India's medium fighter purchase : strategic considerations

• Main Authors: Ron Matthews, Alma Lozano, Pathikrit Payne
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94452; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7914
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

India’s decision to purchase 125 medium combat aircraft from Europe has upset the US. However India has also awarded the US a contract for 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlift planes to maintain a strategic balance in its air capability inventory.