Headline: Turkey Advances into India-Pakistan Arms Market, Challenges India's Traditional Equipment**.
Introduction: In recent years, the Turkish army has launched an intervention in the civil wars of several countries, and in this context, it has begun to attack each other's countries*** The latest news shows that Turkey has successfully entered the Indian arms market. Although India and Pakistan are long-standing enemies, Pakistan has purchased a large amount of equipment from Turkey in recent years. In order to strengthen its own combat effectiveness, the Indian army has also begun to buy a large number of Western equipment, including a contract for fleet support ships from Turkey. This move means that Turkey's military cooperation in the India-Pakistan region is expanding.
Text: India and Pakistan have been bitter enemies since the partition of the Mountbatten Plan. There have been a number of large-scale border wars and clashes between the two countries, often armed confrontations. In recent years, the Pakistani army has increased its combat effectiveness by purchasing large quantities of equipment. In order to strengthen its self-comfort, India has also begun to buy Western equipment on a large scale, including 11 Rafale fighter jets purchased from the French company Dassault.
Surprisingly, however, Turkey has also managed to penetrate India's arms market. According to Indian Defense News**, Hindustan Shipyard is likely to reach a partnership with Turkey by the end of 2021 to build five fleet support ships for the Indian Navy. The Indian Navy's logistical capabilities have always been relatively weak, and these fleet support ships will provide the Indian Navy with **ammunition, supplies**, fuel, etc. Although the contract will be contracted by a shipyard in India, the design and spare parts will be provided by Turkey. This is not uncommon in the Indian arms market.
At the same time, Turkey is also one of the main equipment suppliers of the Pakistani army. Back in 2018, the Pakistani Navy, in cooperation with the Turkish company STM, built a full load displacement of up to 170,000 tons of fleet support ships and upgrades to the Pakistan Navy's existing Agosta 90B conventionally powered submarines. In addition, Turkey has built four "Island" class frigates with a displacement of 2,000 tons for the Pakistan Navy, with a total contract value of up to $1.5 billion. These frigates will be equipped with medium-range anti-aircraft missiles designed by China.
Military cooperation between Turkey and Pakistan goes back a long way. There are reports that Turkey is recruiting mercenaries inside Syria and sending them to the vicinity of the Kashmir border to launch infiltration operations inside India. This shows Turkey's growing influence in the region.
For Turkey, the inclusion of India in its military cooperation network means the expansion of its interests. However, there is an ideological consensus on military cooperation between Turkey and Pakistan, while there are many conflicts with India. As a result, military cooperation between Turkey and India will face considerable difficulties if it is to be carried out comprehensively and in the long term.
Conclusion:
Turkey has successfully entered the Indian arms market by providing the Indian Navy with design and spare parts for the construction of fleet support vessels. At the same time, Turkey is also one of the main equipment suppliers of the Pakistani army. However, military cooperation between Turkey and India is ideologically conflicting, and it will be difficult to carry out full-scale cooperation in the future. This situation shows that Turkey's military cooperation in the India-Pakistan region is constantly expanding, and its influence cannot be ignored.
Background: India and Pakistan are two important countries in South Asia that have been in a state of hostility for a long time since the Mountbatten Plan partitioned India and Pakistan. In recent years, Pakistan has purchased a large amount of military equipment to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army. In order to strengthen its own combat effectiveness, India has also begun to increase the purchase of military equipment. However, Turkey managed to break into the Indian arms market, supplying the Indian Navy with designs and spare parts for fleet support vessels. Military cooperation with Pakistan has been very close, including equipment such as fleet support ships, frigates and submarines. Military cooperation between Turkey and India is ideologically conflicting and will face difficulties in the future.