Good development but the point is Modi had delayed this deal for more than 4 years compromising the security of the country.
Today due to the delays with Rafale & S-400 deals, India can neither go on the offensive with Rafales nor defensive with S-400.
Good development but Naval LCA will never see the light.
Indian Navy is interested in twin Engine MWF.
But this tech will help speed up the LCA MK2 for Navy.
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Most of the Muslims in India are pious Muslim and majority of the Muslim girls/women in India wear Burka.
Watch this video before you try to claim that Muslim girls/women do not wear Burka.
People of all faiths including Muslims and Hindus of the subcontinent fought against the British during the war of 1857. This led British to divide the population using the Urdu-Hindi language wars to weaken the Muslim-Hindu unity.
Pathetic and lethargic Indian procurement = Pakistan got the opportunity to catch up with India
For example, as India was stuck with no movement on MMRCA deal for two decades, Pakistan inducted 200+ JF-17 thunders.
Do you think India is not susceptible now due to delaying the S-400? US can and will pull the plug on its equipment, spares & support anytime, irrespective of whether you had an agreement or not. That is the risk of procuring anything from the US.
Comparing India and Turkey is not appropriate.
Unlike Turkey, India was neither part of NATO nor a partner in the F-35 program.
Also, CAATSA was brought in 2017. Had India closed the S-400 back in 2014/2015, this whole talk of avoiding CAATSA sanctions would have been irrelevant. Modi just...
You may blame Congress/AKA for the MMRCA debacle but the blame for delay of S-400s squarely lies with the BJP.
Even for RAFALEs, Modi took a 1.5 years to close the G2G deal for which all the ground work except the price was already completed during UPA2.
Heck BJP did not even have a proper MoD...
S-400 and Rafale are just on paper.
It will take another 5 years to operationalize S-400.
Indian enhancements for Rafale will take another 3 years.
Russia offered S-400 back in 2014 and Modi just sat on the offer for 5 years.
Same is happening with Super Sukhio and FGFA.
IGA for Kamov was...
I do not see any change.
There is no urgency being shown by this government even for critical procurement.
Kamov-226 , MMRCA, Super Sukhoi, S-400, RAFALE, Tejas MK1A etc.. all are delayed