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@pmaitra Sure, no problem. All I'm saying is that Israel's GDP is 330 Billion and US aid to Israel is just 3 Billion. Israel isn't going to wither away if that 3 Billion stops flowing in. They aren't a vassal state. They had even done an airstrike on a US ship that was spying on them. Link ...

@pmaitra Talking of total disappearance makes the thought process a bit too binary. Of course USA will do just fine if Israel is no more. I never suggested that the core tech needed by US is supplied by Israel, just the peripherals. Take a nuanced look at it. The US also needs Israel for other...

IDK how each of us define 'more', but objectively speaking, Israel gets platforms from USA, and USA gets peripherals from Israel. For example, Israel gets F15 from USA but they have made massive mods to the design which even the US is taking notes from. Check this ...

@airtel I never professed friendship with Iran. There is a separate Shia-Sunni conflict thread where a discussion is going on, you can check that : http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/shia-sunni-conflict.74892/ As to your second paragraph, it is full of factual inaccuracies. A hign...

Sorry, my mistake. Thanks for pointing it out. It is Aero turboshaft engine, not Kaveri engine. Kaveri is a gas turbine engine project which is separate from Aero turboshaft helicopter engine. I apologize to all forum members for creating confusion. Anyway, Kaveri is being used for other...

@pmaitra The reason I asked is because the Israelis have a shoddy history with weapons development contracts. Before the Iranian revolution, Israel was good friends with the previous Shah regime, they even had joint missile development contracts with them, exactly the kind they have with us now...

Any news on what % of the whole system (Radar-Missile-Software) is indegenous in this Indo-Israeli partnership?