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The performance of the delegation of the Indian Ministry of Defense has already left Yazov speechless, and since the Indian delegation is not afraid of being pitted, the Soviet Union has no choice but to come up with specially modified ships. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info The 1134A Kresta II-class cruiser has been modified, removing the SA-N-6 Thunder ship's anti-aircraft missiles and tombstone radar and replacing them with vertically launched SA-N-7 Hurricane missiles.

The shipborne SA-N-6 system is mainly used to combat a wide range of incoming aircraft and subsonic missiles, which can be used against several targets at once. The law of development of Soviet anti-aircraft missile weapons was generally that the land type was preceded. It was then transplanted to the ship through modification. The land-based version of the S-300 was completed after the first flight tests in 1972. Immediately work began on the development of a naval version, the SA-N-6. As standard for the then soon-to-be-developed Kirov-class missile cruisers. Due to the large size of the SA-N-6 missile system and the large number of bombs, the Soviet Navy mainly equipped it with large surface ships of more than 7,000 tons.

Compared with other medium-range ship-to-air missile weapon systems, the SA-N-7 system breaks through the traditional missile combat mode of searching, tracking, and irradiation that require special radars, and directly uses the target information of the MP-710 three-coordinate search radar, cancels the tracking and guidance radar, and forms a new missile combat mode of search and irradiation. In this way, both the structure of the system is simplified and the number of fire channels for intercepting targets is increased. Therefore, the system has a high combat effectiveness cost-to-cost ratio. This is already a retrofit in accordance with the standard of 1134bf.

The Soviet Union once installed the most advanced weapons and electronic systems in the former Soviet Union and even the world at that time. Because in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century, the computer level and electronic technology were comparable to those of the United States, but the rigid political environment in the late Soviet Union greatly slowed down the economic and technological development of the whole country. Now that the 90s have resumed economic growth, the previously interrupted projects have been resumed.

There are also the Nanuchka-class missile boats of the Soviet Union, which were specially exported models, and after dismantling the two twin SS-N-25 anti-ship missiles, they were equipped with four quadruple SS-N-25 anti-ship missiles, and then sold to the Indian Ministry of Defense delegation in a model exclusively supplied by India.

"Are you satisfied? Minister Myratt. Yazov asked.

"It's okay." Deputy Minister Myratt replied blandly, of course he could not show an agitated look. After all, this is detrimental to the image of the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a country. Now India is vigorously developing its naval forces, and since India has two aircraft carriers, the dream of the sea of stars has become stronger and stronger, and even India believes that it should take the initiative to become the hegemon of the Indian Ocean.

In order for India to realize this dream, and at the same time for the sale of Soviet ships that were not salable. That's why the Indian Ministry of Defense was specially invited to participate in this Russian-style arms exhibition.

Although the delegation was only presented with a scaled-down model, Deputy Minister Myrath could still feel the violence and domineering made by the Soviet Union, although the 1134A was a second-generation anti-submarine ship developed by the Soviet Union, but it still had a strong modification ability.

However, Yazov also had his own considerations when recommending the Kresta II-class cruiser to the Indian delegation, and one Type 1134A usually had to be paired with one or two Type 61 Kasin-class destroyers to form an attack force and then act together. If India thinks that the Cassin class is outdated, the Soviet Union still has a modern class to recommend.

At the end of the visit, Deputy Minister Myrath spoke with Yazov and expressed his views on the exhibition, "This exhibition made me feel the terrible Soviet Union's military research and development capabilities, and I am also glad that we have such an ally, and now we can talk about arms sales." ”

"Of course I do." "The 1134A Kresta II-class cruisers, the Nanuchka-class missile boats and the Su-30MKI fighter jets are in fact very few countries have the courage to buy so many weapons in one go," Yazov said. ”

Deputy Minister Myratt replied, "Because of India's strategic needs, we are now accelerating the pace of building a new naval force. ”

Although Deputy Secretary Myratt's answer was somewhat evasive, Secretary Yazov was well aware of his navy's insistence on becoming the dominant power in the Indian Ocean region and eventually the world's most important power.

Considering the strategic environment, India is surrounded by the sea on three sides and has a coastline of more than 6,000 kilometers.

Soviet experts on Indian affairs once said that under modern conditions, India will not have an insurmountable defense line, and it is better to take the initiative to attack than to defend passively. Eliminate potential threats in one fell swoop. So they will build an offensive naval force.

Therefore, the Indian Navy has actively discarded the negative defense thinking of the near and middle seas, and has actively advocated rapid maneuver and coordinated operations, attacking the enemy before the enemy, and striving for the initiative. In 1995, the Indian government also set the goal of national defense modernization in 1995~2015, becoming a first-class military power in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean coast, and entering the world's first-class military power in 2015. India is currently one of the few countries in Asia that has aircraft carriers. India has also developed a plan for the development of its navy through the next century. The basic requirement of the Indian government for the navy is to obtain the status of a regional maritime power.

Therefore, in recent years, after adjusting the Indian Navy's operational thinking from coastal defense to ocean-going defense, it has paid more attention to improving its maritime control and maritime deterrence capabilities. In order to concentrate on the development of an offensive offshore navy, the Indian Navy handed over the task of coastal defense to the Indian Coast Guard; In Kecheng in the southern Indian region, the Indian Navy established a new Southern Navy Command; In Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, the Indian Navy built a new naval base and made it a reliable rear for the Indian Navy to conduct offensive operations in the far seas. The Indian military envisages that in the future, the combat navy will not only be able to open up another naval front and launch a multi-front attack against the enemy, but will also be able to carry out amphibious operations and ocean-going antisubmarine operations in the open sea, so as to maintain its superiority in the naval battlefield.

The Soviet Union could see that India had strong ambitions, but did not have the same matching industrial technology, which was a fatal shortcoming. So as long as India procures ships from the USSR, then the USSR to a certain extent is equivalent to limiting the development of the Indian Navy. The lease of the Chakra and Akula-class nuclear submarines was also in the hands of the Soviet Union, and it can be said that as long as India did not develop the technology for industrial development, its navy was like a papier-mâché ship, with strong ships and sharp guns that looked scary, but in fact they were vulnerable.

"So let's talk about the price?" Minister Yazov said with a smile on his face. (To be continued.) )