{
  "id": 12835940,
  "title": "India’s Central Asia missile sales spark a new Great Game",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/indias-central-asia-missile-sales-spark-a-new-great-game",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:04:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/indias-central-asia-missile-sales-spark-a-new-great-game/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A flurry of landmark arms deals is reshaping Central Asia’s strategic landscape, as regional states leverage alternative defense suppliers to assert their sovereignty amid Russia’s waning dominance and an intensifying Sino-Indian rivalry. Indian Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh confirmed the export of India’s domestically developed Akash surface-to-air missile system to Tajikistan and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}