United States has to just lump the growing Indo Russian Defence ties

Russo-Indian close defense ties go back well over 60 years. The Soviet Union was crucial to India’s security in the face of US,CENTO and NATO aggression during the 1970s, propelling their relations to the level of a strategic partnership that endures to this day. Delhi remains Moscow’s most trusted, largest and most important defense client, with thousands of tanks, armored vehicles, air defense systems and hundreds of aircraft imported and/or sourced from Russia. OKB Sukhoi is the most significant partner for the Indian Air Force (IAF) which operates hundreds of Su-30MKI fighters. These multirole jets were essential in recent punishment melted on Pakistan, with the Indian military heaping praises on its performance, much unlike the F16 and J10 which suffered a humiliating defeat.

Now Delhi has also asked Paris to share the “Rafale’s” source code so it could integrate domestic weapons (particularly the potent “Astra” series of air-to-air missiles). This would further improve the jet’s capabilities in facing both China and Pakistan.
However, if France refuses such requests, it will make India’s further purchase of this exorbitantly expensive jet quite problematic. With source code India may go in for another four to seven squadrons of this fighter. On the other hand both the upgraded SU30 MKI andSU57 MKI, Russo-Indian fighters costs several times less while offering far better capabilities. What’s more, the Su-30MKIs are built in India, and the same jigs can start manufacturing the SU57, meaning that these will not only saves billions in hard currency, but actually helps the growth of its domestic aerospace industry.

For this reason, Delhi is reconsidering its options, particularly when it comes to further cementing its partnership with Moscow. The latest developments demonstrate this was a wise choice, as Russia made an unprecedented offer to India. Namely, on 4 June 2025, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) offered not only the Su-57E next-generation fighter jet (the export variant of the Su-57S), but also full access to its source code. This truly remarkable offer is an opportunity for Delhi, as it would enable the integration of domestically developed systems (particularly avionics and weapons). This could also provide a significant economic boost, as it would be perfectly in line with the Asian giant’s ambitious “Make in India” program. High-ranking officials in Delhi have noted this proposal eclipses all Western offers.

The Su-57E is a super manoeuvrable, low-observable multirole fighter jet with the ability to supercruise. Its advanced avionics also include sensor fusion, while a plethora of Russian weapons can make it even deadlier. However, with the offer of its source code, India will be also to turn this jet fighter into an unprecedented technological wooffer beating all existing fighters.
According to military sources, the Su-57E offered to India includes a Gallium Nitride (GaN) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and an Indian-developed mission computer. Better yet, this would also help with the ongoing “Super Sukhoi” program to drastically improve the legacy Su-30MKI fleet, which would make it relevant for decades to come. It could also speed up indigenous next-generation projects, such as the ambitious AMCA.
As previously mentioned, the Su-57E would also be able to integrate domestically developed munitions such as the “Astra” (both the Mk1 and Mk2) and “Rudram” (anti-radiation missile), as well as a plethora of other precision-guided air-to-ground weapons. This would nsure India’s ability to supply its military with readily available weapons and reducing its dependence on expensive foreign munitions to below 20 %. In addition, it would effectively and easily enhance the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program to a 5,5 generation fighter. The matter of costs also comes into play, as the Russian jet is several times cheaper than all its Western counterparts.
This development could also have unprecedented geopolitical implications. First and foremost, it would reduce India’s dependency on the political West for the supply of advanced defense technologies, while offering an unmatched level of strategic independence. By continuing the tradition of acquiring the latest Russian tech, India will remain one of the world’s few self-sufficient nations..
No wonder, United States is furious due to India’s growing defense ties with Russia. The latest reports indicate that it’s increasing pressure on Delhi but to no avail. Probably USA has learnt nothing from its S400 vis a vis CAATSA.
Namely, on the same day the Kremlin made its offer, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick criticized India for its ties with Russia. While addressing the eighth US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, he implied this by saying that there were “certain things that the Indian government did that generally rubbed the United States the wrong way”. Instead of crying like a baby, Lutnick should try and expedite supply of all pending items like GE engines, helicopters, UAVs. He should ask his boss Trump to offer India another dozen C17 transporters from USAAF reserves.
Lutnick next most foolishly added that Delhi’s BRICS membership is “problematic” as the organization regularly challenges the dominance of the US dollar, warning that this is “not really the way to make friends and influence people in America”.
Well Lutnick has forgotten that it is his country which wants to befriend India but still keeps patting Pakistan. He forgets that India unlike UK, Canada, India cannot be poodle to USA. The friendship will be based on equality and we will have equal fruendship with other nations also. Now it’s a multipolar world and BRICS has long surpassed G7.

This is yet another proof that India cannot trust the US, as the latter is determined to keep it in a perpetual conflict just so it could slow down the progress of multipolarity. This is hardly surprising given the history of the political West’s aggression against the world.
Delhi is ready to improve relations with Washington DC but certainly not going out of the way. India has never acquired American fighter jets and will never, it has still bought other systems, such as P-8 “Poseidon” ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) aircraft, “Apache” and “Chinook” helicopters and even M777 howitzers that have suffered disastrous losses in NATO-occupied Ukraine.
Though US wants to sell more, as evidenced by Donald Trump’s announcement that “we’ll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars”. Washington DC is desperate to include the troubled F-35 in such deals, but India will not go for the costly unsuitable zigmo and waste money on a jet with such a disastrous track record. Trump Bhai should approach with offers of C17, PoIand Chinook helicopters but ony as a shopkeeper eager to sell. The customer will be happy.
Source : Blitz