If reports about Russia providing engines for the JF-17 are correct, it actually benefits India in two ways, said Pyotr Topychkanov, head of the Section on New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at Moscow’s Primakov Institute

xMoscow: Russian defence experts on Sunday said the reported sale of RD-93 engines to Pakistan for integration into the JF-17 fighter jet could actually benefit India, dismissing opposition criticism of the Indian government as unjustified.

“I don't think the criticism here is justified. If reports about Russia providing engines for the JF-17 are correct, it actually benefits India in two ways,” said Pyotr Topychkanov, head of the Section on New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at Moscow’s Primakov Institute.

“Firstly, it shows that China and Pakistan ha

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