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India unsure of Russian arms to meet China, Pakistan threats

FILE - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, stands at the naval dockyard to visit the INS Vikramaditya in Goa, India on June 14, 2014. India bought its only aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, from the Soviet Union in 2004. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Indian tanks roll down a field during a joint military exercise with Russia at Mahajan Field firing range, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Bikaner, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan on Oct. 25, 2013. From 2016-20, Russia accounted for nearly 49% of India's defense imports while French and Israeli shares were 18% and 13%, respectively, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. India not only depends on Russian weaponry, but it also relies hugely on Moscow for military upgrades and modernization as it moves toward self-reliance in its defense sector, said Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda, a former Indian military commander. (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma, File) FILE - Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony, center, with Indian Air Force Chief N.A.K. Browne, left, walk out from an Mi-17 V5 helicopter, a military utility transport helicopters from Russia, during its induction ceremony in New Delhi, India on Feb. 17, 2012. India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tightrope walk between Moscow and Washington could become more difficult due to a border standoff with China. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) FILE - Workers at the MiG factory assemble a MiG-29K fighter jet for the Indian Navy in Moscow on Aug. 3, 2011, during a trip organized for press. India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tightrope walk between Moscow and Washington could become more difficult due to a border standoff with China. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other before their meeting in New Delhi, India on Dec. 6, 2021. India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tightrope walk between Moscow and Washington could become more difficult due to a border standoff with China. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) FILE - Indian naval ship INS Vikramaditya, front, participates in the Malabar 2017 tri-lateral exercises between India, Japan and the U.S. in the Bay of Bengal on July 17, 2017. India bought its only aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, from the Soviet Union in 2004. The carrier had served during the former Soviet Union and later for the Russian navy. (AP Photo/Rishi Lekhi, File)