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Lack of veto or strategic partnership etc, is not necessarily any deal breaker....as we have enough going on with France more broadly. We should do this by the book as far as possible given the size of this and also we need the best deal possible. So I just dont think the Germans, Koreans or...

Indian Economy just needs to get lot bigger and broader...given its population. There is only so much that can be done without that raw sustenance. Economic heft just does things no amount of words and finesse etc can do (rather that should come after to help it...rather than other way around...

Guys, I would also not write off South Koreans here, let us see how RFP downselection goes (and if they say combine an effort with Germans in some regard given how they have collaborated in proven sizeable way). Remember South Korea has the only proven SSK design commited to, manufactured and...

Yeah so using your argument, NOT selecting Barracuda-SSK (like RAN can afford to, but we simply cannot).... would be step in right direction in getting more capacity for every rupee on the final bill. Its highly non-ideal situation for sure as much as we can project/analyse in first half of...

Yah but I mean more from why arab countries would approach US geopolitical umbrella on it as "the go to". For one, you get France and UK kind of automatically thrown in (among P5) if done that way. This stuff is de jure not necessary (NPT itself is very grey in lot of definitions, so IAEA has...

This project is ongoing: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hindustan-shipyard-to-build-5-naval-support-vessels-with-turkish-help-101614007642406.html

It can go further in another driver aspect, because there is fairly large trade surplus in India's favour each year....about 6 - 7 billion yearly in last couple years before covid crisis. This means by economics.... there is inherent price-competitive advantage (currently) that Turkey would...

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Interesting throwback article (from 1980) to see some of the genesis of the issues downstream now: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/defence/story/19801231-decision-to-buy-soviet-t-72-as-main-battle-tank-highlights-glaring-muddle-in-indias-defence-expenditure-773651-2013-12-02

I suppose because they are all NPT signatories, following current regime of IAEA safeguards (as far as current thresholds/standards of recognized peaceful activity). US would be crucial P5 vote (or geopolitical support in general) on proposing exceptions and making changes to that etc.

New Delhi: Malaysia's Air Force scrambled jets and the Foreign Ministry summoned China's envoy to explain an "intrusion" by 16 Air Force transport planes into its airspace. Malaysian Academic and Security Analyst Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady explains the reactions after the Southeast Asian country's...

Related developments to this decision: 1) https://defencehub.live/threads/indian-economy-infra-archive.532/page-9#post-80946 2)...

Next to zero. Its too expensive for India for what you get. Even Australia (far more developed and fiscally resourced than India) is struggling to justify its selection....and look at the delays/doubts there too (and more costs on that coming up inevitably). Barracuda only really makes sense...

Simple, Brazil is in middle income trap largely by the huge level of deep corruption that has beset lot of economic sectors that are sensitive to that kind of thing for innovation and growth. Brazil is very capable country industrially if it surmounts that kind of thing (Embraer and other names...

Typical media rent-a-con-omists like Mihir Sharma are attuned to wokism and the polarised-gotcha cherrypicking associated with that....knowing large audiences/mobs snap that all up with no actual understanding. It is nothing new from their end. In the end, the real question should be why does...