The following brief aims to provide a detailed analysis of India's military dependence vis-à-vis Russia, and to explain it: why are we not seeing more fruitful diversification efforts by New Delhi in this domain? And what makes these efforts so complicated?įigure 1: Trend Indicator Value of Arms Exports from Russia to India, 1991-2020 This push has also included multipurpose equipment, which have a broad applicability for use in numerous military dimensions and help boost India’s self-reliance goals in defense manufacturing. Such deals have also shown a continuous willingness for a high proportion of indigenous production and have fallen in line with much of the Indian government's efforts to promote the ' Make in India' Program. However, they also include large-scale, blockbuster deals for equipment such as fighter aircraft, submarines and India's flagship aircraft carrier, the repurposed Admiral Gorshkov. Deals with Russia have often included lower-scale projects based on domestic development and production, such as the recent $677 million deal to jointly produce over 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles in India. Russia is one of India's largest defense suppliers: according to a 2020 working paper by the Stimson Center, 70% to 85% of India's military platforms are of Russian origin. India-Russia defense cooperation explains why India continues to walk a careful tightrope with Russia, and has decided not to condemn its invasion of Ukraine, as previously argued in an Institut Montaigne paper of June 2022.
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