{"id":225710,"date":"2023-02-08T20:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=225710"},"modified":"2023-02-20T14:14:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T08:44:08","slug":"in-light-of-the-russia-ukraine-war-an-opportunity-to-modernise-indias-defence-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/in-light-of-the-russia-ukraine-war-an-opportunity-to-modernise-indias-defence-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"In light of the Russia-Ukraine war, an opportunity to modernise India\u2019s defence industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cIn light of the Russia-Ukraine war, an opportunity to modernise India\u2019s defence industry\u201d <\/strong>published in The Indian Express<\/strong> on 8th February 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- International Relations<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– Changing geopolitics and defence ecosystem<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– New global defence engagements are emerging with the Ukraine war. It opens the possibility of modernising its defence industrial base for India<\/p>\n

What are new geopolitical dynamics emerging in the context of the Ukraine war?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Asia is no longer a passive theatre<\/strong> for rivalry<\/strong> among the Western powers. Asian powers are contributing to European security<\/strong>. NATO is stepping up its engagement<\/strong> with Asian powers.<\/p>\n

Pakistan is transferring ammunition to Ukraine as part of a major diplomatic effort to reset relations with the US<\/strong>. The current government is trying to correct that tilt towards the Sino-Russian alliance by the former PM.<\/p>\n

North Korea has joined the party on the other side. Russia has turned to North Korea for the supply of winter clothing and ammunition. Iran has become a major supplier of drones to Russia.<\/p>\n

Turkey has supplied drones and more to Ukraine over the last year. It has also been in the lead in creating diplomatic engagement<\/strong> between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n

South Korea has emerged as a major supplier of arms to Europe. South Korea and Japan are not only bringing NATO into Asia<\/strong>, but also taking Asia to NATO\u2019s frontlines with Russia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The idea that Europe and Asia are separate strategic theatres<\/strong> is becoming difficult to sustain. China\u2019s alliance \u201cwithout limits\u201d <\/strong>unveiled last year with Russia has broken it.<\/p>\n

The US has responded by promoting greater cooperation between NATO and America\u2019s Asian allies<\/strong>. NATO\u2019s Madrid summit<\/strong> last June saw the participation for the first time of Asian leaders from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea.<\/p>\n

How is the global defence ecosystem changing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Korean arms sales<\/strong> to Europe are surging. Poland alone is expected to bury nearly $16 billion worth of arms from South Korea. Norway and Estonia are among other European states looking for Korean arms to cope with the perceived security threats from Russia.<\/p>\n

Moscow\u2019s neighbours to the West are also arming themselves with new weapons due to fear of Russian expansionism<\/strong>. The Western and Russian arms industries are not able to meet the massive demand.<\/p>\n

The arms bazaar is no longer exclusively Western<\/strong>. Asian powers are now important producers and traders <\/strong>of weapons.<\/p>\n

China is the fourth largest arms exporter<\/strong> in the world after the US, Russia, and France. Most of China\u2019s arms exports are to the developing world.<\/p>\n

Korea arms exports reached nearly $20 billion last year. It is now ranked eighth<\/strong> on the list of arms exporters. The capacity to deliver high-quality weapons at low cost and on short order<\/strong> has put Korea in a pivotal position.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine has also woken up Japan to rethink its security policies<\/strong>. Japan\u2019s recent national defence policy has led to selling arms to friends and partners. It has provided some non-lethal military assistance<\/strong> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

It plans to double defence spending<\/strong> over the next five years. Japan is also tying up with European and American arms companies to develop fighter aircraft, missiles and drones for domestic use as well as exports.<\/p>\n

What is the case of India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India wants to be an exporter of arms<\/strong>. The export of Brahmos<\/strong> to the Philippines last year has been a major milestone in the country\u2019s evolution as an arms producer.<\/p>\n

The largest destination for Indian arms exports is not the developing world, but the US. That has largely come from the Indian supply sub-assemblies to US weapons systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

India is facing competition from the better-organised and more developed <\/strong>South Korean manufacturers.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward for the defence ecosystem in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For India, the new and dynamic defence engagement<\/strong> between Europe and Asia opens up multiple opportunities. This includes the possibilities for modernising its\u00a0 defence industrial base <\/strong>in partnership with friendly states.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s recent agreement with the US on expanding joint defence production and technology <\/strong>should be a precursor to agreements with its partners to enhance its arms exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cIn light of the Russia-Ukraine war, an opportunity to modernise India\u2019s defence industry\u201d published in The Indian Express on 8th February 2023. Syllabus: GS2- International Relations Relevance– Changing geopolitics and defence ecosystem News– New global defence engagements are emerging with the Ukraine war. It opens the possibility… Continue reading In light of the Russia-Ukraine war, an opportunity to modernise India\u2019s defence industry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-225710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}