[Zhang Fei]

“Much of it has probably been redesigned and is now of high quality.”

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The Indians are switching to American hardware despite their doubts about American political reliability, much higher costs and significantly less technology transfer to India for American arms purchases. It’s not because Russian hardware has improved. I don’t understand the Russophilia, given all the grief the Russians inflicted on us in the 20th century. We’ve learned over the past year that the Russians are supplying the Taliban.

March 2018
Russia ‘arming the Afghan Taliban’, says US
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43500299

May 2017
Evidence of Russian military support for Afghan Taliban is growing
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/17/evidence-russian-military-support-for-afghan-taliban-is-growing.html

[Snickering Hound]

The Indians are switching to American hardware despite their doubts about American political reliability, much higher costs and significantly less technology transfer to India for American arms purchases. It’s not because Russian hardware has improved. I don’t understand the Russophilia, given all the grief the Russians inflicted on us in the 20th century. We’ve learned over the past year that the Russians are supplying the Taliban.

They picked the Rafale over the F-18 but they've had nasty experiences with Russian stuff and are getting away from it.