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Russians will continue to sell equipment to India whether the US likes it or not. Sanctioning India is not same as with Turkey. By sheer size, military strength, economy, population, strategic positioning and global clout, an ally of India will be more dominant in the Indo Pacific. Besides...

That is why you co-develop stuff using JV.

Russians make you buy useless crap inorder to facilitate extortion on an astronomical scale. Royalties are paid whenever knock down kits are assembled.

Russia considers India to be a cash cow! Unless India strong arms Russia's financial situation, we get no technology. Only way to get tech is to go for JVs and not outright purchases!

Nope! Take a good look here. https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/indian-air-force-seeks-18-additional-su-30mki-fighters-from-russia-for-new-squadron

Russia also doesn't give full ToT. That's why the Su 57 project / FGFA is in limbo. Nope. We basically do a screwdriver job here. Even nuts and rivets have to be imported along with titanium blocks.

If France wins 114 RFP contract for fighter aircraft then it HAS to allow for limited ToT to ensure serial production. Most of Su 30 MKI and other contacts are license production. Only place India has 100% ToT is in things that it co-develops.

1. Rafale uses RBE2 AESA radar and SNECMA core M88 series engines. 2. Yes they do. We produced Jaguars under license here. Only limitation is money and influence and India has got both. 3. Exactly and that's why we have Russia orders for S400, new upgraded Akula III class submarine, lifetime...

Buying stuff from US gives us negotiations based leverage over Russia and saves us from CATSAA by giving us waivers. It also helps in buying from European weapon manufacturers and suppliers.

Military is pinnacle of available technology and Russians still use vacuum tubes to generate channel frequency in IBRIS and BARS radars while using crude T/R modules in radars. Civilian industry mainly relies on imported cheap Chinese garbage. This is the US ICBM defense strategy. US is...

Russian electronics are generations behind US/Western ones. If Turkey is in NATO then the S400 will inevitably reach US Intel. The SM 6 is a missile designed to take everything on (ships,BM,CM,etc) to a range of almost 460 KM and the SM 3 BLK IIA can take on ICBMs and has a range of 2500 KM...

Aegis Ashore missile defence system in Romania undergoes scheduled update 11 Apr. 2019 | Last updated: 11 Apr. 2019 12:58 NATO’s Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defence site in Romania will undergo a long-planned update this summer. This update, which has been taking place across the Aegis...

Could simply allow the US to get it's hands on the S 400 tech. Meanwhile the USN has SM 3 BLK IIA/B and SM 6 which are generations ahead of even the S 500! The US army has the AMRAAM - ER (NASAM), THAAD and PAC 3 MSE which is about the same as S 400 integrated together...