DefenceTalkWhen 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a recent border clash with China, the military hardware New Delhi sent to bolster its Himalayan frontier was mostly Russian-origin, showing not for the first time its closeness to “longstanding and time-tested friend” Moscow. Facing an increasingly assertive China closer to home, these ties help explain Prime Minister […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-russian-arms-explain-shaky-ukraine-stance-78507/

DefenceTalkA top Pentagon official cautioned India on Wednesday that there are no guarantees for a special waiver from US sanctions if it buys new weapons platforms from Russia. Washington is alarmed at the prospect of India, an increasingly important US military ally and the world’s top defense importer, buying new systems from Russia, including its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-official-cautions-india-over-buying-russian-arms-71826/

DefenceTalkRussian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed the country’s new state arms procurement program, which includes, among other things, robotics, intelligence systems, UAVs and precision ammunition. “Yes, the document has been signed by the president,” Rogozin said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper, when asked a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-signs-new-state-arms-program-focused-on-cutting-edge-weaponry-71516/

DefenceTalkSpecific attention in Russia’s new state program of armaments will be focused on precision weaponry, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Thursday. “Specific attention will be focused on precision weaponry, as it is a present-day tendency in the development of all armed conflicts. If we speak about precision weapons, they are data intelligence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-state-armaments-program-to-focus-on-precision-weaponry-70855/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin says Russian arms sales last year reached $15.2 billion, an increase of 12 percent compared to the previous year. Putin said Russian weapons manufacturers exported arms and military equipment to 66 countries last year and currently have contracts worth some $46 billion with 75 countries. Putin said those figures make Russian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-arms-exports-up-12-percent-47357/