What-If: New UK-India alliance?

[Byker]

With the British in the process of "Brexit," and the Commonwealth a
traditional source of trade for the Mother Country, could we see a renewed
strong alliance between India and the UK?
What might that look like?
Could we see increased UK military goods sales to India, such as Global
Combat Ship Frigates or even some version of the excellent Type 45
Destroyer?
Could the UK produce Eurofighter Typhoons for export, or help arrange a
sale to India through use of UK influence within NATO?
Helicopters also come to mind, perhaps UK choppers might compete with
Russian ones for Indian Attention in a Post-Brexit world?
Any thoughts on this possibility?
David

The Hindoos wouldn't be able to afford them, so they still buy Russian.

That must've really smarted, though, when the IAF lost a MiG-21 to a
Pakistani F-16. This was the first aerial clash between the two rivals in
nearly five decades, leaving observers dumbfounded. While the challenges
faced by India's armed forces are not secret, its loss of a plane to a
country whose military is about half the size and receives a quarter of the
funding was still telling.

India's armed forces are in alarming shape. If a full-blown war broke out
tomorrow, India could supply its troops with only ten days of ammunition,
according to government estimates and nearly three-quarters of the Army's
equipment is so old it is officially considered "vintage". Their troops lack
modern equipment but have to conduct 21st-century military operations.
Indian forces are vastly underfunded and the country's army, navy, and air
force tend to compete rather than work together.

It is not just a question of how much India spends on its military but how
it spends it. The majority of the money goes to salaries for its 1.2 million
active duty troops as well as pensions. Only a third will be used to buy new
hardware at a time when modern armies are investing hugely in upgrading
their intelligence and technical capabilities.

In the meantime, yet another geriatric MiG-21 has pranged:
https://tinyurl.com/yycuzcmz

In the next Indo-Paki war, whoever runs low on men and materiel first will
be sorely tempted to reach for the nuclear button. The following scenario is
the best I've seen yet. I archived the text a few years ago so it wouldn't
be lost forever if the link went dead (it's still good):
http://bill-purkayastha.blogspot.com/2013/08/armageddon-india-pakistan-war-of-2019.html

The way the muzzies and dot-heads breed, they'd replace
the lost populations in short order <snicker>...

[Fred J. McCall]

Post by Byker

With the British in the process of "Brexit," and the Commonwealth a
traditional source of trade for the Mother Country, could we see a renewed
strong alliance between India and the UK?
What might that look like?
Could we see increased UK military goods sales to India, such as Global
Combat Ship Frigates or even some version of the excellent Type 45
Destroyer?
Could the UK produce Eurofighter Typhoons for export, or help arrange a
sale to India through use of UK influence within NATO?
Helicopters also come to mind, perhaps UK choppers might compete with
Russian ones for Indian Attention in a Post-Brexit world?
Any thoughts on this possibility?

The Hindoos wouldn't be able to afford them, so they still buy Russian.

Well, I see your ignorance is still in full effect. Last fighter
competition they ran, they selected the French Rafale.

Post by Byker
That must've really smarted, though, when the IAF lost a MiG-21 to a
Pakistani F-16. This was the first aerial clash between the two rivals in
nearly five decades, leaving observers dumbfounded. While the challenges
faced by India's armed forces are not secret, its loss of a plane to a
country whose military is about half the size and receives a quarter of the
funding was still telling.

Why would this leave anyone "dumbfounded"? It was an isolated engaged
between a superannuated aircraft that India is phasing out and a
relatively modern version of the F-16. Comparing the relative budgets
and sizes of the two militaries has nothing to do with it, since
neither country's entire military was present.

Post by Byker
India's armed forces are in alarming shape. If a full-blown war broke out
tomorrow, India could supply its troops with only ten days of ammunition,

So about what we had on hand during the Cold War.

Post by Byker
according to government estimates and nearly three-quarters of the Army's
equipment is so old it is officially considered "vintage". Their troops lack
modern equipment but have to conduct 21st-century military operations.
Indian forces are vastly underfunded and the country's army, navy, and air
force tend to compete rather than work together.

So again like us.

Post by Byker
It is not just a question of how much India spends on its military but how
it spends it. The majority of the money goes to salaries for its 1.2 million
active duty troops as well as pensions. Only a third will be used to buy new
hardware at a time when modern armies are investing hugely in upgrading
their intelligence and technical capabilities.

So again pretty much like us.