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The five war toys India and China have in common
India and China are military competitors and share a 4000-km disputed border. But they have a lot in common when it comes to Soviet-origin military hardware.
1. The AK-56
Sanjay Dutt is now serving a four-year jail sentence for possessing an AK-56′ assault rifle. Like the mythical unicorn, the AK-56′ doesnt exist.
This Indianism is actually used to refer to the Chinese-built Type 56′ assault rifle, a copy of the Avtomat Kalashnikov (automatic Kalashnikov) rifle, designs of which were transferred to China by the former Soviet Union in the 1950s.
Today, they are the most widely used assault rifles in the world with over 15 million 56s being produced. Hundreds of thousands have surfaced in India since the Punjab militancy of the 1980s. Vast numbers of captured Type 56 rifles are used by police, paramilitary and army units in India.
2. Kilo Class Submarine
China is the worlds largest operator of the Russian-built Kilo class submarine, also known by its project number 877 EKM.It has 12 Kilo class submarines, while the Indian Navy operates 10 Kilo class submarines of the Sindhu series, purchased between 1985 and 2000.
3. Sukhoi Su-27/30
The Chinese were the first to buy Russias frontline Su-27 fighter aircraft in 1992. Today, it has over 250 Su-27 variants and license-builds them as the Shenyan J-11.India developed the Su-30 from the twin-seat trainer variant of the Su-27 and will have 272 Su-30s by the end of the decade.
4. Aircraft Carriers
Both, Chinas new aircraft carrier Liaoning (ex-Varyag, ex-Riga) and the Indian Navys Vikramaditya (ex-Gorshkov, ex-Baku) were built in the same Soviet shipyard, the Black Sea Shipyard in present day Ukraine.The Gorshkov was commissioned as the Baku in 1987; the Riga (later Varyag) was launched in 1988 but never completed.The Baku (later Gorshkov) saw limited service in the Soviet and later Russian Navy before being sold to India in 2003. The Chinese bought the Varyag for scrap in 1998.
5. Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Both, India and China use the Russian 3M54 Klub (NATO designation SSN-27 Sizzler) supersonic cruise missile. The missile has a range of over 200 km and is launched from Kilo class submarines. It flies at sub-sonic speed but emits a supersonic dart in its final stage.The Indian Navy uses them on its three Talwar class frigates and three Shivalik class frigates. It also has a land-attack variant of the Klub missile, fired from ships and submarines.
The five war toys India and China have in common | idrw.org
India and China are military competitors and share a 4000-km disputed border. But they have a lot in common when it comes to Soviet-origin military hardware.
1. The AK-56
Sanjay Dutt is now serving a four-year jail sentence for possessing an AK-56′ assault rifle. Like the mythical unicorn, the AK-56′ doesnt exist.
This Indianism is actually used to refer to the Chinese-built Type 56′ assault rifle, a copy of the Avtomat Kalashnikov (automatic Kalashnikov) rifle, designs of which were transferred to China by the former Soviet Union in the 1950s.
Today, they are the most widely used assault rifles in the world with over 15 million 56s being produced. Hundreds of thousands have surfaced in India since the Punjab militancy of the 1980s. Vast numbers of captured Type 56 rifles are used by police, paramilitary and army units in India.
2. Kilo Class Submarine
China is the worlds largest operator of the Russian-built Kilo class submarine, also known by its project number 877 EKM.It has 12 Kilo class submarines, while the Indian Navy operates 10 Kilo class submarines of the Sindhu series, purchased between 1985 and 2000.
3. Sukhoi Su-27/30
The Chinese were the first to buy Russias frontline Su-27 fighter aircraft in 1992. Today, it has over 250 Su-27 variants and license-builds them as the Shenyan J-11.India developed the Su-30 from the twin-seat trainer variant of the Su-27 and will have 272 Su-30s by the end of the decade.
4. Aircraft Carriers
Both, Chinas new aircraft carrier Liaoning (ex-Varyag, ex-Riga) and the Indian Navys Vikramaditya (ex-Gorshkov, ex-Baku) were built in the same Soviet shipyard, the Black Sea Shipyard in present day Ukraine.The Gorshkov was commissioned as the Baku in 1987; the Riga (later Varyag) was launched in 1988 but never completed.The Baku (later Gorshkov) saw limited service in the Soviet and later Russian Navy before being sold to India in 2003. The Chinese bought the Varyag for scrap in 1998.
5. Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Both, India and China use the Russian 3M54 Klub (NATO designation SSN-27 Sizzler) supersonic cruise missile. The missile has a range of over 200 km and is launched from Kilo class submarines. It flies at sub-sonic speed but emits a supersonic dart in its final stage.The Indian Navy uses them on its three Talwar class frigates and three Shivalik class frigates. It also has a land-attack variant of the Klub missile, fired from ships and submarines.
The five war toys India and China have in common | idrw.org
