Although the Soviet Union has money, it must be used where it should be used. The Soviet Union needs money in many places, a huge naval formation, and an ever-growing space force. Therefore, the Soviet Union really has no money to spoil India.
Meanwhile, relations between the Soviet Union and Pakistan are improving! The Soviet Union and China jointly developed the Super Seven fighter. This fighter has attracted investment from Pakistan and has become a star fighter that many countries in the Middle East are looking forward to! And now, this fighter has completed its test flight, and Pakistan's fighter is in low-speed production! In addition to Chengfei, Pakistan's own aviation base is also assembling this fighter!
Of course India is jealous!
This is one reason, and the other, of course, is the United States! The United States has fewer and fewer global allies, so the United States can only continue to win over what it can win, and India is one of them!
The secret negotiations between the United States and India have begun a long time ago! Now, the two sides have made substantial progress. For example, India sees that Pakistan has a self-made fighter jet, and India also wants to develop it by itself! The project of the lca fighter jet started from this point. Almost the entire set of this fighter jet is made of American equipment, including avionics, including the engine. It uses the f404, a full set of aerodynamic layout, and blowing holes for Boeing.
The United States also handed over several of its own f-16 fighters to India for evaluation. This is of course killing two birds with one stone. If India wants to introduce it, it is the best. The United States can directly sell it for a lot of money. If India does not introduce it, it can also let India understand The performance of this fighter has an advantage in the confrontation with Pakistan.
And this time, the f-16 fighter jets that attacked Andrei were the aircraft used for these evaluations!
Another purpose of the United States, of course, is to provoke a deeper conflict between the Soviet Union and Pakistan! After all, it is now generally believed that the f-16s in South Asia must have flown from Pakistan! At the beginning, when they just met, Christoph and Andrei thought so.
It's actually India!
All along, busy with global affairs, Andre actually forgot about the "big country" India!
How to do?
"Right now, India's domestic ruler is Rajiv Gandhi, and Indira Gandhi was assassinated last month." Putin continued: "That is to say, if the United States informs India, and India finally It was also the decision made by Indira Gandhi who agreed to attack you. At that time, left-wing forces in India kept rising and demanded to distance themselves from our Soviet Union. However, it is also possible that Indira Gandhi did not know about this, the United States These human fighters did not explain to the Indian government that they were going to intercept them before taking off. After this incident, the Americans were expelled by the Indian government, so this reason may also be true. Of course, there are deeper reasons. For example, at that time, they may have gotten wind that our Soviets are about to have a high-level turmoil. They killed you. Not only will there be no harm, but there may be more benefits, such as maintaining close contact with the newly appointed Soviet general secretary, gaining access to the Soviet Union funding, if that's the case, they made the wrong move."
The time is just right. When Andre was assassinated, it was Indira Gandhi, but now, Indira Gandhi has also been assassinated, and Rajiv Gandhi came to power with the help of his mother's glory.
Now, how should the Soviet Union handle relations with India? Aggressively asking India to blame? A mature politician should not do this. In this way, India can only be completely forced to the side of the United States!
Such an approach is inappropriate for a country with a huge population base. After all, the then leader, Indira Gandhi, is no longer there. And his successor, Rajiv Gandhi, was actually a mediocre guy.
How to pull India over, but also to pit the Indians? In Andre's mind, he instantly remembered some things from later generations. He took it directly and copied it. Indians will definitely be fooled! On the one hand, the relationship between Indians and Americans is disintegrated, and on the other hand, it can also make a fortune from Asan!
"Send an invitation to Rajiv Gandhi to visit Moscow." Andrei said: "If Rajiv dares to come, it means that Rajiv did not know about the last time, and we have a big gift to give to India. "
Andre can use the last incident to attack India and impose sanctions, but the United States must like to see such a situation! Push yourself and America will take over!
Even Pakistan, an ally of the United States, has to win over, let alone India, its own ally! Wrongdoing is forgivable. Just don't make mistakes in the future. Moreover, in Andre's mind, a better punishment has already been thought of!
Invitation from Moscow! After receiving this invitation, Rajiv did not have too many concerns. After all, if he was detained by the other party during an official state visit, or deliberately made things difficult, it would simply be a stain on the history of Soviet diplomacy!
So, at the end of 1984, just a month after Rajiv came to power, he started his first foreign visit. The destination of this visit was Moscow!
In addition to some government officials, there is also the military general, General Kumaramangalam. The reason for bringing him is, of course, because General Kumaramangalam visited a few years ago. Moscow, at that time, had been entertained by Andrei and was considered an acquaintance.
In the Kremlin, Andrei cordially met with the visiting personnel.
"I'm sorry, our general secretary has been recuperating in Crimea because of his willingness." Andrei said: "Only I can represent the Soviet government and warmly welcome everyone who visits."
Rajiv greeted Andrei and asked him to convey his greetings to Andropov This is all courtesy. After all, everyone now knows that since the last Moscow coup, the Soviet in power is the current Marshal Andrei, who is also Andropov's appointed successor.
After the polite words were over, it gradually entered the topic.
"We, the Soviet Union, have always attached great importance to our friendly relationship with India. We cooperate with each other for mutual benefit." Andre said: "For example, in ship construction, we helped you design the Delhi-class destroyer, which is an example of our friendship. ."
Andre's words, of course, contain another layer of meaning. Cooperation, mutual benefit, want the Soviet Union to directly support India, there is no door! The Soviet Union is not taking advantage of it!
The Delhi-class destroyer is really a model. It was designed by Soviet engineers, and the indicators were raised by Indians. Finally, they were built in Indian shipyards. Many of the supporting weapons can be selected from the Soviet arsenal, or by Jointly developed by the Soviet Union and India, this is a new model!
In the past, Indians could only buy ready-made ones, but now, I finally feel the feeling of being a master! If it hadn't been for the Indians to change the design indicators many times and install a large amount of equipment on warships with a displacement of less than 7,000 tons, they would have already entered the construction phase! Even now, Indian shipyards are starting to cut steel plates and start building! Indians regard this as a symbol of autonomy, which is quite high-profile!
And now, Andre's mention, of course, has a profound intention: "However, your navy still lacks large and modern warships, especially the lack of aircraft carriers. Your Vikrant aircraft carrier is too much. It is aging and needs a new aircraft carrier to replace it. We have a plan here, how do you feel about our aircraft carrier Kyiv?"