In reply to Keyserose
No offence just one question but very important.
The facts figs from SIPRI that you quoted have dates of agreements ranging from 1995 to 2001.
Are you then suggesting that IAF have accquired no new BVR missles for the last 8 years ....???
The other question is simply this are we stating that ACM OF PAF has got his facts wrong ???
These are the current Squadron nos for su30mki
8, 20, 24, 30, 31 ( Thats defo 5 SQUADRONS)
No 31 was raised in March 2008.
The nos are varying vetween 80 upto 115 PLANES thats why i chose 100
Because i checked the SIPRI website and here is what I found for 2002 to 2008
Transfers of major conventional weapons: sorted by supplier. Deals with deliveries or orders made for year range 2002 to 2008
Note: The ÔNo. delivered/producedÕ and the ÔYear(s) of deliveriesÕ columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract. Deals in which the recipient was involved in the production of the weapon system are listed separately. The ÔCommentsÕ column includes publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data, and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms, can be found at URL <http://armstrade.sipri.org/>. The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is continuously updated as new information becomes available.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Information generated: 29 May 2009
Supplier/ Year Year(s) No.
recipient (R) No. Weapon Weapon of order/ of delivered/
or licenser (L) ordered designation description licence deliveries produced Comments
France
R: India (36) SM-39 Exocet Anti-ship missile 2005 Possibly $150 m deal; SM-39 Block-2 version; for Scorpene submarines
(20) Mistral Portable SAM 2006 AAM version; for Dhruv helicopter
L: . . MILAN Anti-tank missile (1979) 1984-2008 (17500) MILAN-2 and Milan-2T version; ordered from French-FRG Euromissile company; most produced in India; incl for BMP-2 IFV; delivery to be finished by 2012
Nothing for Russia
