India steps up its efforts to counter China at the border thanks to its strategic partner that shares a similar ethnonationalistic worldview: Israel
India has finalised the deal to purchase four Heron MK II drones from Israel, amid simmering tensions between New Delhi and China, the Jerusalem PostIndia is expecting to receive all the unmanned aerial vehicles by the end of 2021, and plans to use the Israeli drones for surveillance and reconnaissance purposes at its border with China.
The deal between India and Israel, worth $200 million, was first signed in January but Covid-19 delayed the arrival of the UAVs. Before the deal, India was initially planning to lease the air systems for three years.
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