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Mistral will always come in a canister. It is part of the launch mechanism.

Mistral does have a ground attack ability based on IR signatures but it wouldn't do much against an MBT. It would shred light armoured vehicles.

Laser guided rockets is the only box it needs.

None of it is automatically movable, that takes motors, gears and power which all has a weight penalty. You would be taking the weight of the gun mount and adding that weight for every rocket pod.

The weight penalty is too high.

It is measured in number of parts, not value of parts.

Why? The passage of time does not make a platform less effective. B-52 is 70 years old but with smart bombs it is still the best bomb truck. Just add upgrades to keep up with technology.

Re: INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier Negative, Dhruv undercarriage is not rated for deck landings.

Re: INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier Don't stick to something you can't support. Navy plans to ditch Dhruv helicopters - Hindustan Times

Re: INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier It has everything to do with what I am talking here. Dhruv does not meet any of the requirements for a naval helicopter, it isn't even certified to land on a ship.

Re: INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier It is not operational as it never received certification for naval ops. Broadsword: The Indian Navy’s Dhruv: falling between two stools

Re: INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier No to both. Without catapults you aren't going to be carrying more than A2A missiles. Dhruv is not naval certified.

You launch the helo version before you even get the ground version in operation. That's messed up priorities.

Is that a fake picture of a Helina launch?

5 incidents and only one death, this has to be the safest helicopter ever built!

Ecuador inquiry on Dhruv crash finished The Accident Investigation Board determined that the crash of 604 was by FAE human failure. Judicial Writing Sumila not bear the costs of the Dhruv helicopter which crashed on 27 October at the Mariscal Sucre airport. Juan Cortez, president...

Of course it was. Turbomecca makes fantastic engines which were too new to fail.