U.S. objections to India’s oil trade with Russia has raised eyebrows in New Delhi. This was significantly larger than India’s total trade with Russia that year or subsequently. India’s defense trade with the U.S. is not only worth billions of dollars but also, it is surging. However, by 2020, U.S.-India defense trade hit $146 billion, and by 2025, it was expected to breach the $200 billion mark. Washington had long supported India’s anti-colonial struggles, but with India’s independence and the heating up of the Cold War, India’s strategic relationship with the U.S. turned bitterly argumentative, if not downright adversarial.