Russian plane still comes with CAATSA and Lithuanian lectures. So leverage isn't big.
Indian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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The Indian Ministry of Defense announced the first test launch of the Indian medium-range Agni-Prime missile from a rail launcher. Agni-Prime is a two-stage, medium-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile. The solid-fuel, two-stage Agni-Prime missile weighs 11 tons and has a warhead estimated to weigh up to 3,000 kg. The missile is 10.5 meters long and has a range of up to 2,000 km. This is the sixth launch of the missile; the first test launch of Agni-Prime took place in June 2021. Rail-based missile systems are in service with Russia, the United States, and China.
As if the Indians care about CAATSA. They bought the S-400. And let us not even talk about non entities like the Balts.
Given how indian procurement of Russian arms tanked since that deal - they do.
And Russia connections are perhaps the main venue of attack on India in the first place. Biden did it subtle, Trump - openly.
The Indians always bought from multiple vendors. They got the Mirage 2000 and Jaguar for example.
They got the FN FAL instead of the AK-47. In fact they only got an AK production license quite recently.
They did not buy from the US until recently but they used to be banned from getting US weapons before.
Tejas update!
I know it's easy to make fun of the Indians, but honestly, the only way out for them is to build their own stuff. Otherwise they will be stuck buying other people's expensive toys forever.
As a refresher: The Tejas Mk1A was not originally planned. The IAF had assumed they would skip straight to Tejas Mk2 from Mk1. The Mk1A was a compromise solution conceived in 2015, with numerous improvements over the first generation Tejas. The reason given was that making too many changes to Mk2 would be expensive. So better build on an existing platform. Think of it as a stop-gap measure.
The first flight was assumed to be in 2022 according to the original plan. Sources to the paper claim that the IAF will get first deliveries H1 of 2026.
But today's deal is another batch. These are supposed to be delivered later: 2027-2028.
So summing it up, the IAF has now ordered 180 Mk1A. That's quite a lot for a "stop-gap solution". On top of this, work is progressing with Tejas Mk2 and of course AMCA.
I know it's easy to make fun of the Indians, but honestly, the only way out for them is to build their own stuff. Otherwise they will be stuck buying other people's expensive toys forever.
As a refresher: The Tejas Mk1A was not originally planned. The IAF had assumed they would skip straight to Tejas Mk2 from Mk1. The Mk1A was a compromise solution conceived in 2015, with numerous improvements over the first generation Tejas. The reason given was that making too many changes to Mk2 would be expensive. So better build on an existing platform. Think of it as a stop-gap measure.
The first flight was assumed to be in 2022 according to the original plan. Sources to the paper claim that the IAF will get first deliveries H1 of 2026.
But today's deal is another batch. These are supposed to be delivered later: 2027-2028.
So summing it up, the IAF has now ordered 180 Mk1A. That's quite a lot for a "stop-gap solution". On top of this, work is progressing with Tejas Mk2 and of course AMCA.
Hoping that they will get their engines in time and not getting sanctioned on top of having lags in deliveries.
There's no incentive for ToT with India, especially an India with an unstable political alignment. Imo Indians should've kept quiet with the "made in India" scheme they've been parroting openly for the past 10 years which basically comes down to "give us the tech so we never have to purchase from you again", and I'm sure Russia has learned from China's development of the J-series. Both for France and Russia, India is a cash cow to be milked.
And give artillery to Nepal. With the height advantage, just mortars will do.
That was in 1990s. Different time, when China was still reliant on Russia. To keep India as a partner, giving ToT is obviously not a good idea.