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Monday, February 11, 2013

Russia unhappy with India’s defence buys

Mi-26 Halo |As India is opting to buy weapon platforms from western countries like US in the last few years, Russia has expressed its displeasure and said it has stood by New Delhi for the last 50 years and built India’s defence industry.

Russia is the biggest defence partner of India and more than 70 per cent of inventory in the armed forces is of erstwhile USSR and Russian origin.

However, the last one decade has seen India broad basing its options and has bought weapons from the US, France and Israel.

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