How Joe Biden blocked sale of Cryogenic Engines to India thru the 'Biden amendment'. May 1992.
Back in the 90s, US proposed a $24 Billion aid package to Russia. At around the same time, India was trying to get Cryogenic Engines from Russia at a value $250 million.
These engines were crucial for Indian Space program as they are needed to handle rocket fuel at extremely low temperatures to get the extra thrust required to carry heavier payloads into space.
President Bush was OK with this Russian deal with India but a democrat senator put in an amendment which stated that If Russia sold the cryogenic engine to India, this aid package would be scuttled!
This is the Biden amendment.
“I am confident that the Russian leaders will recognize the wisdom of stopping this sale once they see the risk of losing their economic aid,” said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), who offered the amendment. “This is no minor sale; this is dangerous.”
Russia badly needed this aid. It had no choice but to back down from the deal it already had with India.
In the same period, China was taking technology from Russia. This Senator, Joe Biden, of course preferred to look the other way as he considered only India to be the enemy of US.
It took years, but eventually India developed its own solution, on the little help it had from Russia prior to the cryogenic deal being scuttled.
Ultimately, the US also allowed Moscow to supply seven Cryogenic engines to India but without allowing technology transfer citing that the sale was not in line with the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which is supposed to prevent the proliferation of missiles.
This was absurd as
1. Neither Russia nor India was a member of MCTR.
2. Cryogenic engines are not considered capable of being used in long-range missiles like the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs).
3. India has never invaded any nation and has not initiated any war with any other country or like Pakistan, supplied terrorists to any country.
India eventually developed cryogenic technology on its own after 20 years of research by ISRO.
Biden is no friend of India. He has held back India for decades. He is responsible to push back Indian space program by at least a decade!
His 2nd in command, Kamala Harris supports Pakistan on the Kashmir issue where Pakistan has illegaly occupied vast areas of Kashmir and even given some critical areas of Kashmir to China so the latter can build a road thru this region that connects China to Pakistan in the OBOR (One Belt One Road) initiative from China to establish a new silk route in the region to move Chinese goods.
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