re: #24 itellu3times

Sure, we’ve been signing nuclear and military agreements with India like mad over the past couple of years, and that is certainly the goal, shipping engineering work over there, betcha they plan to sell most of this announced output to the US - or other highest bidders. Then maybe they will keep a few and hire out as mercenaries? Of course they did OK off the Somali coast a couple of months ago. But, could we depend on them for anything serious, that did not involve India’s own self-interest as much as ours?

Could we count on India with us against China? Doubt it.

That’s about like counting Saudi Arabia with us against Iran. Might look like something on paper, and have some diplomatic effect, but military, come on now.

I don’t see the US buying warships from India…seems a bit far fetched right now…as far as projecting power, that’s India’s business…it would be nice to have a reliable blue water ally