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1/n. I often see people claiming Russians as true friends of India, French being great ally, Americans a moody girlfriend and so on. But there are a lot of contradictions in each case. Following are some excerpts from From Temples to Turbines by VS Arunachalam.
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Soviets would deny the basic spares of their equipment with one motive being controlling their use by India. USSR/Russia was/is not that different from USA.
This reminds me of the huge number of crashes in past and how India was forced to make a lot of components due to this
3/n
To show their opposition against India developing a local fighter LCA, their Defence Minister personally chided Indian scientists and defence officials.
Considering how KGB had infiltrated Indian regime, pressure on Indian defence organisations can only be imagined.
4/4
Another "ally" France left the project over minor issue.
US agreed to help initially. But after Indian nuke tests, confiscated all Indian test data, equipment & imposed sanctions.
Simple Lesson, "Unless, you're happy being a vassal, there is no alternative for indigenisation"
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