ShapurII
Trusted Member
When did I say they were turbofan engines? I said cutting-edge gas turbines. You can read it again. I'm not responsible for your misunderstanding, bro.These are not the turbofan engines used in planes but pipeline turbines and are vastly different.
I wish all the best for your aerospace industry, but do you consider Operation Sindoor a success?India manufactures Su30 completely in house. But India has its own strategic needs to buy foreign jets for various reasons. Naturally, being a new jet, India would have liked to test Rafale's capabilities and fielded it in the frontlines. Tejas & Su30 have too many Indian technology which can be leaked if it falls in enemy territory. This is another concern for not using then in frontlines but only from a distance. India hasn't lost any wars. So, I don't understand your point of not winning any
Arabs (Saudi Arabia and Iraq) export 5 million barrels per day. That's about half of the Chinese oil imports (excluding Iran figures which is confidential). It is nothing that Iran, Venezuela and Russia cannot compensate. In fact, before China switched sides, Iran used to be a major exporter of oil to China and in some years, Iran was the first exporter of oil to China. So, nothing will stop if Saudi Arabia or Iraq decides to stop the flow of oil to China. That invalidates your analysis.The numbers don't tell everything. If Arab oil flows stop, other industries will also stop. So, it is the criticality of oil supply rather than the dollar figures. Also, the Arab oil is not really priced at $70 but there are indirect agreements to share some surplus trade wealth to Arabs so that they get more than $70 for oil but doesn't put direct price burden on manufacturers & involves risk sharing. Similarly, USA is likely required to print some dollars and hand it to offshore accounts of Arabs as part of petrodollars. Due to secrecy, none of the details will be given out.
In short, yes, Arabs have greater control on on Chinese economy due to the actual value of oil being $200+ per barrel in terms of its utility. This is also how Saudis & GCC states maintain trillions in PIF after doling out investments, remittance etc to dozens of countries like India, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Africa etc despite surplus balance of payments not accounting to that much.










