Daijiworld Media Network – Moscow

Moscow, Oct 6: Russian defence experts have dismissed opposition criticism of the Indian government over reports of RD-93 engine sales to Pakistan for the JF-17 fighter jet, saying the move could actually work in India’s favour.

“I don't think the criticism is justified. If reports about Russia providing engines for the JF-17 are correct, it benefits India in two ways,” Pyotr Topychkanov, head of the Section on New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at the Moscow-based Primakov Institute, told PTI. He explained that the sale highlights China and Pakistan’s inability to replace the Russian-origin engine and makes the aircraft predictable to India, given its operational familiarity observed during the May 2025 Operation Sindoor.

Topychkanov noted tha

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