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India-Russia relationship are very strong and deeper then ocean, higher then mountain and sweeter then honey.
Real mountains and real oceans
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India-Russia relationship are very strong and deeper then ocean, higher then mountain and sweeter then honey.
She is talking about the new deals which are gonna be signed, not which have already been signed or which might get signed in the future for eg : 80 units of Apache or follow-on order of 6 and then 4-8 more or 30 CH-47. IAF never place follow-on order until the aircraft enters the service. I am with you, i think IAF should operate 25-30 C17 and IA about 60-80 Apache but these are expensive aircrafts and might not pass Finance ministry's approval.$8 bn is pretty conservative. The deals are:
$4.1 BN for 10 C-17s (follow on for 6 and later 4-8 more likely)
$3 BN for 12 P-8I (order to be doubled after first unit is delivered later this year)
$1 BN for follow on order of C-130J-30 for Spec Ops (order liekly to increase many fold though beyond sepc ops versions)
$1 BN for 22 Apach AH-64D Blk.IIIs (order to go upto 80 units for sure)
$1 BN for 15 CH-47F helos (likely to be doubled)
other miscellaneous equipment for units like SOFs.
And what do you think our Air Defense Operators will be doing when you are flying your C-17 and C-130 into Pakistan?
Having Tea?
They will unleash a wave of missiles to take those Aircraft down.
The Apaches are a real threat as they can take out Radar installations, Forward Operating Bases, and Tanks and Armored forces before they are detected.
The Apaches fired the opening shots during the 1st Gulf War taking out Iraq's radar installations.
This threat needs to be countered at all costs.
What kind of weapons is India acquiring in this defense deal?
I don't think Russia will be too happy about this.