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India purchased surveillance aircrafts (AWACS) during 2016 from:

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • USA
  • France
  • Russia
  • Israel
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

This question is about India's surveillance aircraft procurement during 2016. Reviewing each supplier option:

  1. USA: A major defence partner for India, but not the source of this particular AWACS deal.
  2. France: Known for other defence contracts with India, not this one.
  3. Russia: Supplies the aircraft platform used in India's Phalcon AWACS, but the surveillance system itself came through a different partner.
  4. Israel: Supplied the airborne early warning radar system for India's AWACS through Israel Aerospace Industries, making it the correct source for this 2016 acquisition.

The AWACS technology in question traces back to Israel as the supplying country.

The correct answer is Israel.

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Approach Solution -2

Looking at each country's specific defence-cooperation history with India for this exact category of equipment, airborne surveillance systems, helps settle the question.

  1. USA: India's defence purchases from the U.S. have focused on other categories such as transport aircraft and howitzers, not this AWACS radar deal.
  2. France: France's defence relationship with India in this period centred on fighter jets rather than airborne surveillance radar systems.
  3. Russia: Russia's role in India's AWACS fleet has been to provide the aircraft platform, not the surveillance radar package that defines the system's core capability.
  4. Israel: Israel has an established history of supplying India with airborne surveillance and radar technology, including for this AWACS acquisition completed by 2016.

Matching the specific category of equipment, airborne surveillance radar, to each country's actual defence-cooperation history singles out Israel.

Therefore, the correct answer is Israel.

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