Military Equipment To Conflicts: How India-Russia Friendship Has Endured Ups & Downs

PM Modi was in Moscow this week, marking his first visit to Russia since the country invaded Ukraine in 2022. The hug between Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin caused a global stir, drawing particular ire from Western nations and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Host Dev Goswami and defence expert Shiv Aroor delve into the relationship between India and Russia, analysing how it has evolved over various Indian administrations.
Looking at it more militarily, the defence duo answers why India heavily relies on Russian military equipment, detailing India's extensive inventory of Russian hardware, from Sukhoi jets and MiG series aircraft to T-90 and T-72 tanks. Russia’s cost-effective and reliable supplies have historically catered to India's defence needs.
What do Russia and India gain from this alliance? Is Russian military equipment the best choice for India? What are the challenges India faces in reducing its reliance on Russian arms? Has the Ukraine war exposed vulnerabilities in Russian equipment, prompting India to seek alternatives? ‘India realised this a long time ago,’ says Shiv. So, what does the future hold for the India-Russia defence relationship?
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Timestamps:
01:58--10:00--Is India’s non-aligned movement a misnomer?
10:00-17:23-- Quality of Russian military equipment
17:23-20:11- Russia-Ukraine war has exposed Russian equipment
20:11-34:00-Is Russian military equipment the best choice for India?
34:00-43:28-No altruism in diplomacy
43:28-50:25--If war breaks out, will Russia choose China or India
50:25-57:09-Favorite Russian military equipment
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[@ashwwal3409]

Long live India Russia friendship .

[@ashwwal3409]

Who is US and it's allies to dictate terms to India .

[@sarabjitprakash5757]

We need Su 57

[@pumplove81]

easily the BEST indian podcast .. my humble request to both Dev and Shiv is to catch your breaths .. i get concerned about your BP .. no kidding .. we need u 2 to keep belting out such bangers for years to come .. jai bharat , jai karnataka

[@rasputin4u1]

Very enlightened and in depth video of the Indo-Russian friendship..both the anchor and expert are very knowledgeable and competent specially Shiv Aroor

[@felipe-vibor]

Hes wrong to state that putin is reviled. In africa putin is King

[@BSL335]

😂😂. Are you drunk?

[@ashoks5317]

India has avoided war between Venuzala & Guyana. The Venuzala is indebted to Russia. Now look the trick , Russia bought oil from Venuzala and sells it to India. All 3 are benifitef. Now Venuzala has stopped bullying Guyana which has found oil and India is helping in oil exploration the country has 40% indentured labours. What a diplomatic act for the benifit of all these countries

[@navanithakrishnanasr6977]

Hello Everyone, Better defence partner than China, Ukraine and Turkey… Bharath Matha Ki Jai… Jai Hind…

[@Akhilkumar0024]

vikky is a harbour queen it was acquired at inflated price because of a connection with Russian girl, vikky spends most of her time undergoing repairs in the dock rarely ventures out of the Indian ocean truly a shining example of indo Russian cooperation

[@msvp9740]

Ok. Let's say Russia is not reliable. Then who in world Bharat can depend on US.😂

[@fatboyslim081982]

Love you shiv and dev. Loved your episode.

[@AnilChaudhary-to5bd]

We think Russia our ally because of the war between india and his son but the reality is that, Russia that time is showing its power to America like in its space programme that time,but we take it so seriously

[@dinurn8172]

Good

[@jovianjollity5244]

Interesting discussion by Dev Goswami and Shiv Aroor on the continued predominance of Russian arms and systems in India’s arsenal and the resilience of that bilateral relationship. As noted, the main selling point of Russian equipment, despite its high maintenance costs, is their reliability as a supplier. One hopes the U.S. takes that point seriously if it hopes to secure more high value arms deals from India. And India is still a major arms buyer, despite the indigenization push. Regarding the Arjun tank, there are reports that all the research and development by the DRDO that went into it, is now being used for coming up with a prototype of the new lighter Zorawar tank, with many off-the-shelf parts, that will be useful in mountainous terrain in India’s northern frontier with China.

[@nawabpundit4072]

Russian equipments are the one which won the battles in reality

[@fatboyslim081982]

On MIG 21

[@sagarj5743]

Russian equipment has proven to be shit.

[@user-xs2ru9on4s]

Where?

[@pedroramalho121]

@@user-xs2ru9on4s there are some design problems in some classes of equipments, namely T72/T90 tanks, in general Russia equipment is very good in terms of price/quality. But in terms of air capabilities, having the second best fighter is not really a option, and Russian in a two year war against a opponent that has almost no air assetes was unable to dominate the sky's, and that is really weird.

[@nishantshrivastava9674]

​@@pedroramalho121 That's why we had diversified our assests since 1980s. French Mirage 2000 were bought for qualitative edge over limited scale conflict and Russian jets for quantitative edge over long prolonged war. U must understand.. Indian military is vast with limited budget.. So can't afford overall qualitative equipments. For that u need indigenous industry. Lockheed Martin usually exports F16 3times costlier than what they offer to USAF.

[@rahulanand4385]

shiv can v 1 episode on special forces

[@user-xs2ru9on4s]

Su-57???

[@ashiludagar1905]

Unsubscribed 😂

[@ifountainhead]

How can Russia allow india to expose Sukhoi to American pilots? Isn't there some sort of aggreement to avoid exposing it to foreign countries?

[@imperial_Dragnix]

Russia doesn't care

[@nishantshrivastava9674]

It's an export variant with all sensitive sensors missing. That's why we customized it with Israeli and French subsystems.

[@harbanslalverma2876]

Mig21is grounded already

[@rizwanhussain645]

But didn't an antiquated Soviet Mig-21 shootdown a F-16 Block 52+ of the PAF 😂😂😂

[@amando350]

F

[@abuqasimafridi6903]

I'll give you a big laugh only...😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣