wow, would NSG have the final say?
I believe yes. Even India didn't have the fuel to run its plants optimally uptil now.
wats with russia and pak's new found friendship?
No friendship imo. Probably a belligerent statement aimed at US rather than us.
You put a defence shield, damn we will give terrorists bombs kind a statement.
Assuming the diplomatic sources are true. Even if Russia sells, Pak will not have access to fuel but Pak and Chinese can potentially clone the nuclear designs which no one will want.
it started with Putin with the J-10 engine ok .
Sir, JF17 engines. They are essentially Russian engines with many Chinese parts but key alloys/materials/tech is Russian. I believe this Jf17 deal could actually have helped us.
As is with the US India friendship and nuke deal
Sir doesn't make sense. Pakistan is no India, Russia is no US. I reckon Russia will make more money from the Indo-US nuclear deal than the Americans.
Putin playing the Pakistan Card to get India out from the USA's alliance.
No way. Even if Russia sells Pakistan reactors fine but who will sell Pakistan fuel ? This is like stealing money from a beggar :blum3: And Russia will not do well to sell its tech to Pakistan for Chinese to ape. Indian-Russian nuclear co-operation is extensive.
ahaa....did our increasing defence ties israel also help create this new 'friendship'? I thought their was lot mistrust between russia and pak, no?
correct, Pakistan is also known for support to Chechen insurgency and for supporting Afghan mujahids during Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Pakistan is not going far with Russia, Pakistan is not a cash customer, Russia does want to give freebies or take on debt.
Spot on sir. Russia will not risk their excellent relations & $ market with India for Pakistan.
I think also to retain Indian defence Market, as they face stiff competitions from the European, Israeli, US , French companies. They lost a chunk of market share to Israel and to the USA, P8I , Phalcon are the examples.
Soviet was a generous supplier. With Russia we were a generous buyer.
Currently Russia knows it cannot supply or meet our needs, where it can we buy from Russia.
Joint developments and partnerships that we have with Russia will ensure our close friendships.