Israel says security ties with India out of the closet

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Israel has emerged as one of India's top three arms suppliers, delivering items such as ship defence missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, but such transactions have been unpublicised, largely because of India's fear of upsetting Arab countries and its own large Muslim population.

[V]arious government ministers and top officials have been exchanging visits and on Wednesday, Moshe Ya'alon arrived in India, the first visit by an Israeli defence minister since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1992.

"We used to have our relationship, security wise, behind the scene," he said in a speech in New Delhi after attending an airshow in Bengaluru.

"And now I am here ... in Delhi to meet Prime Minister Modi and other ministers."

The visit comes as the two sides hold talks on a major deal for the supply of two airborne early warning radars to be mounted on India's Russian-made aircraft.

Israel was dissuaded from selling the same system to China because of pressure from the United States, officials said.

Ya'alon said Israel was ready to share defence technology with India.

"We see India as a partner and a friend. That is why we are ready to share technology," he said, adding that he was looking for ways to upgrade the defence relationship.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/israel-says-security-ties-india-124307144.html

Well, anybody really surprised? Like Israel having the bomb, this is not a sudden revelation.

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Gooooo Israel!!!

They made the desert bloom!

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Gooooo Israel!!!

They made the desert bloom!

And soon, they will make the desert glow in the dark.

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Someone here is obsessed with anything Israel I see. A country the size of basically nothing compared to the rest of the world with 0.1% of the world's population.

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Someone here is obsessed with anything Israel I see. A country the size of basically nothing compared to the rest of the world with 0.1% of the world's population.

Nukes make puissant little buggers.