According to Russian media reports recently, India will receive a new batch of weapons from France, the United States and Israel. Earlier, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh also made an emergency trip to Moscow to visit Russia. Before the visit, Singh said that India and Russia will discuss issues related to consolidating the defense and strategic partnership between the two countries.
According to relevant reports, Singh may discuss with the Russian side during his visit to Moscow on the issue of speeding up the supply of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and purchasing MiG-29 fighters. As a result, India's Ministry of Defense is simultaneously sending orders to the four world arms giants of Russia, the United States, France and Israel. The background of this "wild buying" is the poor performance of the Indian army in a series of recent conflicts with neighboring regions, especially on June 15, the Indian army deliberately crossed the border to attack the Chinese border defense forces, encountered a fierce counterattack, was beaten and scattered and fled, resulting in the death of 20 Indian officers and soldiers and suffered heavy losses.
This follows an exchange of fire between India and Pakistan on June 10 near the Raguri Line of Actual Control in the disputed area of Kashmir. The Indian side said one soldier was killed in the shelling and another local civilian was wounded. On June 13, Nepal's House of Representatives passed the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which legally recognized Kalapani, Riplek, Limbiadullah and other areas that had previously been disputed with India as their own territories, and used the new national territorial shape in various national coats of arms.
In India's view, its dream of South Asian hegemony has encountered "major suppression", compared to these neighbors, India's advantage is that it has always been generous in the purchase of arms, which can be called a "super gold lord", which also makes it easy for India to become the object of praise of various major powers, which is "international influence" in India's view. Judging from the arms purchased, it is by no means useless. France promised to supply India with a fleet of Rafale fighter jets by July 27, which would be fully prepared for use on the battlefield and piloted by Indian pilots who had previously received flight training in France.
India will also receive a batch of air defense systems from Israel. Although the report did not disclose specific anti-aircraft missile models, sources say the systems will be drawn from active Israeli forces. India deployed these air defense systems in the Ladakh region. Of course, where there is an arms trade, there must be the United States, which has asked India for a list of the supplies needed and promised to provide assistance as soon as possible. India urgently procured a batch of M982 Excalibur guided artillery shells. The M982 Excalibur Guided Shell is a guided artillery shell. It has a caliber of up to 155 mm and can be fired by the M777 howitzer A2. If this batch of arms arrives in time, it can only wait and see whether it will once again make the Indian side flutter and make irrational moves. Text/PY