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no official source, second hand information and from pre-signing of the deal. https://missilethreat.csis.org/india-forks-over-800-million-to-russia-in-s-400-down-payment/

Putin and Biden has a phone call tomorrow, can be seen in that context. everyone has to look after their own self-interest.

whenever I read such comments on macron, first thing that pops up in my head is this image

China is a bigger client to Russia than India.

didn’t the first S400 first delivery of Chinese consignment sink somewhere?

the post is not about comparing THAAD and S-400, i'm elaborating on a statement made by a US general to a senate committee hearing about difference in doctrine. it's been a few months, so finding the exact statement would be like finding a needle in a haystack among the narrative bombardment...

Looks like attempt being made to coincide delivery with US elections. US election date Nov 2020. But I doubt Russia will agree, Russia would like friction between US and India.

Not saying your points are not valid.........

5 batteries of S-400. Decision to buy S-400 is a 6-7 year old decision, process got delayed because of multiple factors including American pressure. Indian airforce’s confidence in LCA is a recent phenomenon, mostly because of initiatives taken by manohar Parrikar. When you rewind the...

Two things: 1) if we go by the hungama the pakis have created for downing their F-16, it’s clear they worry more about their image than loss of their assets(both man and equipment). since S-400 is a defensive systems, chances of Paki deploying anything against it remote. 2) it looks like...

And guess what, his surname is Yechuri............

Yup, this is the reason I specifically mentioned American equipment. I wonder if there is an American law preventing them from doing that.

the "burning" part is a sales pitch. the fact that they are not able to sell is a flaw in their sales pitch. are there any adversarial countries which have American fighter jets against each other? They don't want to let go of pakistan, and yet they want sell us their fighters? how does that...

We are giving too much importance to this... CAATSA is their own creation, let them deal with it. CAATSA does not designed against countries, rather for pushing banking institutions. If we go ahead, what will they do? Stop selling us military equipment? It’s their problem not ours. Just...

You are digressing.... What are all currencies in the world pegged against ? $ What is the most preferred currency by all central banks across the world, in terms of their reserves? $ What is the currency in which all economies report their GDP, other than their own? $ Who controls the...

$ based global economy... Is there an alternative to it at the moment? And also the fact that all senior PMO economic advisors are US based. India is more integrated into the US economy than we think.

You are forgetting one factor that delays defence acquisitions, earlier when a deal is in final phases of tender process someone or the other would raise objections and it takes years to clear those objections. Objections are raised by both foreign and domestic players.

Just curious, have you ever travelled in those rusty accident prone old state transport busses(they were in use till early 90’s)? On the aspect of country punching above our weight was valid until mid 80’s, up until Indira Gandhi’s death in 84 even congress was a nationalist party. It’s only...

Sirji... you are forgetting one thing... we never had enough money to buy shiny toys prior to 2000's... whatever we got before that was mainly because of cold war. if i am not wrong, some payments for russian military equipment was done in the from of rice and wheat in 60's and 70's...

Nope... diplomats past and present have done their job and they can’t be blamed. They did what they can, given the limitations they were presented with. We should not forget that the India we see today is very much different from India pre-2000. At this point in time there is nothing to...