Though imports from Russia are down, it still remains India’s largest arms supplier. While sourcing from Israel has also decreased, it has risen from the US & France.
Last year, US sold record amount of military equipment & hardware, especially among European partners & allies. One of the reasons for this hike is Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says there are indications India 'mating' warheads with launchers during peacetime & China arsenal has gone up to 500 warheads.
India received 31% Russian arms exports & France displaced US as India’s 2nd-largest supplier, according to report released by Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
A study by Swedish think tank SIPRI found that arms sales from companies in Asia & Oceania registered higher sales than European firms, while US manufacturers saw a drop of 0.9 per cent.
SIPRI report shows India no longer world's biggest arms importer, says its imports from Russia fell to 58 per cent in 2014–18 from 76 per cent in 2009–13.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
Authored by military historian Adrien Fontanellaz, the study reveals the drone strategy used by Pakistan & how they tried to hit S-400 air defence system, both of which failed.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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