Earlier this month the US Army took delivery of the first, latest model Block III Apache. Burke says this latest model is also the one being offered to the IAF. The aircraft has also recently demonstrated the ability to allow its pilot to control Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The Indian...
you may be right about Chinese economy or the world economy.
but you are totally wrong about Indian economy.
Indian economy is self sufficient. though the world economy along with Chinese economy goes down, it will have limited impact on Indian economy.
though we will suffer but not to the...
lets start the process.. at least.
but keep our forcess ready.......
if we are willing to talk....
well they should at least keep all the state & NONSTATE actors in check.
well strategical relations dont build over night. It needs time & trust.
First start with training on subs & jets. Continue for a couple of years. By that time get the paper work & start developping the port.
Arming with Brmhos & warships comes last.
Bythat time close to 5 years will pass...
i see a differance of openion in the current core members of the SCO.
Russia will be insisting on the quick inclusion of India, while the China is reluctant for this. And China is interested in inclusion of Pakistan & other Middle East nations, but Russia may be resisting it or may have some...
wish this trilateral will soon convert to a multilateral of the South East Asian countries with common strategic interests.
as i have said earlier on other thread, in line with NATO which was formed considering the thret of former USSR.
many will join the group.
good step. lets start with...
sir, its just requirement of the armed forces. you may call it whining, but then its true unless you demand how the dumb GOI will know your requirement. they will keep you ignoring.
OOOHHHH man ......
i was expecting at least 15-20% price differnce. if the lifecycle cost did turn out to be same as this (mear 5% diff) i will shift my vote to EF.
whats the use of all the available infrastructure & experiance with MIRAGE2000. also they are having commanality with the wepons.
we can definately try to form a group of like minded countries with some common interest.
may be like NATO which evolved on the thret perseption of then USSR.
also we will find many to join the club (Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Austrelia)
if it includes the spares for the lifetime with the wepons, well i supose its not that bad.
also we are discussing from the start of the fascility setup for maintenance & inetial training of the technicians & pilots
but if it excludes all of this i will say leave all this & go for Gripan NG...
thanks for the very informative post.
dose that mean that $20 Bil what will be the coted cost every where will actually incurred over the period of the entire lifr of the plane & not what needs to be paid on the final delivery of the plane.
Actually in responce to the missile thret we bought S300 from Russia in 2000. total 6 systems were purchessed.
these systems act as our primary ABM till our own BMD system is in place.
me too........
after 6 years of the declaration of the contract, i fear that the actual deal might have got doubled (inflation is the major contributer)