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147366
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The Farnborough International Airshow is held every year in the town of Farnborough, near London, from July 11–15. Over 1,500 companies display their products at the show, and about 100,000 people attend it.
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147359
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Russia will remain relevant to Indian Army equipment requirements for several decades, despite India increasingly sourcing newer materiel from alternate sources like France, Israel and the US, in a feeble and indeterminate effort to modernise the force.
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147367
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The Russian defence ministry is all set to upgrade its space reconnaissance systems and replace its Persona satellites with the more advanced Razdan craft. This planned phase-out will better equip the ministry for today’s challenges.
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147364
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New Delhi (Sputnik) – In what is being seen as a prudent move by India and Russia, the two countries are inching closer to signing a stalled USD4 billion project for joint development of their 5th generation fighter aircraft and upgrades for the Su-30MKI Super Sukhoi with advanced avionics and weapons.
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147357
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The global geopolitical landscape of the 21st century is being re-shaped by a rising and increasingly aggressive China, a US-China relationship with a Jekyll-Hyde complexion of economic interdependence and political power-play, a US-Russia freeze of Cold War proportions and (flowing from these trends) an ever-closer Russia-China embrace. India has to factor the implications of these developments in its approach to its external relationships.
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147358
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India and Russia have been long-standing strategic partners with many joint projects in defence and military-industrial cooperation. The question is: Will the two great nations stay together in the changing geopolitical and economic reality?
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147365
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The Russian defence ministry will soon receive a new command center aircraft that can be used in the event of a global military conflict or nuclear war. Nicknamed ‘Judgment Day,’ this third-generation command center aircraft is a modified version of the Ilyushin Il-96-400 airliner and is assembled at the Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Company.
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147361
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In international diplomacy, friendships between nations have been christened in many forms. The relationship between the UK and the US is called a ‘Special Relationship’ while that between China and Pakistan as one ‘higher than the mountains and deeper than the oceans.’ The Indo-Russian friendship goes much beyond such labels and stands out as an enduring partnership. Nowhere is this more visible than in the defence sector where Russia, erstwhile USSR, is the largest supplier of arms to India.
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147360
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It was the month of July 1999. Kargil War was in its bitterest fighting phase. Artillery ammunition was being used extensively to dislodge Pakistani intruders from the hill tops. As the stocks were running low, a need was felt to import additional ammunition on emergent basis. Some other defence items were also required urgently for sustained operations. A comprehensive list was prepared and sent to the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin under a personal letter from the Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee.
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147363
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In August 1964, India’s defence minister, Y.B. Chavan visited the USSR to explore for the first time supplies of defence equipment including submarines and destroyers for the Indian Navy (IN). He obtained a positive response. During a follow-up visit in 1965, the USSR agreed to supply three Foxtrot class submarines and five Petya class patrol vessels and offered deferred credits for Rupee payment spread over 10 years at an interest rate of two per cent.
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ID:
147356
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Officials in India and Russia unhesitatingly declare that defence (and civil nuclear cooperation) is the cornerstone of the strategic partnership between India and Russia. Pursued under the rubric of India-Russia Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation valid till 2020, it has transformed from buyer-seller relationship to partnership where both sides seek joint research, development and production. BRAHMOS cruise missile is an excellent example of this partnership with the fifth generation aircraft on the anvil. Since 70 per cent of the Indian military hardware is of Russian origin, this partnership has a bright future.
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147362
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