In the last few years, india has become not just the world's biggest importer of weapons, but they've also been russia's biggest foreign buyer of weaponry. So now roughly 50 % of india's arms imports come from russia. That includes things like submarines, tanks, fighterg aircraft and sophisticated sufface to air missiles. Over the last decade or so,india has been trying to diversify its arm supplies. Been buying a bit more from the united states as relations with washington have improved,. But it's also been buying a lot more from france, from israel, because it doen't want to become too dependent on the united states either.
President Jair Bolsonaro, an unabashed fan of Donald Trump, is telegraphing that he may not accept a loss in the October election—there is too much at stake for him and his family. The West has a delicate chance to stem the tide of Russian weapons that have long been pouring into India. And why America is rebranding a much-maligned fish.
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