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  1. Jon Snow

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    Thats not how it works - we chose L1 now and then price negotiations take place with the L1 only - otherwise whats the point of finding the L1 now - decide which one it is after all negotiations
  2. Jon Snow

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    So a fighter cant be a good Air superiority fighter if it has high RCS?? Better tell the Americans - they have been wasting their money on the F 15s. On a serious note - the RCS of MKI is not a handicap - yes the enemy fighters will see it coming from far but with the MKI's radar it will see...
  3. Jon Snow

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    Actually to achieve air superiority You need to have decent ground attack capabilities - First and foremost there will be SEAD missions, taking out radar installations, SAM batteries and even handheld Stingers can cause a lot of damage. Also air superiority is not achieved by taking out each and...
  4. Jon Snow

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    Agreed..... But why would we want to integrate our munitions and bvrs on eft - there is nothing in the forseeable future better than the meteor missile out there.
  5. Jon Snow

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    We would be wise to take all rumours with a pinch of salt but I dont think it is so far fetched that the eft wins so as to call it impossible. Just look at the mica missile deal for the mirage 2000 - bloody expensive - the aim 120C which will come with the eft ( as a stop gap measure till we...
  6. Jon Snow

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    Yes rafale is the better ground attack fighter- no question about this ....... But since these two have been shortlisted the question of performance or capabilities is useless - the only thing which matters right now is which one is cheaper - and if it is the eft - well the iaf have stated that...
  7. Jon Snow

    Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

    We already have two air superiority fighters - Mig 29 and Su 30MKI. The IAF uses the MKI in Air dominance mode but give me one reason why we cant use it for ground attack? It has huge payload, long range, lots of diff kind of weaponry available. We can upgrade half the MKI's to specialize in the...
  8. Jon Snow

    Non-resident Indians get voting rights

    True that - I have seen college students hack into the indian govt income tax website. Guess they will go for the old fashioned way and conduct elections at the embassies or consulates
  9. Jon Snow

    India must step in : Chairman of the Kuwait Centre for Strategic Studies.

    India certainly needs to take some part in the events - we cant just sit by an do nothing. What to do is the question - The answer (to me at least ) is simple - do whats in the best interest of the indians living in the middle east - and believe it or not the indians are very happy with the...
  10. Jon Snow

    Non-resident Indians get voting rights

    Most probably it will be online.... lets see
  11. Jon Snow

    FMBT Part II: India’s future main battle tank now grapples with a weight is

    DRDO whining..... If a 45 ton T 90 can have a 125mm smoothbore and enough protection to defeat 7 RPGs without stopping ( though armor of russian tanks is slightly low as compared to western tanks we can have 5 tons of armor more)- why cant we make a good enough tank of 50 tons especially when we...
  12. Jon Snow

    Russian “Amur-1650” submarine has good chances to win tender in India

    according to our policies, we wanted western technology and russian technology so that we could use both to make indigenous diesel elestric submarine. We are getting western tech in the scorpenes so it would be a good idea to get the amur now. The Amur is also a very good submarine and probably...
  13. Jon Snow

    Russian envoy: media unfair to Russian arms

    Very true..... Indian media seems to love blaming the Russians for everything..... Take the following example- if we cant manufacture the scorpene submarines fast enough or in time then everybody blames MDL but any problem with the T 90M production and its all Russsia's fault. Its also very...
  14. Jon Snow

    Part II: Army’s delayed orders halts T-90 tank

    The indian made t 90 costs more than mk1 arjun. The t 90S supplied to us by Russians directly are much cheaper. This is because the Indian made T 90 are the T 90M which has composite armor( same as arjun ), kaktus ERA ( compared to arjun mk1 which has no ERA this is a huge bonus, compared to...
  15. Jon Snow

    I wish India shows some spine while dealing with China: Omar Abdullah

    Just china??? We should show more spine when dealing with pakistan, russia and usa too...... But its never gonna happen when our own leaders are nothing more than puppets
  16. Jon Snow

    Part II: Army’s delayed orders halts T-90 tank

    The t 90S may be inferior to the t 80ud but what about the t 90M?? it seems to be far superior to the t 90S.
  17. Jon Snow

    American attack aftermath: Pakistan declares attack a 'plot'

    You guys only have about 2-3 sqds of a modern 4th gen plane (thunder) -whose capabilities are unclear. You guys will be wise to not engage the ISAF in any sort of combat.
  18. Jon Snow

    American attack aftermath: Pakistan declares attack a 'plot'

    The problem is that they can cancel all the permits they want - USA will only leave when they want to - permits or no. Pakistan cannot force the US out. Same with air space - they can tell US to stop violating Pakistani airspace (even that will take some backbone) but do you really think they...
  19. Jon Snow

    Sukhoi PAK-FA / FGFA: Updates,News & Discussions

    Is the fgfa all that important now?? It has been confirmed that of the 214 - 166 will be single seater pak fa ( most probably all changes will be internal to avionics ) whose 3 prototypes are already flying....
  20. Jon Snow

    Indian Economy-News & Updates

    Food inflation drops from 9.1 pc to 8 pc - India News - IBNLive Food inflation witnessed a sharp moderation to 8 per cent for the week ended November 19, though prices of most agricultural items, barring potatoes, onions and wheat, continued to rise on an annual basis. Food inflation, as...
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