India becomes third biggest US arms purchaser

[Paan Singh]

Washington: Just years after US resumed weapons sales to New Delhi, India has jumped to become third biggest arms purchaser from America logging contracts worth over USD 4.5 billion last year alone.

Had the US firms bagged India's biggest ever deal for fighter jets, New Delhi would have been on the top spot of American arms sales worldwide, according to a Pentagon report.



Even though the US firms lost the bid for an estimated USD 10 billion contract for sale of 126 jets to Indian Air Force (IAF), India was listed as the third largest purchaser of US arms through the government to government channel Foreign Military Sales (FMS) by the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the Pentagon agency that overlooks such sales.

Topping the list for the fiscal year 2011 ending September 30, 2011 were Afghan Security Forces (USD 5.4 billion) followed by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (USD 4.9 billion).

Australia with USD 3.9 billion occupies the fourth spot, followed by Saudi Arabia (USD 3.5 billion), Iraq (USD 2.0 billion), the UAE (USD 1.5 billion), Israel (USD 1.4 billion), Japan (USD 0.5 billion) and Sweden (USD 0.5 billion).

American arms sales to India include Naval Reconnaissance planes, giant transporters, sea-skimming missiles and other weapon systems.

US Foreign Military Sales passed the USD 30 billion mark for the fourth consecutive year, with the 2011 figure starting USD 34.8 billion.
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[Filmmaker]

Soon we will be no.1 in U.S arm purchase

 

[Kesang]

wah din kab aaiga jab hum no1 exporter hoga unko export karna may

 

[JonAsad]

and soon amrika will dump them- no spare part- no repairs-
decades later it will make india totally dependent on amrika-

Same game is being played by amrika every where-

 

[Paan Singh]

and soon amrika will dump them- no spare part- no repairs-
decades later it will make india totally dependent on amrika-

Same game is being played by amrika every where-

we will import them from pakistan..question solved

 

[Jason bourne]

American arms sales to India include Naval Reconnaissance planes, giant transporters, sea-skimming missiles and other weapon systems.

which one ?

 

[Kesang]

nope it won't
are we dependent on Russia????
We are different from Pakistan

But they have china but we don't have to worry because we don't beg from others. We can buy from anyone.


Money hai toh honey hai

 

[ChinaToday]

Soon we will be no.1 in U.S arm purchase

The sooner the better.

 

[Filmmaker]

The sooner the better.

Certainly better for us but for our rivals, may be not

 

[hunter_hunted]

we will import them from pakistan..question solved

SO u will be dependent on Pakistan, Equation solved

 

[punisher]

and soon amrika will dump them- no spare part- no repairs-
decades later it will make india totally dependent on amrika-

Same game is being played by amrika every where-

Just one answer, It's India not Pakistan. We don't need to beg them for weapons. They are requesting us to buy F-35....... thanks for trolling

 

[kingdurgaking]

American arms sales to India include Naval Reconnaissance planes, giant transporters, sea-skimming missiles and other weapon systems.

which one ?

harpoon missile.. especially block 3 i guess

 

[tvsram1992]

American arms sales to India include Naval Reconnaissance planes, giant transporters, sea-skimming missiles and other weapon systems.

which one ?

Harpoons , i remember seeing thread some time ago where it states that we are paying the price 3 times more for what pakistan paid .

 

[Mytime]

Iraq 6th at 2 billion ??? Oil for weapons anyone

 

[Tshering22]

and soon amrika will dump them- no spare part- no repairs-
decades later it will make india totally dependent on amrika-

Same game is being played by amrika every where-

We can handle that sufficiently well, mate. There's a big difference between your "alliance" and our partnership with them.

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Harpoons , i remember seeing thread some time ago where it states that we are paying the price 3 times more for what pakistan paid .

BrahMos does a much better job. I don't think we need to look into that aspect. We should focus more on electronic warfare tech from them. And of course... learn a thing or two about speeding up manufacturing defense goods and inducting them.