Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s muscle-flexing have opened a door for India and the West to walk through, but crossing the threshold will require some resolve on both sides
production between India and the West has a long and chequered history. Consider the Tejas fighter jet, whose development was approved in 1983 by Indira Gandhi, the prime minister of the day, to replace ageing Soviet-mades. Two years later, her son, Rajiv, persuaded Ronald Reagan to provide “fly-by-wire” technology allowing pilots to control the plane electronically. Keen to erode Soviet influence in India, America supplied engines too.
. It is buying more from France and Israel, in particular. The share of weapons it imports from Russia has fallen sharply, to around 50% between 2016 and 2021, down from some 70% during the previous five-year period. It has also welcomed Western help in fulfilling its ambition to make more of its own weapons. “American defence companies are welcome to establish manufacturing facilities in India,” the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, said in April.
Meanwhile the share of defence production in the hands of the private sector, which is a more natural partner for big Western defence manufacturers, is about a fifth—scarcely higher than it was five years ago. Private players, both Indian and foreign, complain of widespread corruption and an excessively cumbersome procurement system. A Western defence executive says it is “glacially slow to get things done” and describes “a lot of talk and disappointment”.
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