Wood
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I disagree to the idea that international relationships are 'friendships'. If India stops buying Russian arms because of an increase in local defense industry production, I can see the possibility of Russia selling fighter jets to Pakistan. International alliances should be decided by forecasting long terms interests of prospective partners. Engage and disengage with other countries based on how this forecast changes.Abandoning your friends as soon as they are no longer of use may give you short term gains, but it erodes long term credibility. No country will ever feel safe as an ally of US. As such, no long term commitments can be made.
Interoperability does not always mean boots on ground (in Indian theater). If India is not willing to commit troops on ground for US, then obviously there is no reason for US to do the same. Besides, I don't think any other foreign military will do well in the high altitude mountainous war far in this region. Inter-operability could be mutual defense operations in high seas, sharing strategic offensive weapon technologies, etc. There are plenty of such tech. and weapons systems that US does not wish to share with India with the current level of partnership. While some may think that India can develop these technologies indigenously, I'm skeptical about the timely availability and relative quality of non-US tech. (compared to Chinese weaponry).With an adversary such as China, if India is running a defensive war, we would not need US. US will never provide boots on the ground help to India. They may provide intelligence, tech and equipment help.
Tell me what more can we get from US by completely entering its camp, which we are not getting already.