Alfa-Fighter
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What US : russia doing is here the same India-PAK situation.1) The US always maintains a much higher tech military force. Countries like India, Pakistan, China and Russia and even Europe, if they try to match the US with 1 to 1, they'll go bankrupt if not flat out lose billions of dollars. So try not to compare the situation in India or Pakistan with what the US is doing as it has 0 relevance.
2) India is phasing out its Hinds because they've ended their shelf life. Not because its a crappy heli. AH-64 is a great capable platform if you are the US or NATO. But in India and Pakistan's case, I don't see how AH-64 has such tremendous advantage as the military doctrine, war theaters, supportive equipment are entirely different than how the US / NATO deploys the Apache. India is also buying the Apache helis as they kind of have to. They've ticked off a lot of senior US leadership folks by not buying the jets from the US (Rafale saga), when the US's pumped trillions in the Indian economy. Speaks volumes to the "Strategic Friendship"....you give one party trillions and they don't even buy a billion worth of jets, which is .0001 % of the money we put into their economy.
5 decade old design Mi-35 n why not Russian AF and Indian AF buying the same thing again new? they are buying design new to replace the ageing one . why they are buying MI-28 aka Havoc and india going for Rudra ?
AH-64 is the stop gap measure till india not develop its own LCH , and AH-48 is going to deploy against China in infantry support in mountains.
India buy best thing available and not crap and US pressure won't work over India. US economy is Debt Economy, basically every other country own US . See what is written on US $ note and u understand. F-16 and F-18 have failed on Indian tests, Any plane which passes the Indian Test consider the best and become the benchmark for other country. Russia always says , If Indian buys SU-30MKI, then other govt. don't have to think twice before buying ,if they have pockets. and promote their weapons as Indian certified system.
Understand when US got bank corrupt and they printed more money without having Gold reserve having the same and they start supplying weapons as base of their economy.
Even M-777 got failed in test, but because it light and only available gun which can easily airlift and deploy in front china , india buying , If alternate available then indian gone for that.
It seems like there are so many emotional fan boys that don't understand strategy and how a complete warfare machine works as a system like the US military. But yet, you guys look at two pictures and basic comparisons and start jumping to conclusions as to how one may be superior and the other platform is worth shi*t.
Yes agree this is complex nature and every weapons has its advantage and disadvantage. Buy If you remember the US WAR machine in IRAN failed because US don't know about desert conditions and their system is not made to fight in that condition, ... while Israel got success. ?