Indian Ambassador Says Buying U.S. Weapons Isn’t Easy
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India’s military modernization largely depends on U.S. equipment, even though the Defense Department’s rules for arms sales can be onerous, India’s new ambassador to the U.S., said today.
“If you look at our defense purchases, a lot of it is centered around U.S. sourcing,” Ambassador S. Jaishankar said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Washington office. “Frankly, the U.S. system was so difficult to navigate,” he said of his role in negotiating arms purchases from the U.S. “When you’re selling me something, you’re the salesman and I’m the customer, and I’m supposed to be the difficult one.”