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Israel worried as the administration woos India, its top defense market

Officials said the Defense Ministry and major companies have been closely monitoring the U.S. marketing drive in India.

In November, President Barack Obama met Indian leaders and was said to have reached an understanding that could result in billions of dollars worth of U.S. defense sales to New Dehli.

"Obama is embracing the Indian prime minister and $40 to $50 billion worth of deals are being wrapped up in one shot," Israel Aerospace Industries president Itzhak Nissan said. "We don't have such personalities."

India has been reported to be Israel's largest defense market, with more than $1 billion in annual sales. IAI was said to dominate the Israeli defense presence in New Dehli and was concluding a $1.1 billion project of airborne early-warning and control aircraft to the Indian Air Force.

Officials said IAI and other major defense companies have been urging the Defense Ministry to ease export controls. They said the new controls, demanded by the United States in 2005, were hampering marketing and technology transfer required to maintain exports.

"Free competition is the key to success," Nissan told an aerospace conference on Nov. 15. "Regulations must be employed for special cases and not to hamper initiative."

Nissan and other defense chiefs said the United States and European Union would intensify marketing in third countries amid the reduction of defense budgets at home. They said this would require coordination between Israeli companies as well as a rapid licensing process.

"The main problem is coping with the giants," Nissan said. "They are becoming very hungry."
 
Israel worried as the administration woos India, its top defense market

Officials said the Defense Ministry and major companies have been closely monitoring the U.S. marketing drive in India.

In November, President Barack Obama met Indian leaders and was said to have reached an understanding that could result in billions of dollars worth of U.S. defense sales to New Dehli.

"Obama is embracing the Indian prime minister and $40 to $50 billion worth of deals are being wrapped up in one shot," Israel Aerospace Industries president Itzhak Nissan said. "We don't have such personalities."

India has been reported to be Israel's largest defense market, with more than $1 billion in annual sales. IAI was said to dominate the Israeli defense presence in New Dehli and was concluding a $1.1 billion project of airborne early-warning and control aircraft to the Indian Air Force.

Officials said IAI and other major defense companies have been urging the Defense Ministry to ease export controls. They said the new controls, demanded by the United States in 2005, were hampering marketing and technology transfer required to maintain exports.

"Free competition is the key to success," Nissan told an aerospace conference on Nov. 15. "Regulations must be employed for special cases and not to hamper initiative."

Nissan and other defense chiefs said the United States and European Union would intensify marketing in third countries amid the reduction of defense budgets at home. They said this would require coordination between Israeli companies as well as a rapid licensing process.

"The main problem is coping with the giants," Nissan said. "They are becoming very hungry."

There are somethings that US will not give us and Russians dont have or their quality is not on par with Israel's.

So dont worry,Your market is still there...Israel. :D
 
gone are those days were india was pro soviet in buying weapons .these days india i looking for good partners and reaching its hands out..if isreal has to offer good weapons in future ,as they usually do , we are there to buy them..!!
 
india is not signing cismoa so all high tech equipment will b bought from israel and france
 
So are we going to see some tension between Israel and US over this ?
 
So are we going to see some tension between Israel and US over this ?

Doubtful it's easy to calm down Israel:

 
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Israel could explore the Pakistani market indirectly through china..will keep the Arabis happy while fulfilling our needs.
 
Israel could explore the Pakistani market indirectly through china..will keep the Arabis happy while fulfilling our needs.
That is where it has constraints about--- you see, US invests half the money in all their fancy projects and that is where China's access shuts. Besides, Chinese already are almost self-reliant.

After being aware of so much hatred being spewed on against them(here) and condemning, cursing and hating them at political level, you fancy them to sell you weapons?

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Our demand for technology is huge enough for them to be satisfied. Despite this report, Iron Dome is in talks till Pradyumn ABM shield gets ready in 2014-15.
 
That is where it has constraints about--- you see, US invests half the money in all their fancy projects and that is where China's access shuts. Besides, Chinese already are almost self-reliant.

After being aware of so much hatred being spewed on against them(here) and condemning, cursing and hating them at political level, you fancy them to sell you weapons?


---------- Post added at 08:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:36 PM ----------

Our demand for technology is huge enough for them to be satisfied. Despite this report, Iron Dome is in talks till Pradyumn ABM shield gets ready in 2014-15.

well they are hated almost every where,, about selling weapons to Pakistan i guess every things fare in love and war..
 

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