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S-400 deal may shatter India’s Indo-Pacific advantage i.mdnalapat.com/tsg05052019 (05 May 2019)
In the case of India, going ahead with the S-400 purchase would foreclose any high-octane defence cooperation between India and the US in an era when Washington is on the cusp of unveiling its Indo-Pacific strategy at the forthcoming Shangri-la dialogue... .
🇷🇺 has become the most important military and civilian ally of 🇨🇳, which remains tethered to 🇵🇰 in its South Asia orientation. This being the case,allowing Moscow to access every byte of significant defence-related data has a different connotation than during the Cold War period.
In 2019, it will be India (through purchase of the S-400) that would select 🇷🇺 over 🇺🇸 as the anchor ally in matters of national defence, bypassing the reality of the 🇷🇺🇨🇳
military alliance that is gaining traction by the day as a force countering the US in theatres across 🌍.
military alliance that is gaining traction by the day as a force countering the US in theatres across 🌍.
Lockheed Martin is at present willing to transfer its entire F-16 assembly line to India,& such a move would soon be followed by the transfer of F-35 to 🇮🇳, an aircraft that is competitive in price & performance with those on offer by 🇫🇷, the European consortium& 🇷🇺.
(5 May 2019)
(5 May 2019)
Indeed, there is a strong undercurrent of support for a robust security & defence relationship between India & the US, & should such a moment be seized, among the early harvests would be the formal designation of India by the US Congress as a US ally on the same footing as NATO.
