Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses...
by lenkite on Saturday March 07, 2020 @11:39PM
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Can you please provide the citation that Trump has made less money in Arms deals compared to Obama in one term ? Usually, the media just complains that he is a prolific and excessive arms dealer. He just came back from India with yet another arms deal.
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Re:US Army scraps $1B Iron Dome project after Israel refuses...
by shripadk on Sunday March 08, 2020 @09:30PM
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> He just came back from India with yet another arms deal.
Yes he did. No doubt about that. 3 Billion USD worth arms deal is definitely not the true potential of the Indo-US Strategic Defense Partnership though. It can be so much more! But it is a good start. It can be sped up if US can relax its norms in relation to transfer of technology.
The Rafale deal which India signed was a 7.87 Billion Euro deal [1]. India is going to modernize its defense capabilities this decade and this is the right time for the United States to relax its norms if it wants to be a major player. Especially with Make in India being given a thrust in Defense sector.
[1]: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-explains/rafale...