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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
The earliest the Indians could be weened off Russian equipment is the next procurement cycle (ie, when the SU-27s need replacing).
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And by then, I think the ones replacing those will most likely be Indian or Indo-Russian aircraft. Indian-Russian relationship was inevitable at one point but now that historical relationship wont dissolve as easily, we can see it evolving to a new level from a buyer-seller relationship to a joint-development partner relationship.