India, Aug. 2 -- Trump is upset about India buying oil and arms from Russia; can he be placated with an expensive defence purchase? India already has six types of American-origin fixed wing aircraft and helicopters-Boeing C-17, Lockheed C-130, Boeing P-8I,Boeing Apache, Boeing Chinook, Lockheed MH-60R; Last year India also finalised a deal to purchase 31 MQ-9B Predator armed drones from US

As India considers ways to find a middle path to tackle the 25 % tariff threat that can also keep US President Donald Trump in good humour, can expensive defence purchases like fifth generation F-35-the single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth multirole strike fighter designed and built by Lockheed Martin-be one of them. Trump's imposition of ta...