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What Lies Ahead for Indo-Russian Military Cooperation?
What Lies Ahead for Indo-Russian Military Cooperation?
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Russia has agreed to set-up joint ventures to manufacture military spares and components in India for maintenance of Russian-origin equipment in Indian forces. Both the nations will also look to collaborate under 'Make in India' policy to manufacture defence equipment for export to third countries.
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The defence supply deal struck following the 22nd Russia-India Annual Summit marks a positive development for India, a military veteran has told Sputnik India.The outcome of President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting at the Kremlin on Tuesday will help address a major challenge for the country's security needs, said retired Brigadier Arun Sahgal, the Executive Director of the Forum for Strategic Initiative (FSI), a policy think-tank focusing on national security, diplomacy and Track II Dialogue, and a Senior Fellow at Delhi Policy Group (DPG).The India-Russia agreements on manufacturing military spares were crucial as nearly 60 to70 percent of India's defence hardware was of Russian-origin, Sahgal believes.He asserted that in spite of India's "multi-faceted defence partnerships" with other countries, Russia would strongly remain a priority for the country's foreign policy."We have evolved a modus operandi with Russia on cooperating in military technologies," he stressed. "Russia has been more than forthcoming. Under no circumstances will India forego one for the other."Saghal pointed out that New Delhi would remain committed to developing defence ties with Russia in critical and futuristic technologies as well, as both sides "have developed a very detailed and deep ecosystem" in the field.Cooperation in Advanced Defence TechnologiesAdditionally, metallurgy and super components were of the potential areas of bilateral partnership, Sahgal said. Further, he reckoned that Russia also had a lot to offer in the realms of underwater domain awareness capabilities, ballistic missile and space technologies.However, under the Make in India policy, the country aspires to become a major defence exporter, in line with Modi's policy of reducing the arms imports bill by developing weapons and platforms domestically.Since 2020, India has published five 'Positive Indigenisation Lists', mandating the procurement of 500 pieces of armed equipment and 3,000 components and subsystems exclusively from national companies.According to Sahgal, the first export of the BrahMos supersonic missile batteries to the Philippines could serve as a "model" for India's other foreign partners as far as co-development and co-production under Make in India is concerned.India and Russia are already working together on licensed production of T-90 tanks, Su-30 MKI fighter jets, AK-203 rifles and BrahMos missiles, as well as the supply of MiG-29 and Kamov helicopters, the INS Vikramaditya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov) aircraft carrier and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.
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What Lies Ahead for Indo-Russian Military Cooperation?
22:10 10.07.2024 (Updated: 23:15 10.07.2024) Russia will set-up joint ventures to manufacture military spares and components in India for maintenance of Russian-origin equipment in Indian forces. Both the nations will also look to collaborate in producing defence hardware for export to third countries under Make in India policy.
The defence supply deal struck following the
22nd Russia-India Annual Summit marks a positive development for
India, a military veteran has told
Sputnik India. The outcome of President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting at the Kremlin on Tuesday will help address a major challenge for the country's security needs, said retired Brigadier Arun Sahgal, the Executive Director of the Forum for Strategic Initiative (FSI), a policy think-tank focusing on national security, diplomacy and Track II Dialogue, and a Senior Fellow at Delhi Policy Group (DPG).
"India would increasingly look to upkeep and upgrade Russian systems through ventures under Make in India, something which may not always be possible with our other partners," Sghal said. "I believe that the issue of co-production and co-development of defence equipment and spares will continue to be central to India's military partnerships in coming years."
The India-Russia agreements on manufacturing military spares were crucial as nearly 60 to70 percent of India's defence hardware was of Russian-origin, Sahgal believes.
He asserted that in spite of India's "multi-faceted defence partnerships" with other countries, Russia would strongly remain a priority for the country's foreign policy.
"Despite a growing defence partnership with the US, including in critical and emerging technologies, there is a limit on how much we can cooperate with them," Saghal said. "As of now, it seems that there would always be certain issues in areas of high technology collaboration."
"We have evolved a modus operandi with Russia on cooperating in military technologies," he stressed. "Russia has been more than forthcoming. Under no circumstances will India forego one for the other."
Saghal pointed out that New Delhi would remain committed to developing defence ties with Russia in critical and futuristic technologies as well, as both sides "have developed a very detailed and deep ecosystem" in the field.
Cooperation in Advanced Defence Technologies
Additionally,
metallurgy and super components were of the potential areas of bilateral partnership, Sahgal said. Further, he reckoned that Russia also had a lot to offer in the realms of
underwater domain awareness capabilities, ballistic missile and space technologies.
"We have also been looking to domestically develop jet engine technology. Lately, the Russians have come out with advanced engines for Su-57 fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA). So, that could be one of the other possible areas of collaboration," the former general remarked.
However, under the Make in India policy, the country aspires to become a
major defence exporter, in line with Modi's policy of reducing the arms imports bill by developing weapons and platforms domestically.
Since 2020, India has published five 'Positive Indigenisation Lists', mandating the procurement of 500 pieces of armed equipment and 3,000 components and subsystems exclusively from national companies.
Moscow has backed India's goal to co-develop and co-produce weapons and platforms under technology transfer agreements for domestic use and export to "friendly" third countries.
According to Sahgal, the first export of the BrahMos supersonic missile batteries to the Philippines could serve as a "model" for India's other foreign partners as far as co-development and co-production under Make in India is concerned.
India and Russia are already working together on licensed production of T-90 tanks, Su-30 MKI fighter jets,
AK-203 rifles and BrahMos missiles, as well as the supply of MiG-29 and Kamov helicopters, the INS Vikramaditya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov) aircraft carrier and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems.
