There have been a number of interesting stories piling up in my reader over the past few days. I have wanted to get to them, but have also been trying to finish up the last chapter of my dissertation. Priorities are fun. This is what I'm doing on my break.
India
As a follow up to my post last week (here) about Russian corruption is an interesting story out of India. India made a deal for helicopters with Finmeccanica (Italian firm), which now appears to be the result of bribes paid. Now the Indian government is threatening to cancel the rest of the contract if the allegations prove true. (Read more here)
(And more here)
More from India. India wants to start producing more of its own arms, particularly aircraft. However, it is having difficulty because the firm that could potentially produce arms is so inefficient as to make this an untenable prospect.
Russia and Syria
Russia is continuing to supply the Syrian government with weapons from contracts that were already in place.
But Russia is not smuggling tank parts into Syria. (Link)
France and India
As part of my dissertation I am looking at the involvement of state leaders in arms deals. I got a special gift from France's president Hollande on Valentine's Day. The French President led an entourage to India to "clinch the world's biggest defense deal" in India. The deal is a $12 Billion sale of 126 aircraft. Along with this deal there are negotiations about French involvement in to help build a nuclear power plant in Maharashtra.
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India
As a follow up to my post last week (here) about Russian corruption is an interesting story out of India. India made a deal for helicopters with Finmeccanica (Italian firm), which now appears to be the result of bribes paid. Now the Indian government is threatening to cancel the rest of the contract if the allegations prove true. (Read more here)
(And more here)
More from India. India wants to start producing more of its own arms, particularly aircraft. However, it is having difficulty because the firm that could potentially produce arms is so inefficient as to make this an untenable prospect.
James Hardy, an analyst at the defence consultancy IHS Jane's, says that HAL is "overextended", expressing an opinion largely shared by observers at home and abroad.More here
Russia and Syria
Russia is continuing to supply the Syrian government with weapons from contracts that were already in place.
The head of Russia's arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Isaikin, said Russian deliveries to the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad included air defence systems but not the advanced Iskander missiles sought by Damascus.
"We are continuing to fulfill our obligations on contracts for the delivery of military hardware," Isaikin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.Link
But Russia is not smuggling tank parts into Syria. (Link)
France and India
As part of my dissertation I am looking at the involvement of state leaders in arms deals. I got a special gift from France's president Hollande on Valentine's Day. The French President led an entourage to India to "clinch the world's biggest defense deal" in India. The deal is a $12 Billion sale of 126 aircraft. Along with this deal there are negotiations about French involvement in to help build a nuclear power plant in Maharashtra.
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