Islamabad thought that the bilateral defence pact signed with US would compel Washington to aid them in war with India, but it was just an Executive Agreement.
Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
There is no point in cribbing as is usual in India’s strategic experts, particularly when Modi government signs some agreement with US! We all know the limitations of the these foundational agreements and in spite of our differences with USA, we need USA now to help us tackle China menace. As regards Pakistan, we really do not need much help from USA and once S 400 is operational, PAF will become largely defunct. And if India can take care of China, Pakistan will be automatically sorted.
We should now look forward to a China specific defense pact with USA and formalize the Quad.
The moment Pakistan is used to support it the argument is lost. No country irrespective of what kind of relationship had existed, would come to the aid of Pakistan in 1971, when it was committing genocide against its own people. Even China refused to get involved despite Kissinger pleading with it. However the case would have been completely different if India had been the aggressor invading Pakistan. In that scenario the reaction of the US would more accurately reflect the strength of the relationship. Since that wasn’t the case we shall never know. What we do know is that Pakistan’s relationship with the US bolstered both it’s military capabilities as well as it’s dysfunctional economy. To the extent that Pakistan could more then stand up to India, the much larger country. Pakistan’s relationship with the US proves exactly the opposite of what the author is arguing, notwithstanding 1971. China itself made all it’s amazing progress only after entering into an alliance with the US in the 1960s
There is no point in cribbing as is usual in India’s strategic experts, particularly when Modi government signs some agreement with US! We all know the limitations of the these foundational agreements and in spite of our differences with USA, we need USA now to help us tackle China menace. As regards Pakistan, we really do not need much help from USA and once S 400 is operational, PAF will become largely defunct. And if India can take care of China, Pakistan will be automatically sorted.
We should now look forward to a China specific defense pact with USA and formalize the Quad.
US will kill many birds with one stone.
First it will able to replace Russia as major weapon seller, while making Russia view india differently as a new mini-Nato threat than ally.
It will then fight China to last Indian, destroying both potential challengers to its unipolar hegemony to halt Asia century.
The moment Pakistan is used to support it the argument is lost. No country irrespective of what kind of relationship had existed, would come to the aid of Pakistan in 1971, when it was committing genocide against its own people. Even China refused to get involved despite Kissinger pleading with it. However the case would have been completely different if India had been the aggressor invading Pakistan. In that scenario the reaction of the US would more accurately reflect the strength of the relationship. Since that wasn’t the case we shall never know. What we do know is that Pakistan’s relationship with the US bolstered both it’s military capabilities as well as it’s dysfunctional economy. To the extent that Pakistan could more then stand up to India, the much larger country. Pakistan’s relationship with the US proves exactly the opposite of what the author is arguing, notwithstanding 1971. China itself made all it’s amazing progress only after entering into an alliance with the US in the 1960s