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If I remember correctly from earlier new stories, there was talk of transferring the entire production line not just the assembly line. I may have misread something here, so please correct me if I am wrong. But transferring just the assembly line seems a bit weird. How inconvenient would it be to transport critical technology half way around the world, just to get it assembled in India? And if the pacific ocean route is taken, that makes the supply chain vulnerable to China, whereas the atlantic ocean route makes it vulnerable to Al-Qaeda pirate around the horn of Africa, and Iran (and by association, Russia) in the Arabian sea.
US never transfered critical technologies to even its NATO allies. Japan was forced to adopt its own radar and other critical systems on F16s after US refused TOT for radar and engiene. If there is a TOT then it will be partial excluding critical components such as radars. American might want Indians as lap dogs but they are also vary of their connections with Russians in defense industry.