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The recent failure of relations between Russia and the US may not yet lead to a new cold war. according to the situation moscow agreed to take the risk to giving Washington a headache, there is a way russia can do this by overcome internal barriers to the export of sophisticated weapons to china. 

Five areas in which Russia help China:

5. Ballistic Missile:

Ballistic missiles for the past 20 years china has been huge advancing in terms of ballistic missile technology part of second artillery Chinese ballistic missiles now represent a sophisticated versatile threat to any potential opponent. However china has a lot to learn from russia in terms of short-range and long-range missiles.

The russian kandari missile has iconic maneuvers that surpass any chinese missile, this offers a major advantage to the place in a wide range of potential conflicts Russian icbms and slbms are far ahead of their chinese rivals. some systems are objection to export for russian security and intellectual property concerns. if china adapts to russian missiles homology the china could exclude russians from the export markets impart. 

Some members in russian armed forces are blocking the possibility of exporting sophisticated short-range missiles to large  make avoid powerful neighbors with serious tragedy.

4. Air Defense systems

In the concentration of china's anti-access system. air defense networks have received less attention much of the literature focuses on the offensive aspects of the defense system, including submarines cruise missiles ,fighter bombers and ballistic missiles. furthermore the integrity of anti-access or area denial systems effect on the impact of china's air defense systems.

If US aircraft and cruise missiles could attack Chinese air bases communications nodes missile launchers and logistics centers the entire mission would collapse before its mission could be completed. China has done a job in air defense system, especially with the hq-9. however the addition of russian technology will slightly increase the strength of china's air defense network.

Recently it appears that russia export the S-400 sam system to china which will help fill pla technical and coverage caps the S 400 hq-9 can track and engagetargets over long distances enabling china to project an air umbrella over taiwan.

3. submarines 

Submarines as compared with other systems, china has jumped forward in the previous 30 years regarding to submarine innovation the people's liberation army, navy presently feels good nuclear assault submarines, diesel electric subs and even ballistic rocket subs. none of these vessels remain considerably behind u.s standards and even behind the latest generation of Russian submarines. Coming to chinese advantages the prccould gain so much from the akula the oscars theura-class submarine. 

while the prc submarines hope to fill extensively similar missions to those led by soviet vessels, exposed in cold war chinese submarines stay a lot noisier than their russian counterparts and china still can't seem to perfect hunter killer submarine that can tangle directly with the most advanced u.s submarines. Russia has closely secured its submarine technology in the past and the production technology of submarines appears to be the most difficult to be master in industrial process.

 

Russia has not supplied everything to china for manufacturing similar to that of ura class submarines  of technical support will significantly improve the chinese submarines to next generation.

2. Bombers 

The people liberation army air force keeps on working the h6 a subsidiary of the old soviet pu-16 badger plane very similar to the usp-47. various reports suggest that china is considering a new bomber which has at least one potential prototype in the works, russia has considerable experience with china's heavy bombers and still operates many varieties beyond any capacity of the prc air force. these include the tu-95 bear tu-22m backfire and tu-160 blackjack. 

All of these models are older but china represents as advanced that is currently in operation. analysts have periodically raised the possibility to offer tu-22 backfire planes from russia to china yet no deal has happened as expected the opposition seems to have originated from the russian side. They worry about potential knowledge leakage and extreme development of chinese air power. whether russia choose to export pu22ms to china to license their production or essentially give a technical help to china's for new bomber projects. this coordinated effort could deliver a substantially make more deadly pla air force.

1.Jet Engines

Jet engines engine development has been the greatest road blocks in the chinese flight industry. Over the decade chinese jet problems with power and reliability will not only affect j-10 j-11 and j-15 yet in addition, china's new models the j-20 and the j-31. russian engines do not have a reputation for exceptional reliability, but they have performed better than their chinese. counter parts china's interest for buying russian su-35 flankers originates from an interest for looking at and reproducing the engines which would kick off china's own jet engine. industry assisting china's jet engine industry would represent a major hazard for Russia. it would dispense with one of the biggest possible clients for russian engines. this assisting improves china's export position.

conclusion

Things have changed , since the 1990s. China has also become an effective producer of military technology. It no longer uses everything russia produces and its systems are increasingly competing with russia. In the international market for russia the risk of exports to china has increased but russia is happy with increase the headache for US.  

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Defence Diplomacy of India- Russia

The defence diplomacy began between India and Russia after 1962. The defence relation has persisted over a period of time and has become the bedrock of mutual trust. More than 70 per cent of Indian defence equipment today is of Russian origin. 

These weapons have also proved their worth at a time when India needed them in conflict. During the Cold War, to save forex, the two sides have used rupee-rouble agreements, which significantly contributed in helping India save forex, India, in the 1980s, resorted to a twin policy of diversification and domestic industrial development in defence. Russia helped India with technology transfers. 

At the end of the Cold War, there was a global decline in arms trade but India and China remained top importers. The priority for India in the post-Cold War period was to ensure that it had a reliable spare parts supplier. Crisis of vast military-industrial complexes of the Soviet and their failure to sustain at the end of the Cold War led India to seek alternative routes. 

India explored the possibility of Israel and France, along with the US, acting as potential suppliers. In the first decade following the end of the Cold War saw Russia trying to consolidate its military-industrial complexes. However, one concern did remain Indian armed forces complained about problems in spare parts and issues in the maintenance of Russian equipment. Part of the blame is on Indian defence and foreign policy negotiations that failed to develop a deeper perspective on the life cycle of products. 

When they were negotiating projects, agreements on product life cycle needed to be taken care of. At times, we ended up taking some equipment that became obsolete late after a few years and its production plants also shut down, thereby making spare parts availability a huge concern. 

India Russia Relations after 2000

Russia created the Rosoboronexport in 2000, which is a state intermediary body that monopolises arms export. India raises the issue of support after sales at almost all India-Russia Intergovernmental Commissions on Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) and this platform helps us to resolve our issues. Despite certain concerns, India continues to have robust defence cooperation with Russia as the arms have proved their mettle and majority of our arms are of Soviet origins, which have come to be well accepted in the Indian military circles. 

Since 2007, the two are working on developing a fifth-generation combat aircraft. The MiG-35 has had India embark upon a mega defence modernisation programme. The offset clause invoked under our defence procurement policy would now warrant more Russian as distance, and Russia has not shied away from helping India develop Indian military-industrial complex. Russia and India continue to have bilateral exercises and Russia continues to support us for supplies of multirole transport aircraft, combat aircraft, including an aircraft carrier admiral Gorchakov, inducted in the Indian navy in November 2013 as INS Vikramaditya.

Russia and India will continue to have joint development of weapons and continue to interact through institutionalised mechanisms of cooperation. India is undertaking domestic production of BrahMos missile, T-90 tank and Sukhoi aircraft, Indian reliance on Russia will not decrease despite diversification and delays in projects because Russia remains committed to defence technology transfer, which India feels it needs for the development of its domestic defence industry. Russia, similarly, will not reduce its dependence on India as India acts as the biggest testing ground for Russian weaponry. As China goes on to supply arms to developing nations in future, it will try to undercut the Russian influence, thus necessitating Russia to stay with India so as to be able to use India as a springboard to other developing markets despite an Indian tilt to the US.

Thus, both use defence cooperation to enhance their overall diplomatic engagement. Russians also continue to provide economic aid and cooperate with India on a case-to-case basis and Russia continues to deepen their its defence engagement through the bilateral arms trade.

India and Russia in 2019 have signed a USD 3 billion deal where Russia will refurbish and supply an Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (Chakra 3) to India. In the last 6 months of 2018, India and Russia have signed USD 10 billion worth deals that include S-400 (signed in 2018) and a joint venture to produce AK-203 rifles in Amethi (signed in 2019). The fact that most of the deals with Russia are being micromanaged by the PMO in India signifies the strategic intent.

India Russian jointly produce AK-203/103 rifles at Amethi

The AK-203 is a modernized 200 series AK-103 variant. The Indian government signed an agreement with Russia in 2019 to manufacture the AK-103 rifles for the Indian Army. Russia will manufacture the AK-103 in India. Even though Russia had sent the proposal for AK-103 to India in 2018, the deal could not be finalised because the requirement of the army was not fulfilled in the Russian proposal. In 2019, the army announced a new proposal. 

The army wanted to purchase 7.62 calibre assault rifles along with an import of a small bag of 'hi-tech rifles' for frontline troops on the border. The hi-tech rifles can be imported and the rest can be manufactured in India. The AK-103 is to be manufactured domestically and would be used for hinterland and counterinsurgency operations (with a preferred calibre of 5.56 mm and a 500 m range).

The army will also use AK-103 for paramilitary forces and also export in the long run. As per the agreement, Russia will set up a Kalashnikov factory in collaboration with Ordnance Factory Board in India and cater to rifle manufacturing for the needs of the army.

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S-400 Missile Deal

In 2018, India and Russia signed a USD 5 billion deal (with no sovereign guarantee [a sovereign guarantee ns that the company that won the contract has to by law provide a guarantee from an international bank which can be encashed by the purchaser of the product in case delivery of the product does not happen on time despite the payments being made] but as a government-to-government deal) where India will purchase Russian Triumf-400 (five units) long-range surface-to-air missile system. 

India has decided to purchase the missile defence system that will shield any incoming ballistic missile directed towards the soil of India.

The NATO calls S-400 Triumf as SA-21 Growler, which is a modern long-range surface-to-air missile (MLRSAM). The S-400 Triumf (a fourth-generation MRSAM and a successor to S-200 and S-300) is more sophisticated and effective than the American Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system. 

To create a layered defence, the S-400 Triumf can be deployed in 5 minutes and fire three types of missiles. Within an altitude of 30 km and a range of 400 km, the S-400 Triumf can engage aerial targets, aircraft, UAV's and ballistic and cruise missiles. The two sides have developed their own systems of transactions including a national currency swap for payments (due to US CAATSA-explained below). 

It has the potential to target 100 airborne targets simultaneously including F-35 of the US. Russia has been using the S-400 Triumf since 2007 and in 2015 deployed them in Syria to guard Russian and Syrian naval and air assets. 

There are some S-400 Triumf units in the Crimean peninsula as well. China in 2015 purchased S-400 Triumf and has been using it since 2018. With the coming of S-400 Triumf, India will be able to tackle air and missile threats from Pakistan. 

Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA)

However, in 2007, the US President signed Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). The legislation was for Russia, Iran and North Korea. As per the Title II of the act, because of Russia intervention in Ukraine and meddling into US Presidential elections in 2016 any dealings by any state with the Russian gas, defence and security industry will invite sanctions. 

The section 235 of the act talks about 12 sanctions that can be imposed upon persons engaging in significant transactions (39 Russian entities identified by the US State Department, which includes space defence cooperation JSC, the manufacturer of S-400 Triumf) with the defence and intelligence of Russia. Section 231 gives powers to the US President to invoke 5 out of the 12 sanctions in section 235. However, India, Indonesia and Vietnam were granted a waiver under CAATSA, which conveys that India retained its strategic autonomy. 

More SO, India has this understanding that it needs to balance its relations with the US and Russia both. India needs Russia because it is endowed with natural resources and military technologies fruitful for Indian development and security. More importantly, based on India's past diplomatic engagement, Russia is more inclined to align to the interests of India in South Asia than the US. India also knows that as the US tries to withdraw from Afghanistan, it will need Russia more in Afghanistan (and beyond in Eurasia) than anyone else. 

More so, today, Russia is more crucial for us as it is more than willing to share those technologies that the US is not willing to share, like nuclear-powered submarines.