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To me the prime question which everyone avoids for the simple reason that it will kill the whole debate and even more important than PAs financial constraints is availability. T129B which the version that we are looking to acquire is not even Inducted in Turkish forces. Any order will require the needs of the local force to be fulfilled first and then take orders for export. The same is the case with the Zulu. US is saying it might give us some cobras in the interim but we have gone hoarse demanding more helos and none/ few have come which have not been enough given our utilization of the platform. This only leave us with MI series which are readily available and battle tested. Therefore for use NOW when we need them the only viable option is the red bear and the MI series. The rest may be future acquisitions but not at least till 2018-20. It is therefore contingent to think of helo options in the now and future sequence to get the right answers. Incidentally in the future acquisition we need to look at the WS10 and its future iterations. The Chinese dont want to lose their market and therefore are sweetening the deal with an offering of 3 platforms that have been in the news for T &E. This also needs to be considered in the context of its advantages and disadvantages. At the end of the day our future acquisitions will be decided in this manner
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