New Delhi: Donald Trump has gone all out on India, canceling a 31,500-crore deal with the US. He has said that India would be subject to a 50% tax on Russian oil imports. However, the whole world is aware of the US President’s double standard. Large amounts of fertilizer, gas, and oil are purchased from Russia by the US and European nations themselves. India has often replicated the United States’ stance. In a special analysis, the European group CREA (Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air) also revealed this Donald Trump assertion.
India, however, has recently decided that it would not submit to Donald Trump’s double standard. Following years of silence on Donald Trump’s gibberish, India just released a statement outlining its stance unequivocally. India has also begun to take measures in tandem with this.
A report claims that in the middle of this tariff battle, India has taken significant measures. A significant agreement with the US has been canceled. In reality, India signed an agreement with Boeing Company of America to purchase six P-8I Poseidon aircraft for its Navy. These planes are used for maritime surveillance. The Navy needs a large number of these aircraft because of India’s extensive maritime region. These aircraft are very sophisticated and contemporary, and they are crucial for monitoring China’s expanding influence from the Indian Ocean to the Arabian Sea. India agreed on August 3 to temporarily halt the agreement, according to a report by the military website IDRW.
There are already twelve of these aircraft in the Indian Navy. In 2009, Boeing sold these planes to India. Then, India was the first foreign country to purchase these American aircraft. In 2008, the first eight aircraft were sold. It cost over 2.2 billion dollars, or roughly 19 thousand crore rupees, at the time. India then purchased four more of these aircraft in 2016. It cost around 8500 crores of rupees.
The US then authorized the sale of six of these aircraft to India in May 2021. This acquisition was estimated to have cost $2.42 billion, or around Rs 21 thousand crores. The Eastern Naval Command was the recipient of this agreement. However, the rising cost subsequently caused this transaction to fall through. The deal’s total cost rose to $3.6 billion, or around Rs 31,500 crore, by July 2025. In spite of this, the Indian government planned to complete this agreement once again this year. because this aircraft was praised by the Indian Navy. This P-8I Poseidon aircraft has very sophisticated capabilities. It is equipped with NASM-MR anti-ship missiles. It has a 350 km range. It works very well to monitor China’s naval operations in the Indian Ocean. However, India has halted this agreement because of the US President’s trade battle.
The American corporation Boeing will suffer a significant blow if this transaction is entirely terminated. In India, Boeing employs over 5,000 employees. In the Indian economy, it does commerce worth 1.7 billion dollars, or around 15 thousand crores of rupees.
The Indian Navy’s strength may be impacted if this transaction is stopped. In India’s maritime region, these planes keep an eye on 20,000 commerce ships and hundreds of navy vessels. India is, nonetheless, producing its own surveillance planes. It is thought that India may prioritize its own aircraft given the high expense of acquiring the P-8I Poseidon. Such aircraft are being developed by DRDO and HAL.
