Russia is still India's best bet for defense procurement
These are the difficult times for Russia as it no longer finds itself as singularly favored as it once used to some years ago in milking the lucrative Indian defense market. These are the difficult times for Russia as it no longer finds itself as singularly favored as it once used to some years ago in milking the lucrative Indian defense market. And yet the Russians are the best bet for India when it comes to defense procurement. Here are the glass half-full and glass half-empty pictures for Russia when it comes to doing business wit…
India's $4 bn howitzer gun buying spree
India has begun the process of acquiring howitzer guns of various types. The contracts would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars each and their combined value is likely to be well over a billion dollars. India has begun the process of acquiring howitzer guns of various types. The contracts would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars each and their combined value is likely to be well over a billion dollars. India has set aside $4 billion for its artillery projects, neglected for decades largely due to political controversies a…
India's Naval Aviation: Punching Below Its Weight
Some readers of last week's post on the Indian carrier program contacted me to suggest that I had short changed Indian efforts to develop naval aviation partnerships. Some readers of last week's post on the Indian carrier program contacted me to suggest that I had short changed Indian efforts to develop naval aviation partnerships. In retrospect, I clearly understated the extent to which the Indian Navy has worked with other carrier-operating navies, especially the USN. For example, Indian pilots have been training (with MiG-…
India should lift the lid off Nuclear secrecy
We are just weeks beyond the fifteenth anniversary of the 1998 nuclear tests, and less than a year from the fortieth anniversary of India's 1974 "peaceful nuclear experiment." India is justly proud of what its nuclear scientists have accomplished. We are just weeks beyond the fifteenth anniversary of the 1998 nuclear tests, and less than a year from the fortieth anniversary of India's 1974 "peaceful nuclear experiment." India is justly proud of what its nuclear scientists have accomplished. In the face of …
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