Mig-35 is Mig-29 SMT (with improved engines and better avionics) sure India can get their Mig-29 upgraded to these standards
Presently there are no buyers for Mig-35 and there is one prototype only
So if there is an order from Pakistan then it might help the MiG factory but as someone pointed...
! 18 new F-16C/D Block 50/52 combat aircraft (valued at $1.43 billion; none delivered to date); Isnt that about US$ 79 million per plane ??? Are you sure all the money is going into a Block 50 plane?
I think the MMRCA competition had the supposedly more advanced Block 60 at much cheaper price...
Don't be too happy
The only reason why India is worried because somehow we want our people to support more on defence spending and make the purchase of MMRCA most urgent, and soon as India signs this deal I am sure the Chief of PAF will make such comments and they would also go on heavy...
A very nice answer yes, Paradropping is really suicidal with the weapons being more capable and more deadlier and also becoming more expensive in terms of cost and technology
Any weapon pakistan buys changes the dynamics in India and so India buys and it changes the dynamics in Pakistan and the cycle goes on and on and on.. I think that India and Pakistan are the ones for whom weapons are actually being made, the rest are just testing them
I am reading the arguements and would like to comment as follows
Firstly 5.56mm vs 7.62
5.56 is light and carry more bullets etc, that arguement is really good, but there have been instances where a person shot with 5.56 mm has walked. Which is not the same in case of 7.62 mm. You are hit...
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50 lakhs for one nag missile ? I find the cost a bit high, considering that
An entire Pinaka MBRL system comes at 2 crore 30 lakhs as suggested (rs 23 million) or am I wrong?
Attack Helicopters are more or less anti tank weapons, and yes they can be used against Terrorists. Since 9/11, for some reasons the terrorist (or other words that you can use) do not use anti aircraft missiles simply as no one seems to be selling them. During Soviet-Afghan conflict, the afghans...