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[Jeff Head]

The Swedish fighters and subs would be powerful additions to Inida if they chose to go that route. IMHO, any deal with a Western European nation or the US would enhance and improve the overall security situation.

The US and NATO should be doing all they feasibly can do, within reason and national security constraints, to bring India further within the west's sphere of influence, both in the general WOT, and, IMHO, more particularly as a counter weight to the growing inlfuence of China and the Shanghai Cooperative.