Which of China or India is the most important to Russia? Russia may not be able to answer this question, but if you ask, sell weapons to China to make money, or sell weapons to India to make money, Russia can definitely answer India, because in India-Russian arms sales, Russia has the dominant power. In the field of arms trade, Russia has made huge profits from India. 70% of the weapons currently equipped in India are Russian-made weapons. This shows how lucrative India-Russia arms trade is.
Although China also buys Russian weapons, China’s purchases are not as large as India’s. At the same time, Russia sells weapons to China and there is a risk of learning from them. In many cases, it is a one-shot deal. It is difficult to make money for China by selling weapons. Shen Hoy (Shen Fei) is also very famous in Russia. Because India is more able to provide a source of funds for Russia, so in many cases, Russia is more inclined to India. For example, during this border conflict, Russia made such a decision to provide India with 33 fighters in a short period of time to improve the Indian Air Force’s ability to respond to the enemy.
After the border emergency, India submitted an arms order to Russia, preparing to buy 33 Su-30 fighters and MiG-29 fighters from Russia. After India paid the money, Russia immediately made a commitment to deliver the weapon within three months. The production and production of fighter planes takes time. According to the conventional procedures, 33 fighter planes cannot be delivered within 3 months. The reason why Russia made this promise to India is mainly because Russia has decided to open its own inventory for India. Provide fighters.
At a critical moment, Russia opened its inventory to provide India with fighter planes. This is really interesting, so India paid the money very simply. It is worth mentioning that Russia's assistance to India does not stop there. In order to further help India, but also to make money, they also provide India with anti-stealth radar. According to Indian media reports on July 13, a Russian Il-76 large transport aircraft loaded with a new anti-stealth radar arrived at an Indian airport.
In this regard, the Indian media "Daily Mail" also carried out a hype report, saying that this was a firm stand by the Russian allies. Indian media pointed out that the new anti-stealth radar provided by Russia can effectively detect the fifth generation of stealth fighters, and is also compatible with Indian air defense missiles, allowing Indian air defense missiles to intercept stealth fighters. Everyone knows that our J-20 fighters have always been jealous of India and are their most worried weapon, because the fighters and air defense systems that India is equipped with cannot pose a threat to the J-20 fighters.
Now that Russia’s new anti-stealth radar arrives in India, it has provided India with anti-stealth capabilities, which is very important to India, even more important than buying fighters. I have to say that India’s strategy to please Russia is still very successful. At least at a critical time, India can get important support from Russia. Earlier, after the outbreak of the Indian-Pakistani air war, Russia also provided significant support to India and leased all its nuclear submarines to India.
