India has had a few inflection points that quietly, firmly reset how the world reads New Delhi’s intent. Pokhran II in 1998 was one such moment. A three-decade later echo could arrive if the proposal to build 114 Rafales in India moves from paper to production. This is not only a purchase plan.

A senior Russian lawmaker has dismissed the U.S. deployment of two nuclear submarines as unsurprising, saying Russia already dominates submarine presence in international waters and that no further response is needed. Trump Orders Submarine Deployment Over Medvedev’s Remarks The move came after former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev—now deputy head of Russia’s Security