You forgot to include Aircraft Carriers and Nuclear Submarines.
Nuclear Submarines are the real mark of a Great Military Power. All the UNSC powers have them. They are the most potent of all deterrence and true key to holding a nuclear arsenal and credible nuclear threat. UK relies exclusively...
You see it is not about 'power', it is about legitimacy. All Modi did was have a cup of tea at NS's house. He ignored the military of Pakistan entirely bypassing the NSA of Pakistan as well, even though everyone full knows who runs the show in Pakistan. When America talks, they also go directly...
Modi has been more effective than Congress ever has in isolating Pakistan.
Even the Americans are starting to turn, and Pakistan is being squeezed by Chinese business interests who see Pakistan as an easily exploitable nation like those in Africa with high interest rates and Chinese labour...
Not just Afghanistan and India accusing Pakistan of terrorism anymore.
Now Bangladesh as well, with more action:
Pakistani Diplomat With Terror Links Recalled from Bangladesh | The Diplomat
So things have changed.
Saudis are just trying to monetize and increase revenue from Islamic tourism and pilgrimage.
I mean look at these hotel rooms, with a direct view of the Kaaba too...
So let me get this straight.
IAF has had NO access to the plane whatsoever.
and
RuAF has cut down orders tremendously.
By what basis should India even sign any sort of contract with the Russians?
Let IAF get their Rafales and Tejas Mk1. Hasten development of AMCA and Tejas Mk2 with F414...
Interesting, thanks for posting didn't know most of that. I guess MoD really has only recently changed with accepting private companies now under Parrikar for every area, including the aforementioned aerospace. In that case, perhaps it might be that Kamov specifically requested HAL or that HAL...
As I said before:
In other fields, MoD is fine with private companies handling everything, but every time it comes down to the aerospace industry MoD is very insistent on using HAL as much as possible, they clearly have some very strong leverage, or MoD has a very clear idea about bolstering...
No offense, but you have gone off your rocker. Russia is not the Soviet Union anymore, they don't have the economy, technology, or diplomacy to match what the Soviets had. PAK FA will be on hiatus until Russia can prove that their plane is worth purchasing and they can give real guarantees...
Can't confirm til the specifics of the deal come out in the open, but technology transfer would logically follow the manufacturing line. If Reliance gets this deal, then they can start dissecting the components and get a better understanding on the Co-Axial designs and start competing with HAL...
Political shenanigans in the 90s post-Soviet era forced IAF into buying mostly Russian jets and shelving planned Mirage 2000. This is how IAF ended up in such a MESS with so many different fighters, and HAL with a logistical nightmare, remember even USA struggled to keep so many jets in service...
Kamov was chosen for two reasons:
1. Need of a light utility helicopter, and HAL LUH is not yet ready/can't be produced fast enough.
2. To obtain technology for co-axial helicopters.
I doubt HAL or DRDO are very far in the #2 area, and so they want to buy the technology from Russia to study...
If the story was the other way around and he was punished for supporting CONgress, it would be published in all the major news networks for a minimum of a week. And then there would be debates on intolerance and why someone who supports CONgress should not be given proper burial.
That is where the export tree visualization comes from. The Observatory of Economic Complexity is a Harvard-MIT joint study, using easily available trade data.
OEC - Products exported by Saudi Arabia (2013)