February 18, 2025, 9:04 pm
On February 13 , when PM Narendra Modi met US President Donald Trump, he offered India the fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter.
Trump said, “Starting this year, we’ll be increasing military sales to India by many millions of dollars, we’re also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighter”
The realism of Trump’s F-35 offer remains uncertain, but there’s no doubt that India is actively seeking new fighter jets.
This development comes against the backdrop of F-35 participating in Aero India 2025 where it stood just meters apart from the Russian Su-57, which has been officially offered to India.
While we have argued that the Indian Air Force may avoid Russian Su-57 in a previous video, linked above, the F-35 is also not a very suitable option for India for a few very specific reasons.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why India may not choose the American F-35 ?
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Chapters:
0:00 TITLE
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:00 INDIA WON’T DECOMMISSION RUSSIAN S-400
04:32 NO TECH TRANSFER / LOCAL MANUFACTURING
05:21 TRUST ISSUE REMAIN
08:05 F-35 INTEGRATION WILL BE CHALLENGING
08:57 AMERICAN PLATFORMS COME WITH RESTRICTIONS
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▶️ Narration by Scott Leffler (scottleffler.com)
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