vishwambhar
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Iran is a not a major power like Turkiye. Turkiye manufactures all the equipment locally while India imports. India is importing ships from Turkiye.
Iran I was talking about logistics advantage being in it's own backyard.....
India is importing some patrol ships but that doesn't mean we need only Turkey for these..... maybe they were the lowest bidder.... apart from this India makes destroyers like vishakhapatanam, kolkata, corvettes like SHIVALIK, nuclear submarines like arihant, building air craft carrier you think we won't be able to make those ships if we want???
I previously said many factors are behind such deals.... maybe our shipyards are fully occupied, maybe Turkish offer is a cheap compared to other countries, even kickbacks can't be denied..... but Turkey is not the end of this world to get these very casual type of ships if we want.....
its same like Pakistan buying yarmook class ships from tiny Romania......