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I would beg to disagree. The ministers know absolutely nothing! But I agree that the "team" does know what they are supposed to know. The decisions made by the ministers are clouded with politics and have nothing to do with "the right thing for the forces". Be it pressure from big countries/...

R.I.P. Was it due to technical issues or was the chopper targetted?

I agree that the finance ministry has a say. But we should understand that they know zilch about the needs of the forces. If a service thinks a particular system is needed, I would like the finance ministry to be more understanding and accomodate. I do not think that we should assume that armed...

Hi, I will try to answer the two questions you have posed. 1: India's defence budget is set to increase by 15+% this year (and thanks to new attacks may be even more). This sets the number at $35 billion for this year. At the same time, we should realize that with india growing at the...

I think we should do an analysis based on "10000 flying hours" as is the norm. I vividly remember an article which stated that PAF had high number of crashes per 10000 flying hours from 1991 to 1998 by air marshal (retd.) ayaz ahmed khan. It would be interesting to compare the same for both IAF...

I am not sure if the question was for me but if you meant the article i posted from DID, then it states (as highlighted) that the ship is without missile systems now and the quoted price of the transfer to PN implies that the ship will be transfered "as is" i.e, without the said missile systems...

As you rightly point out in your subsequent arguments, NLCA has no place in IN today and that is very much the case. And please understand that this has nothing to do with the navy. The navy requires to place the order now in order to have the jets in time for IAC induction. Thus we are seeing...

I agree with you completely. I also feel that finance ministry should not have any say in the decisions made unless they don't have the necessary outlay from the budget. And if that's the case, the proposals should not be discarded (A330 MRTT) but merely put on hold till additional outlay is...

It has already been inducted your highness! :disagree:

Coming back to the topic, I feel they are too short legged to be called "credible". The choke points which the indian subs would face while trying to get close to chinese cities make it imperative that we develop long ranged (atleast 6000 km) SLBM's and put atleast 8-10 on future SSBN's

@ sancho My argument was that we do not need to support such huge number of troops (we are not invading any country) and thus smaller LPD's should do (with AC's and also provide the benefits of additional AC's). You should understand that these ships are to be produced in india and thus will...

As far as brahmos integration goes, the germans are more than happy to do the needful (brhamos officials had meetings with them during defexpo it would seem). I am be more interested in miniaturized low power nuclear reactors forming a part of hybrid russian electric submarines. They seem to...

You are bringing up numbers without sources. Could you provide source for the weights you quote!?! Who told you that the weight of mki increased by 2000 kg? On top of all the unsubstantiated claims I am reading in your post, I should add that mki is slated for upgrades in 3-4 years which would...

Growth and Prosperity are the key to solving some of the most fundamental issues plaguing SA today. It is the most powerful deterrent against war! All the best to pakistan for the new decade! :)

They seem to be moving towards UCAV's at this point (read neuron). Moreover, I don't see any major advantage we may have with such a tie up! Our biggest challenge with the LCA had been the powerplant! IMO, NGFA should be a home-grown solution in order to develop technologies in india!

Thanks a ton for the information. It clears up many of the questions I had and the misconceptions I harboured. :)

What I am trying to say is that the missile is not flying on its own. It will be attached to the aircraft pylon. Since most of the system will be hidden multiple reflective surfaces and since there will be no relative motion of the missile (wrt the aircraft), it is hard to detect the missile...

With home turf, I hope you don't imagine IAF flying all over the pakistani airspace. IAF does not have the resources to dominate the battlefield (It will have an upper hand though). If we are to believe that joint operations are the way to go, we should see IAF carrying out more CAS roles in...

With a reported max. range of 125 km, I do not believe it can be that big a threat! Moreover, I would be surprised if HQ-9's (when procured by pakistan) would be used for anything more than area defence for big cities, military bases, strategic assets etc. Thus I will not be too concerned unless...

A Perry for Pakistan: USS McInerney