coobybook Chapter 156: The Strange Third Brother’s Military Industry (Part 3)
Chapter 156: The Strange Third Brother’s Military Industry (Part 3)
You may say that the Su-30KMI fighter jet is unreliable, but the same batch of fighter jets supplied to Long Guo by Russia have never had a single accident, so why are India's planes so easy to crash?
Some time ago, a Russian-made armed helicopter crashed in Sri Lanka, with 14 people on board, including the highest-ranking general of the Sri Lankan military, the Chief of Defense Staff, four-star General, Bipin Rawat.
Bipin Rawat is, generally speaking, the most mentally retarded officer in the Third Brother's family in recent years. He makes remarks every day such as "The Elemental Kingdom Air Force crushes the Dragon Kingdom" and "The Elemental Kingdom can launch a devastating attack on the Dragon Kingdom."
People just listen to these stupid remarks and treat them as jokes. The point now is that the chief of staff was killed by his own plane, which he was so proud of.
The cause of the accident was also very outrageous. The pilot suffered from spatial disorientation. The highest military commander of a country died so hastily. No one would dare to believe it in other countries, but it felt very reasonable in India.
After all, Sri Lanka's Stan Aviation Company has crashed 191 fighter jets over the years. To achieve such an amazing record, Stan Aviation Company, a subsidiary of Sri Lanka, has made an "indispensable contribution".
Stan Airlines has two nice nicknames, "Aircraft Coffin" and "Widow Maker". 80% of India's aircraft modifications and maintenance are done by this company.
Each aircraft repaired is half an aircraft. According to statistics, the company overhauled 1992 MiG-2004 fighters and crashed 21 of them between 8 and 8. It assembled Jaguar fighters, overhauled and crashed .
Three MiG-29 fighters were overhauled, all of which crashed. Four Mirage 3 fighters were overhauled, all of which crashed.
Of the 3 fighter jets that crashed in the Sri Lankan Air Force in three years, 29 were owned by Stan Airlines.
From these outrageous plane crashes, we can see that the military capabilities of San Ge’s family can no longer be described as poor.
This is also the reason why those high-tech fighter jets of Damao's family can't adapt to the local climate when they arrive at Third Brother's house. Because Third Brother is really not good enough and can't handle it!
The maintenance department is fine, but building it by ourselves is even worse. As early as 1983, Sri Lanka proposed a plan to build domestic fighter jets. After 30 years of development and trials, Sri Lanka’s first domestic light fighter jet "Glorious" was officially launched, and the whole country was jubilant.
But the jubilation did not last long as the Glorious was found to have more than 100 defects, including insufficient engine thrust and inadequate electronic equipment. It was not dared to be used in actual combat at all.
Sri Lanka changed its mind and decided that since the Air Force was doing well, it might as well develop the Navy. After all, Sri Lanka was the first country in Asia to have two aircraft carriers after World War II. Both of them were bought from the British Empire. The aircraft carriers that were about to be retired were too old to be used.
So in 1979, the Sri Lankan military first proposed a plan to build a domestically-made aircraft carrier. However, due to budget issues, the plan was delayed until 2005 when it was put on the agenda again.
The expected plan of Sri Lanka was to complete the construction and launch it in 2011, but Sri Lanka’s ability was not good enough and the construction period was repeatedly delayed. After decades, the news was finally released. We have entered the final stage of the tough battle. Let’s look forward to it!
The following year, India’s first domestically-made aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, finally completed its first sea trial. It truly took forty years to build a ship. This is a spirit of craftsmanship that we, the Dragon Country, cannot even begin to compare to!
Of course, India has not neglected the development of its army. The famous Arjun tank is a legend in the military industry. It is the main battle tank with the longest development time and the highest cost in the world.
It took India 200 years and more than billion US dollars to manufacture it.
If you have seen the Arjun tank’s exercises, you will surely exclaim these four words: invincible.
All the systems of this tank are very advanced, such as the 120mm rifled gun and high-performance ammunition, advanced fire control, high-power engine, efficient transmission system, composite armor, etc. However, when these things are assembled together, they become a pile of scrap metal. It can't even get through larger potholes, and the tracks need to be replaced after running for a few dozen kilometers.
Why is this so? India has always had a lofty ambition to build a domestically produced tank that can defeat the rest of the world.
When India began designing the Arjun tank in 1973, its goal was to outperform the Leopard 2 tank of the Iron Country. But soon the construction department reported that we could not make those advanced parts.
What to do? India panicked and thought, "Forget it, just buy some." So India bought engines and gun barrels from the Iron Country, gun-launched missiles from the Jewish Country, and vehicle-mounted large-caliber machine guns from Russia.
Thirty-seven years have passed, and India has finally built the legendary Arjun tank by spending a lot of money. It combines almost all the advantages of tank designs from various countries. More than 70% of the parts are imported. It is a genuine artifact made in various countries.
Although these parts are good, India cannot control them well and problems occur every other day. Not to mention repairs, India cannot even find where the problem is when it occurs. To this day, the Arjun tank still does not meet the requirements of flexible combat.
The Indian military almost never uses it on the battlefield. In the 80s, Dragon Country introduced the MTU tank system from Steel Country. When Indians learned about it, they quickly contacted Steel Country to get a set as well.
When the engineers from the Steel Country arrived in the Dragon Country, they found that the Dragon people were simply risking their lives and could learn three years of technology in just one year.
Then this group of engineers went to Third Brother's house and almost collapsed there. Third Brother's family could no longer be said to be dawdling. They arrived at the construction site at noon and started work in the afternoon. They started having afternoon tea before four o'clock and got off work on time at five o'clock. At this pace, even a thirty-year contract would not be enough to cover what Third Brother built, let alone three years.
What’s even more outrageous is that the third brother felt that the toilet was too far away and was inconvenient, so he actually urinated and defecated directly in the tank workshop. This group of Steel Country engineers had lived for decades and this was the first time they had seen such a big scene. They begged the headquarters with tears in their eyes to replace people immediately.
The headquarters had no choice but to replace a group of new engineers. The new engineers learned from their predecessors' lessons and came to the third brother's house with an attitude of coping with the task. They hurriedly made a finished product without any tests, and then hurriedly packed up and left.
So, without any guidance, India built the world-famous Arjun tank by copying others.
Because his skills were not good, he could only continue to buy, buy and buy even if he was cheated. Over time, the message that it was easy to make money from the third brother spread all over the world.
The Jewish State originally planned to sell the early warning aircraft to the Dragon State at a price of 2.5 million US dollars. However, after negotiations with India, the price was increased sixfold to 12 billion US dollars.
The fighter jets sold by Gallic Country to Pyramid Country were priced at US$1.32 million per unit, but when sold to India, the price directly increased to US$2.4 million.
The transport aircraft sold by the United States to the Kangaroo Country had a unit price of 1.9 million US dollars. When it was sold to India, the price increased to 5.8 million US dollars, and it was a aircraft that was about to be retired.
In this way, the military expenditure of the Third Brother's family reached an astonishing 700 billion US dollars that year, successfully ranking third in the world, further consolidating the title of Third Brother!
Don't underestimate a big dog owner like San Ge. With time, he will definitely create an even bigger joke!