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Their military industry will be in a loss in that scenario
Thats why they will never accept this request,,,,,its wishful thinking
jv with USA??
Forget about it dude.They may be hard pressed to give even a simple tot
The future is joint production be it with USA or Russia that should be our focus not to mention invest more on R&D in our own country
We only started a new strategic chapter with the US not so long ago, remember they even have given us some supercomputers but when we conducted the N test it again changed our ties. However with US now focusing more on the Asia-pacific region it is in their interest to further ties with India and down the road in 5-10 years I can see some sort of joint production as it will save cost on both sides.
[Bregs];4763538 said:Sep 13, 2013, 12.14 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Having already bagged Indian defence contracts worth over $8 billion in recent years after muscling out Russia, Israel and France, the US is now headed towards clinching another four major deals worth almost $5 billion.
Defence ministry sources on Thursday said the deals for six more C-130J " Super Hercules" aircraft ($1.2 billion), 22 Apache attack helicopters ($1.4 billion), 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers ($885 million) and 15 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters (around $1 billion) "are in the final stages" now.
India will convey this to US deputy secretary of defence Ashton B Carter when he arrives here next week. Carter, who will hold talks with defence minister A K Antony, national security advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and defence secretary R K Mathur, is the Obama administration's "point man" for expanding defence trade with India as a cornerstone of the bilateral strategic ties.
"The deals should be inked within this financial year (2013-2014) despite budgetary constraints. The C-130J deal, for instance, is likely to go to the Cabinet Committee on Security in October-November," said a source.
The aircraft and howitzer deals will be direct government-to-government contracts under the US foreign military sales (FMS) programme, which does not involve competition through global tenders.
The attack and heavy-lift helicopter deals, however, were won by aviation major Boeing after its AH-64D Apache Longbow and twin-rotor Chinook helicopters outclassed Russian Mi-28 Havoc and Mi-26 choppers in field trials and commercial evaluation.
But there are "some loose ends" in the deals that need to be tied up first. The defence ministry, for instance, has told Boeing that it should drop its insistence on "limited liability clauses" being included in the agreements.
Similarly, the M-777 contract has been hanging fire since January 2010 due to field evaluation reports being "leaked" and certain other irregularities involving a top Indian Army officer. "There is an inquiry in progress but it should not be a major hurdle," said another source.
Cost escalation is another big factor. Due to the long delay, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency last month hiked the cost of the M-777 deal from the earlier $ 647 million to $885 million for the 155mm/39-calibre howitzers.
Incidentally, the four deals are also in tune with the government's recent approval to the Rs 90,000 crore plan to raise a new mountain strike corps along with two "independent" infantry brigades and two "independent" armoured brigades (totalling over 80,000 soldiers) over the next seven years to plug operational gaps against China.
While the first six C-130J aircraft acquired by IAF are based at the Hindon airbase, the six new "Super Hercules" will be housed at Panagarh in West Bengal. Panagarh will serve as the headquarters for the new Army mountain corps.
Similarly, the air-mobile M-777 howitzers, with an almost 30-km range, can be swiftly deployed in high-altitude areas in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh by helicopters and aircraft to counter China.
Source: US set to bag $5bn defence deals - The Times of India
What about:
20 more C-130J other than 12 already ordered
20 more C-17s
18 more P-8Is
Also Sea Hawk and other choppers.
The IN's total requirement for P-8Is is 24 by ~2020 so orders don't need to be placed just yet for follow-ons. The C-130J orders beyond 12 is purely speculative and there doesn't seem to be any indication of such plans given the MTA's progress and the Avro replacement procurement that is going on. 20 more C-17s is unlikely you're looking at 6-15 more.
The S-70Bs will be ordered in 2014.
The IN's total requirement for P-8Is is 24 by ~2020 so orders don't need to be placed just yet for follow-ons. The C-130J orders beyond 12 is purely speculative and there doesn't seem to be any indication of such plans given the MTA's progress and the Avro replacement procurement that is going on. 20 more C-17s is unlikely you're looking at 6-15 more.
The S-70Bs will be ordered in 2014.
USA is the Best when it comes to Delivering on time,After sales support & other things
I am only worried about their Foreign Policy
THIS is the way foreward:
http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian-defence/276343-long-overdue-but-welcome-accretions.html
Cooperation/Joint R&D/production.
Better India not to betray Russia, you should stay away from USA. Nixon said Indian is the most despicable and dirty race in the world.
America is above one. Russia is the lower one. FGFA, Brahmos, Nuke technology, SU 30 MKI, T 90MS we love them drunk anyway. 1971 they saved our In testing times true friends stay behind. Only tonight Russian ambassador will empty Kingfisher's stock of Premium Vodka for "breakfast" though.
Anyways here we as including them as well.
Better India not to betray Russia, you should stay away from USA. Nixon said Indian is the most despicable and dirty race in the world.