Yerevan has not only bought several Indian platforms, but has also closely observed the performance of India’s indigenous systems in combat scenarios, bolstering confidence in their reliability.
The Telangana government, which has still not even fully absorbed the TGSRTC, is now going to take over the Hyderabad metro rail. Expectations are not high.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
The author is completely raw and doesn’t understand politics of that region. Armenia is completely isolated in that region. Armenia is devoid of partners and friends in that region. They are trying to latch on to any country outside the region, like EU countries and now India. India has to be very careful in its relationship with countries in that region or there is a very big chance that India would have cold relationship with all the central Asian countries. It may happen those central asian countries would tilt toward Pakistan rather than towards India. Already India under Modi’s hard Hindutva policy is making common central asians uncomfortable with India. Armenia has hardly has any influence in Central Asia or even in Caucasus. Already Azerbaizan a heavy weight country in that region has tilted towards Pakistan. Other central Asian Countries might also be having soft corner for Pakistan rather than for India. One has to ponder whether this India’s policy towards Armenia is worth it for our longterm interest. Already those countries have shifted their loyalty towards China and now closer to Pakistan. One has to weigh importance of Central Asian region visa vis Armenia.
The author is completely raw and doesn’t understand politics of that region. Armenia is completely isolated in that region. Armenia is devoid of partners and friends in that region. They are trying to latch on to any country outside the region, like EU countries and now India. India has to be very careful in its relationship with countries in that region or there is a very big chance that India would have cold relationship with all the central Asian countries. It may happen those central asian countries would tilt toward Pakistan rather than towards India. Already India under Modi’s hard Hindutva policy is making common central asians uncomfortable with India. Armenia has hardly has any influence in Central Asia or even in Caucasus. Already Azerbaizan a heavy weight country in that region has tilted towards Pakistan. Other central Asian Countries might also be having soft corner for Pakistan rather than for India. One has to ponder whether this India’s policy towards Armenia is worth it for our longterm interest. Already those countries have shifted their loyalty towards China and now closer to Pakistan. One has to weigh importance of Central Asian region visa vis Armenia.