When defence agreements become weapons, trust becomes strategy.
China accelerated military power through aggressive reverse engineering.India chose restraint — gaining credibility but sacrificing speed.
Two paths. Two costs. One strategic question:
👉 Is trust a weakness — or a long-term force multiplier?
New article explores:
✓ SU-27 vs SU-30MKI lessons✓ Technology transfer politics✓ Why Germany trusted India with submarine tech✓ The emerging hybrid model of defence cooperation

