For a long time, the "achievements" shown by India's military industry have shocked the global military industry for a long time. However, in the face of a series of accidents such as aircraft maintenance with a high failure rate and ship maintenance with a high accident rate, the Americans chose to turn a blind eye in order to win over India. Just a few days ago, Americans who do not believe in evil made a decision that "disobeys their ancestors" and may even regret it for the rest of their lives.
In the past few days, a number of Indian media, such as the "Eurasian Times" and "The Hindu", have been frantically touting the prospects and benefits of US-India cooperation, just like the Chinese New Year. This is because the state-owned Cochin Shipyard Co., Ltd., located in Kerala, southwest of India and in the direction of the Indian Ocean, has signed a "Ship Maintenance Qualification Certification" with the U.S. Navy. It also means that India's largest shipbuilding and repair company will become the main shipyard for the U.S. military's naval maintenance in the Indo-Pacific region in the future. Against the backdrop of the withering of the domestic shipbuilding industry in the United States, the decision of the United States is very helpless and glaring.
I went to check, and the contracted shipyard "State-owned Cochin Shipyard Co., Ltd." in India still has something. India's first domestically built aircraft carrier "Vikrant", which was ridiculed in various ways, was built by this shipyard. There have been 20 years of experience in grinding a "ship", and a series of strange things have happened.
One of the more legendary things is the "security experience". At that time, in order to "catch up with the progress," the Indians hurriedly arranged for the launch of the aircraft carrier, but the superstructure and power system could not be completed, and they could not build it themselves, so they had to wait for overseas procurement. And then it was built one after another, and the construction stopped. After that, it stopped at the port for about 9 years before it was completely completed. As a result, when someone remembered to go up and check, they found that the computers, hard disks and other things in the aircraft carrier had all been stolen.
Another legendary accident is the "manure pit explosion". It's not a metaphor or anything, it's really a dung pit blown up. On February 13, 2018, the Cochin shipyard in India has been hoarding toilet feces in the pipes because of sewer problems. According to the Indian investigation report, more than 200 tons of excrement were not cleaned up in time, resulting in the explosion and combustion of biogas. Of the 16 dead, 5 were suffocated by the smell, and of course, the official version is "death by suffocation". Think about it, more than 200 tons of excrement exploded, what kind of scene it was, it was overwhelming.
It is difficult for such a "legendary" shipyard to be selected by the United States, but it is difficult for those front-line officers and soldiers of the US army. In the future, if the "legend" of the past appears on the warships of the US military, and then directly damages the combat strength of the US military in the Asia-Pacific region, I wonder if Biden and his gang will regret it for the rest of their lives.
Of course, intuitively speaking, the Americans chose to build warships in India, and they certainly did not go for India's maintenance technology. The first point, which is also the most intuitive, is that the United States is really preparing to fight a high-intensity war in the western Pacific and the Indian Ocean, so it will arrange and deploy the nearest shipyard to maintain it. Three shipyards in India have already signed orders with the United States.
The second point is that in order to monopolize military orders, the military shipyards in the United States have made a legal clause, and usually these tasks will not be handed over to other shipyards and countries. But now he has to make the decision to "go against his ancestors" and choose to cooperate with shipyards in Japan and India. This also reflects that the United States is already powerless in the face of the hollowing out of its own industry and the decline of its manufacturing industry, which has brought about the withering of the shipbuilding industry. Thirdly, this purpose is more insidious. India has given the United States to repair warships, so once China and the United States go to war, China will not be able to let these repair points go unchecked. As a result, India will inevitably be dragged down by the United States.