As far as I can say...
If India moves away... Let us imagine what will happen to the coffin Mig21, Mig27, Fulcrum A (upgrade?), and the few hundred MKI which need maintenance like no other. Kilo subs are history after the "accident". Ghorskov will never become Indian cause Russia needs it. It surely becomes more expensive. And we have seen the price change of the latest mig offer... As far as Russia goes... India is no longer preferred customer. And Russia does no longer need a preferred customer cause it can finance its own developments...
As far moving towards US products... Major headache for a force that hardly can maintain rugged Russian equipment. And let us see how they can handle the strings... As long as they do not get F35 or F22 we can sleep as usual.
And even then the know that they can talk about building starwars or ground based shield... They will never be able to do such thing if others are spending billions without 100% hit rate. India know that it no longer can threat militarily. That is the reason it makes so much propaganda. And all I can say... Barking dogs never bite.
India plays the big card for everything. They set parameters that high they never can reach... For a nations that sees itself as a superpower they should understand that it dos not only comes with responsibilities but also ability to handle technology. That is entirily different then running a helpdesk. Maybe the Indian need a helpdesk for everything, how else are they such a big player in that section?
If India moves away... Let us imagine what will happen to the coffin Mig21, Mig27, Fulcrum A (upgrade?), and the few hundred MKI which need maintenance like no other. Kilo subs are history after the "accident". Ghorskov will never become Indian cause Russia needs it. It surely becomes more expensive. And we have seen the price change of the latest mig offer... As far as Russia goes... India is no longer preferred customer. And Russia does no longer need a preferred customer cause it can finance its own developments...
As far moving towards US products... Major headache for a force that hardly can maintain rugged Russian equipment. And let us see how they can handle the strings... As long as they do not get F35 or F22 we can sleep as usual.
And even then the know that they can talk about building starwars or ground based shield... They will never be able to do such thing if others are spending billions without 100% hit rate. India know that it no longer can threat militarily. That is the reason it makes so much propaganda. And all I can say... Barking dogs never bite.
India plays the big card for everything. They set parameters that high they never can reach... For a nations that sees itself as a superpower they should understand that it dos not only comes with responsibilities but also ability to handle technology. That is entirily different then running a helpdesk. Maybe the Indian need a helpdesk for everything, how else are they such a big player in that section?