• downpunxx@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    tell me again, not to worry :

    :Russia and India sign weapons deal - reports

    Early this morning, there were rumblings among some Russian media outlets that officials from Moscow’s only state weapons firm, Rosoboronexport, were in talks with India over signing a weapons deal.

    The deal would see Russia hand over some of its anti-aircraft capability and technology to India.

    “Rosoboronexport is working with Indian private and public enterprises to organise joint production of aviation weapons and integrate them into the existing aviation fleet in India,” RIA cited the company’s general director, Alexander Mikheyev, as saying.

    Now, another state news agency says that deal has been signed.

    Tass said the deal to supply and produce “Igla” air defence systems concluded early this morning - meaning that Russia will give some of its hand-held anti-aircraft missiles to India - and allow production of the Igla there under licence.

    It quoted a “top arms export official” in its report. "

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    • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.deM
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      1 year ago

      so russians lost another su-25 today yet they sell newly manufactured manpads to india, for rupees, that they have problems to spend anywhere else than in india, and india is not selling them weapons because that deal goes the other way around. truly a 7d backgammon with time travel move

    • OttoVonNoob@lemmy.caOPM
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      1 year ago

      You can’t lose a 1000 soldiers every day and if India steps up. It leads to conflict with China. I don’t think it’s good news. But losing 1000 soldiers a day when you only have 150,000 soldiers deployed is not a good situation. Russia even states they have a 150,000.