NEW YORK: Indian researcher and former employee of the Ministry of External Affairs Vikram Sanjit has said the India-Israel collaboration on nuclear technology could become a headache for China and Pakistan in the future.

Talking to a private TV channel on Friday, Sanjit said India had chosen Israel as its ally against the China-Pakistan alliance, one of the biggest advantages of which for India was that it had brought it closer to the United States. He said a significant number of Israeli scientists were working in India to make its nuclear technology up to the mark. India was progressing rapidly in collaboration with Israel’s airspace industries, he said.

He revealed that India wanted to build more than 100 ground-to-air long-range missiles every year to counter Pakistan’s missile abilities. The researcher said Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh would visit the United States in the coming month and hold some important meetings with Israeli and US lobbyists. He would also participate in US Homeland Security talks, he added.

Sanjit said a joint venture by Israel, India and the United States in future against China, Pakistan and Russia could go in the wrong direction.