Reports: Netanyahu Is Planning Another Visit To India To Close A Large Arms Deal

by Baruch PletnerJanuary 29, 2019January 29, 201903776

Fourth-generation fire and forget anti-tank missile Spike made by the Israeli Armaments Development Corporation (RAFAEL)
*Copyright: Dave1185 [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons*

Ha’aretz is reporting that Israeli PM Netanyahu who has developed a close personal relationship with Indian PM Modi with both leaders exchanging visits lat year, is planning another visit to India within the coming two weeks. India is a major client for the Israeli arms industry with the most recent purchase of the fourth-generation fire and forget anti-tank Spike missiles valued at half a billion USD, coming on the heels of a two billion USD deal between India and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). It is reported that India wishes to conclude another large arms deal and that is the reason behind Netanyahu’s visit to India when both he and his Indian counterpart are facing reelection campaigns. Asia Pacific accounts for 58% of all Israeli arms exports with India making up the largest share of that market.

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Baruch Pletner

Baruch Pletner is an entrepreneur, a scientist, an inventor, and a private pilot. He is passionate about education, the outdoors, and the war on globalism. Baruch holds a PhD degree from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. Born in Kiev to Zionist parents, Baruch spent the first ten years of his life in the Soviet Union getting an education in the evils of communism. Though both of his grandfathers were killed defending the USSR against Nazi invaders, Baruch was a victim of rampant anti-Semitism from as long as he can remember, making his departure for Israel in 1973 a very welcome event. In Israel, Baruch served in the Air Force as a Fire Control Officer in a HAWK surface to air missile battery and took part in the First Lebanon War. While his career in engineering took him to Boston, Baruch has remained an ardent Zionist and supporter of the Jewish Nation, the Torah, and the Land of Israel. Fluent in three languages and a student of history and the classics, Baruch has been writing for tsarizm.com as the Hi-Tech Traditionalist for a number of years, covering the war on globalism, Russia, and Israel. Baruch resides in Prince Edward Island, Canada, with his wife of 33 years and their two dogs and one cat.

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