Abingdonboy
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It is premature to state that it would be better than Al Khalid. BTW...its Arjun Mk2...u should compare Arjun Mk 1 with Al Khalid 1...Ak is way better than Arjun for now cuz Arjun couldnt even make it to the indian army. If you wanna compare Arjun Mk 2 ..compare it with Al Khalid 2..which is yet to come.
DOn't u know why IA rejected Arjuna??? WHy they sabotaged the project. IA+Babu+Matajee they all get comiission in Foreign deal, while DRDO don't offer them bribe.
Arjun Mk.1 IS in service with IA at present 150 of 248 orders for Mk.1 have been delivered to IA with remaining MK.1s to be delivered by end of 2013.
Even if it is proved that Arjun is "a bit" less capable than the T90(Not gonna happen, i know it) , it still makes sense to go for indigenous tanks.. Which can be later upgraded to suit the requirements of the IA.. Indian people working to make Indian tanks = $$$ stay in India, people get jobs, IA happy because of no supply constraints = Everyone happy..!! (Except for some in MOD who wont be getting their share of the import per tank..!! )
too slow man T-90 better to produce cheaper may be
Arjun Mk.1 was directly tested against the T-90S by IA in comparative field trails ~2 years ago and the T-90S was catergorically beaten in EVERY parameter be it mobility, firing accuracy, protection, lethality, situational awareness etc there was not a SINGLE parameter the T-90S came on top. And these trails were hard by the Mk.1 so the Mk.2 which is inherently an improvement on (a significant one at that) the Mk.1 is certainly going to be far better than the T-90.