Ankit Kumar 002
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All people , wondering about the price of Frigates. Some propositions from my side which may satisfy some questions.
1. The 4 billion quoted here is not the price of just 2 hulls, but 4 frigates with all weapon systems , sensors , etc.
2. The amount has a portion for upgrading a private shipyard in India to be able to build the ships.
3. Training and buying equipment by the shipyard is also included.
4. It also includes the fee which India will pay for obtaining the licence to build these in India.
5.There is also one problem , the shipyard / MoD (Russia ) has actually payed a small part of their assigned budget to Ukraine for which they haven't obtained the equipment. They are not willing to take this loss , so its upon India to negotiate with Ukraine on this issue.
Well this was not me , but its what airforce had conveyed to our Finance minister in 2014 when BJP won and the new government had called a meeting of three forces to note down their needs and concerns.
1. The 4 billion quoted here is not the price of just 2 hulls, but 4 frigates with all weapon systems , sensors , etc.
2. The amount has a portion for upgrading a private shipyard in India to be able to build the ships.
3. Training and buying equipment by the shipyard is also included.
4. It also includes the fee which India will pay for obtaining the licence to build these in India.
5.There is also one problem , the shipyard / MoD (Russia ) has actually payed a small part of their assigned budget to Ukraine for which they haven't obtained the equipment. They are not willing to take this loss , so its upon India to negotiate with Ukraine on this issue.
No, you cannot. You have to consider operating cost along with it, ahas called of the class of Tejas/Gripen will have flight per hour cost of 10,000 USD, while a Flanker will exceed 35,000 even under conservative estimates. You cannot afford to spend that much on peace time sorties, neither can a Flanker replace a Mig in terms of quick reaction interception roles.
IAF needs a balance between high performance and low cost multi role aircrafts, too many flankers will disrupt that balance. Either they need to speed up manufacturing of Tejas to 20-25 airframes a year, or acquire F-18SHs as a secondary choice after Rafale. Even F-18s per hour flight cost is almost half of MKIs.
Well this was not me , but its what airforce had conveyed to our Finance minister in 2014 when BJP won and the new government had called a meeting of three forces to note down their needs and concerns.