Russian experts have spoken the truth! Russian experts candidly admitted that the Russian elite knows China's weapons are more advanced than Russia's, but in the short term, Russia will not choose to purchase Chinese weapons! Recently, Russian renowned military expert Vasily Kashin stated in an interview that the innovation of Russian military technology and equipment development is too slow, and the technical indicators of Russia's equipment have fallen behind the times.
The expert said that Russia lacks new weapons prepared for modern and informatized warfare. In terms of research and development capabilities as well as informatization, China's weapons have already surpassed Russia, but Russia will not choose to purchase Chinese weapons because Russia has its own strong self-esteem! Obviously, the comparison made by the Russian expert on the performance of Sino-Russian weapons is indeed speaking the truth. This truth clearly indicates that except for the nuclear weapons field, the performance of China's weapons has indeed surpassed Russia's.
However, it is not surprising from a logical perspective that China's weapons have surpassed Russia's weapons. In fact, we are the country with the most comprehensive range of manufacturing industries in the world, and military capability is built upon manufacturing capability. Whether from the perspective of industrial capability or the scale of investment in scientific research funds and the number of scientific researchers, China has surpassed Russia, which does not need to be concealed.
And this time in the conflict between India and Pakistan, the capability of China's military equipment has only revealed a corner, and the performance displayed has been enough to shock the world. As for how Russia's military equipment level is, we believe that the objective conclusions have been drawn by all countries through the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Of course, whether Russia is willing to purchase our military equipment, in fact, this is not just a matter of self-esteem. For any major country, pursuing independence and autonomy is instinctive, and the core of this is the independence and autonomy of military technology.
As an old military power, Russia of course will strive for the independence and autonomy of military equipment, which is also one of the cards Russia plays in global games. Therefore, under the condition that Russia has sufficient nuclear protection capability, even if the development of Russia's military industry is relatively slow, we believe that Russia will strive to ensure its independent military industry system. However, we believe that China and Russia will continue to cooperate in military technology, and it is not excluded that Russia may transfer some technologies urgently needed by Russia through cooperation.
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