araz
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You got few things right and few things wrong
1.who are you looking to fight with.
Nobody, its just a deterrent so that when push comes to shove we dont sit on our arse and see it happening.
2. You said " You have not succeeded in your local venture but keep trying"
Even if its true(so many that I can name which is a success) is it a bad thing to try.. Apollo 13 landed on the Moon great story but do you know it was the third attempt.
3. You said " the russians will keep supplying you hardware which is at par with what you will be getting from the EU at grossly over inflated price"
Not necessary its in the same par, when you have many vendor you have many choices.
4. You said " if the F20 comes in at the same time that PAkfa comes in you will always maintain parity with the chinese"
Even if the PakFA come early its not like we are gonna attack, China is huge country. Her enemy is just not India so her defense budget is much more than wht we have
4. You said" As to the Pakistanis , we are not worth worrying about. As a country we just are not big enough or have depth enough to worry you"
True, but our defense acquisitions is not just done keeping Pak in mind.
5. You said" So why these acquisitions worth billions when the same money invested in your country would yield dividends beyond the advantage gained by having 126 fighters which will be white elephants never used in war during their lives"
A country just doesnt buy mil. hardware to go to war, they buy so that it act as a deterrent
A few responses since you have been kind enough to read what i have written. There was ,by the way no sarcasm involved in my post.
1) Dont you think the the SU30s that you have are deterrent enough and what are you stocking your nukes for if not that specific purpose.
2) That was just encouragement . You got it totally wrong. By keeping on trying i meant keep at it. The question is not whether you have any aggressive designs , but to allay your anxiety vis a vis China , whom your elites think is the next bogey man for you.
3) I would actually contest the fact that the russian equipment that you have gotten has been at par with what you will be getting from the West. If instead you relied on subsystems, you would have gotten the whole package for much less.
4)Again then why are you saying what you have stated above.!!! You want to adopt a defensive posture against China, otherwise there is no one in the region who can challenge you.
5) Precisely my point, then why are you going spending billions when you can get the same equipment of equal parity from the Russians.
Araz
---------- Post added at 06:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:25 PM ----------
Sorry I read your post after i had posted a response. No more MRCA.^first of all this is not the thread to discuss the indian procurement of MMRCA and other matters - stick to the JFT.
Araz