed smoothly.

When these contracts are negotiated, they are all carried out by the staff below, and all the leaders of the two countries have to do is to sign their names on the negotiated agreement, and Putin is calculating the size of the contract and how much Russia can benefit from it.

After these agreements were signed, Vajpayee coughed twice, attracting Putin's attention, and Su Ming immediately realized that this was another big business, and the agreements just signed were either for the air force or the army, but there was no navy, and the navy's equipment was the most expensive of the three services.

Putin immediately raised his mind, not counting the upcoming talks, the signed contract is already close to 7 billion US dollars, if the naval talks are finished again, wouldn't it be tens of billions of US dollars, Russia has this money, plus the 10 billion US dollars obtained from the Su family, it can solve many problems.

However, what worries Putin is that after the disintegration, Russia has lost most of its power in shipbuilding, and if the conditions put forward by the other party are too much, I don't know if it can be completed, in the former Soviet Union, large shipbuilding was made at the Black Sea shipyard in Ukraine, submarines were made at the Severodvinsk shipyard, nuclear-powered ships were at the Baltic shipyard, and now the most technologically advanced Black Sea shipyard has fallen into the hands of Ukraine, and the production of gas turbines is also in Ukraine, What is embarrassing for Russia now is that it can build small high-speed boats or large nuclear-powered icebreakers, but it cannot make medium-sized ships or more.

I didn't expect Vajpayee to open his mouth, and immediately put Putin at ease, it turned out that he just wanted to lease a Russian nuclear submarine, which is a good saying, Putin immediately said that Russia's own nuclear submarines are very nervous, unless it is those unfinished submarines, if India can provide part of the funds for them to deliver in advance, they can be leased to India.

Vadjpayee immediately said yes, the nuclear submarine is related to a country's final counterattack force, money is not a problem, Putin opened his mouth and came with a half hundred million dollars, which scared Vajpayee, how much does it cost to build a brand new one, in order to complete it ahead of schedule, it will cost so much, no, the two people bargained for a long time, and finally made a deal at a price of 290 million US dollars, Russia promised to complete the manufacture of this submarine as quickly as possible, and then train Indian soldiers to pilot.

This submarine is Russia's newest Akula II class nuclear-powered attack submarine, and the current situation is lying in the shipyard for several years, and the production program was lined up during the Soviet era, and then it has not been completed until now, but the surname Neng is very advanced.

Putin considered that with this 290 million US dollars, it is enough for Russia to complete several submarines ahead of schedule, and India will allocate this fund directly to the shipyard, but the Indians can't control what the shipyard is used for, and Putin immediately started the idea of using this fund, whether to use it to transform the Typhoon class first, or to complete the other two Akula submarines.

(To be continued)