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In other words, China cannot innovate its own stuff and needs Russia. Russians have no reason to share its tech with China. They might have had a use for the Chinese if you decided not to explicative deleted them over.The beginning of the end for deliveries of Russian major conventional weapons to China
IMO, Russia now can, for the most part, compete on the Intn'l arms market only in prices. To stay in the game with China, they'll have to get into jointly developing & producing new hardware, for keeping win-win situation real.
Japan's up there too, doesn't mean much.Actually, China is now among the top countries in patents, mostly commercial.
http://www.awapatent.com/?id=10823
For weapons systems, China does not need Russian models as an inspiration when it can find so many in the West.
Access the entire article.Chinese-Russian alliance in difficulty over energy and arms
23 May 2008 | 05:37 AM ET
MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - Russia's avowed friendship with China is threatened by differences including over energy and arms cooperation, a Russian daily said Friday as President Dmitry Medvedev visited Beijing.
honestly neither of the 2 you mentioned. russia will only offer diesel electric submarines to China, most probably be an upgraded Kilo. China is well experienced in diesel electric already, with capable submarines in production/service, not to mention new projects already on the drawing board. China mostly be seeking nuclear submarine, but China by its image is already happy with its domestic ones in production/service. On the other hand Russia isn't to willing to sell China nuclear submarines.Ok
Now all that's all out of the way...
China has bought "Smerch MRL"
So that leaves Ka-50 and submarines next. Which do we reckon?
They have leased nukes to India to get around that issue.But the Russians have already said, they will never export Nuclear Submarines, even to India.
Nah I have got nothing to say ... just taking in the shock. Through away the NPT I say.They have leased nukes to India to get around that issue.
It's the only nuke sub in history to sink twice dockside.Whether its a good omen that they give it the same name that the other rustbucket of a floating gamma emittor (a Charlie nuke) had back when they leased it between 1988 and 1991... well, we'll see.
Lol. You read from the bottom I didn't read at all. I was shocked thinking I missed something. Usually nuclear & related deals don't skip me.He means a nuclear submarine. And yes, i was wondering too, as i usually start reading from the bottom.
BUT Russia is. I thought GF was saying Russia proliferated. & Who "leases" nuclear weapons to other states?Besides, India isn't in the NPT anyway, just like Pakistan.
I don't think Indians would care much about it. Assured 2nd Strike is added advantage from the lease, the primary objective is (probably) to have 1st hand knowledge of sea/ocean based nuclear strategy, tactics & operations. & they'll also be getting awareness of the technology. Later (not sooner for sure) they would be coming up with their own nuclear submarine.It's the only nuke sub in history to sink twice dockside.
If i remember my cold war history correctly, the US effectively "leased" Tactical nukes to several European countries including Germany and the United Kingdom.BUT Russia is. I thought GF was saying Russia proliferated. & Who "leases" nuclear weapons to other states?
It was only later I realized what GF was trying to say.
It's the only nuke sub in history to sink twice dockside.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/theater/670.htmK429 (a Charlie I class submarine) sank on 23 June 1983 in the Savannaya Bay in the Bering Sea. The boat was raised and returned to service. Unluckily, she sank again alongside the jetty on 13 September 1985. The incident led to the loss 16 lives and the imprisonment of the submarine commander.
The Charlie I Class was designed primarily for anti-surface ship operations. Boat No.K43, originally commissioned into the Russian Navy in 1968, was leased for three years (1988-1991) to familiarise Indian submariners with nuclear-powered submarines. Re-commissioned as the Chakra on 04 January 1988, she sailed from Vladivostock with a predominantly Indian crew. Indian submarines trained in the USSR for approximately four years, prior to the Chakra entering service in the Indian Navy. While in Indian Navy service, the submarine's sea time was limited by propulsion system problems and there were unconfirmed reports about radiation hazards.