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Russia can't deliver on Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft: IAF
The Indian Air Force alleges Russians reluctant to share critical design information, besides technical and cost issues
Ajai Shukla | Mumbai
January 21, 2014 Last Updated at 00:32 IST
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Like many said, No one will give you the best technology they have, You have to work your way up, Listen from IAF mouth ..
This is going to be IAF`s T-90S scam, If goes forward ..
IAF must think abt its future which is better off depending on Imports ..
The Indian Air Force alleges Russians reluctant to share critical design information, besides technical and cost issues
Ajai Shukla | Mumbai
January 21, 2014 Last Updated at 00:32 IST
Read More At Source : :: Bharat-Rakshak.com - Indian Military News Headlines ::Business Standard has reviewed the minutes of that meeting. The IAF's three top objections to the FGFA were:
(a) The Russians are reluctant to share critical design information with India;
(b) The fighter's current AL-41F1 engines are inadequate, being mere upgrades of the Sukhoi-30MKI's AL-31 engines; and
(c) It is too expensive. With India paying $6 billion to co-develop the FGFA, "a large percentage of IAF's capital budget will be locked up."
On January 15, the IAF renewed the attack in New Delhi, at a MoD meeting to review progress on the FGFA. The IAF's deputy chief of air staff (DCAS), its top procurement official, declared the FGFA's engine was unreliable, its radar inadequate, its stealth features badly engineered, India's work share too low, and that the fighter's price would be exorbitant by the time it enters service.
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Like many said, No one will give you the best technology they have, You have to work your way up, Listen from IAF mouth ..
This is going to be IAF`s T-90S scam, If goes forward ..
IAF must think abt its future which is better off depending on Imports ..