The IDRW report says that Russia wants to transfer the technology of the state-of-the-art S-400 air defense system to India. Therefore, questions are being raised as to why Russia has suddenly changed its mind. In the year 2018, an agreement was reached between India and Russia regarding the S-400 air defense system.
Moscow: Russia may not have yet been able to hand over the last two squadrons of the S-400 air defense system to the Indian Air Force, but it has offered technology transfer. The S-400 air defense system is the world’s most advanced defense system, so questions are being raised that what is the matter that Russia has agreed to give the technology of its premium defense system to India? Questions are being asked in the defense world that is Putin not playing this for the S-57 stealth fighter jet? The IDRW (Indian Defense Research Wing) report claims that Russia is eagerly going to offer S-400 technology transfer to India. The purpose behind this offer is to enable India to manufacture S-400 components locally for inventory expansion.
Let us tell you that in 2018, India signed a deal of $ 5.43 billion with Russia to buy S-400 air defense systems. Under this deal, Russia is going to hand over 5 S-400 squadrons to India. Russia has so far handed over three S-400 squadrons to India, but due to the Ukraine war, 2 squadrons have not yet been received by India. India has deployed the three squadrons received from Russia in the northern and eastern regions. India is using this air defense system especially to stop the aggression of China.
How did Russia suddenly change its mind?
Technology transfer is talked about at the time of defense agreement. But according to the information, when the agreement was signed between India and Russia regarding S-400, there was no talk of technology transfer. But now Russia has suddenly changed its mind. According to the report, Russia wants to help India in its efforts towards increasing defense self-reliance and that is why it has proposed the technology transfer of the S-400 defense system. However, it is not that Russia has not yet transferred technology to India. It has signed an agreement to make many destructive weapons in India, including the Brahmos missile deal. But at the moment the question is whether Russia is doing this to sell the S-57 stealth fighter jet?
If an agreement is reached between the two countries regarding the manufacture of components of the S-400 defense system in India, then it will definitely take India’s self-reliance in the defense sector to the next level. If the proposal is implemented, an assembly line can be built in India for the production of S-400 air defense system. At the same time, the supply of uninterrupted components will also be a great thing for the Indian Air Force. However, if India accepts Russia’s technology transfer proposal, challenges such as technology absorption, supply chain localization and intellectual property agreements will have to be resolved. Apart from this, sanctions imposed by Western countries against Russia can also hinder this agreement between the two countries.
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