tell me which russian equipment you are calling a crap ?....remember cope 2004 ,2005...
and would you , or the dad of your friend provide any other option under the cost that indian budget allocate to defence purchases..?
mig29 , was the only fighter at the time of kargil to have BVR.....and after just one lock ,PAF decided not to take part in 1998 , .....and pakistan able to get it after 10 years...mirage get it after paying almost 40m$ per plane upgrade , just resently.....
MKI , is still the best we have in 4.5 G catagery , ...remember garuda2016..
tell me which countery will give you a nuclear sub on lease..?
which countery offered you to sell a crayogenic engine when we do not have our own...
air refueling tanker , we still not able to purchase , why , because now we want to purchase a westen one , but can' t afford it......rafale , we just bought 36...
russian defence budget is equal to that of india , and its realy remarkable that they able to achive so much under their limited resources and they always gives us the best they have ...
and for those , who are fond of west /US...
javline , which they are offering is just 2.5 km range....f16/f18 , radar range they offerd under mmrca was just 130km , almost half that they actually had...after almost 10 years of nuclear deal with US , no purchases are made , because the terms & conditions are too hash and cost is too high...
i can go on and on and on......
but to cut long story short , .....we can only buy which we can afford and match our requirments , not the one which fall short on our actual needs but still cost almost 2.5 times , dispite having a better quality ....