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Non alignment policy is a sham. No one was neutral barring the Scandinavians perhaps. What remains to be seen is that these agreements are not the typical one sided deals US coerces it's "allies" to make

Which the Congress won't. They'll keep pushing f16 because Lockheed pays them better and it's not for the defense of their country so it's a non issue

US aircrafts used by India are not frontline equipment. US has always sided with Pakistan for reasons that never existed. These difficulties have to be overcome and Obama did a great deal to that end. But it remains to be seen what course Trump would take which doesn't look promising as of now.

US is yet to demonstrate it's sincerity in Indo US relations. If these remain uncertain it certainly won't help. If US imposed sanctions on us during a war for our survival, no matter what weapons they sell us would prove useless. Not saying we can't buy from the US but frontline military tech...

With the mess of T90, sukhoi & mig we have won 4 battles and the Pakistanis with superior us tech lost all of them. Not to mention US itself has not won any war decisively since ww2. Pouring billions alone can't secure national interests. Makes great sense to have few reliable partners rather...

US & it's allies were made to go for f-35. F22 was a good fighter and basis for f-35 was non existent. Idea of siding with US camp meant putting up with such blunders. Unlike the US & it's allies India doesn't invade and hence requirements are different. We would possibly lose Iran and Russia...