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  1. pmaitra

    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    Facts lie in the past. Hypotheses and speculation about New World Order lie in the future. New World Order is in the making. We don't know what is going to happen in the future. I am not blind to hypothesis, and I am not blind to know that an untested hypothesis is just that, an untested hypothesis.
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    Whenever I see posts like this, I know there is no counter point.
  3. pmaitra

    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    Another person's stupidity is in the eyes of the beholder. After the US refusal to help us in 1962 and on top of that, stopping us from using air power, I am not so optimistic. What you are saying is your personal opinion, and a hypothesis. This hypothesis is untested. The only way to validate...
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    History proves that the US uses regimes and dictators to further their own goals and then spits them out when their use is no more. It is mind boggling to see that some people still believe in the pipe dream that the US will help India contain PRC. People who don't learn form history are...
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    Thanks @Yumdoot. I stand corrected. Yes, there are friendship prices at times.
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    Good and well argued post. I will add one thing though. Just like you correctly said PRC does not give out free money, I am quite convinced that neither will Russia give free money. Russia has, in the past, sold Mil-17 transport helicopters to Pakistan, but they made sure they were paid for in...
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    The Central Asian market is well supplied by Chinese products. Where do Indian products stand in comparison? I do not foresee any significant departure from fossil fuels in the next half a century. Nuclear power will continue to gain importance. Russia will never give aid to Pakistan. Russia...
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    Trade. Central Asia offers a good market for Indian goods. On top of that, it can be a transit for Indian goods all the way to Russia, while India can import oil, gas, and uranium from Russia and Kazakhstan, instead of having to have them shipped along sail routes potentially vulnerable to PLAAN...
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    Getting GB and PoK back will also cut off the physical connection between PRC and Pakistan. Iran route is longer and adds another country to the list of countries we have to cover to reach Central Asia, but transit to Russia's Astrakhan is easier via Iran, and India is already setting up a...
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    The Real Reason Russia is Warming Up to Pakistan

    As India makes rapid strides towards indigenization, Russia will find it hard to sell Russian arms to India. Pakistan, on the other hand, is likely to need foreign weapons for some time to come. Pakistan will always have access to some type of Russian origin weapons, if not Russian weapons, and...
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