Israel and India close to agreement on UAVs

[Resistance]

Globes Online

The two countries might also jointly develop new UAVs.

"Defense News" reports that India and Israel are close to an agreement on the joint manufacture of Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in India. The agreement will cover Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Heron and Searcher 2 UAVs. The two countries might also jointly develop new UAVs.

Indian Ministry of Defence officials said technology transfer issues were not yet settled. Discussions on joint manufacture of UAVs began during Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visit to New Delhi in September 2003.

[bluesoul]

1. Just as the "peace fence"

this is good news. be glad :eyes:

[Muddleoftheroad]

2. What is your gripe with this one?

[bluesoul]

3. None

I am just glad...

[Blitz]

12. Yup, you're glad

you just wanted to weigh-in on the topic with some eye rolling.

[GabysPoppy]

4. Must there be a gripe?

:shrug:

[Blitz]

6. Where Israel is concerned?

There must.

[bluesoul]

7. I don't know

:shrug:

[Blitz]

5. Some people have been known to object

to Israel having allies, trading partners, etc.

[GabysPoppy]

8. Some people will find something wrong

If Israel exported chess sets

[bluesoul]

9. Yes since anyone raising any objections

is automatically evil and Israel hating. Aha :crazy:

[Muddleoftheroad]

10. If there is no valid objection

Then those options must be considered.

[Blitz]

11. Thus far

no one has made a clear objection.

However, to your point, many but not all people who raise objections to virtually everything Israel does are both evil and Israel hating.

[bluesoul]

14. Am I among them?

I would love to know that...

[Blitz]

17. I would love to know that as well

but, based on what I know to date, I cannot say.

[bluesoul]

21. I also cannot say

for you...

[Blitz]

22. Let me help you with that

I do not hate Israel or reflexively criticize everything that it does. Therefore, I do not fit anywhere in the described category.

[GabysPoppy]

26. You will have to answer that question for yourself

[vierundzwanzig]

13. I thought

they already had drones taking pictures of extrajudicial assassinations (They made one (unconvincing, since there was a blank-out period) video sequence available recently).

But no, why did we bother about South Africa, either?

Let's cut to the chase - all this stuff has military weapons-of-mass-destruction application. Israel, in effect, is exporting WMDs. It bothers me, even some Knesset memebers.

[Muddleoftheroad]

16. Aerial vehicles are aerial vehicles

If you want to use them to drop WMD, whether they are manned or not is of little consequence. Your post is a wild overreaction.

[Blitz]

19. Wheels

also have "military weapons-of-mass-destruction application." So do parachutes. So do ball bearings. So do digital timers and buttons.

Can't have suitcase nukes without suitcases.

Boycott Samsonite!!!

[vierundzwanzig]

23. I wonder

why we don't sell this stuff to nations on our sh** list?

[Blitz]

28. We don't sell suitcases?

Or wheels or ball bearings or buttons? To whom?

What are you talking about?

[Resistance]

15. Relevant information

Global majors set to attend Indian defense expo

NEW DELHI - With India's Defense Ministry wanting more than a Rs 250 billion (US$5.5 billion) outlay for armament acquisitions, international weapons majors are making an unprecedented beeline for the fourth Indian Defense Expo beginning here on February 4.

Leading the pack are the Israeli defense industries, which have over the past three years bagged contracts worth more than $2 billion. The have sold to India the Travor range of infantry arms, high and medium altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, in which Tel Aviv is the world leader, as well as anti-infiltration devices like unattended ground sensors.

[Muddleoftheroad]

18. Considering they both fight Muslim extremists

It is only natural that Israel would try to sell defense products to India.

[vierundzwanzig]

24. How about Pakistan?

Nuclear enforcements to both. And I bet they would buy.

I can dig those morals.

[Blitz]

29. Maybe its just me

But that post didn't make any sense. Can you elaborate?

[Muddleoftheroad]

30. I vote with Blitz

There was a lack of clarity to that one.

[Blitz]

20. More excellent news

Israel and India are natural allies, as are Turkey and Israel. Countries in the thick of the fight against Islamists are going to work together.

[vierundzwanzig]

25. Let me emphasize

and I am a bit ticked off about this:

The article heading is: "Defense News": Israel and India close to agreement on UAVs

which gives it a very different spin.

I hope the moderators throw in their two cents' worth.

[Resistance]

27. could you explain what the different spin is?

I don't see it ...