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    INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

    Mate, Pakistan since at least the last decade has made China the sole supplier of high end weapons. Obviously they must be having enormous faith in the capability of those weapons. BUT Has there been at least one confirmed kill of an Chinese Air to Air missile in recent times (the last two...
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    INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

    I agree that the hold of the import lobbies is quite strong in all the three services. It is a sad situation. Some of the allurements 1. Escorts to entertain the officers 2.Money,probably credited into overseas accounts. 3.Educational and job opportunities for the...
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    INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

    Yes, probably the then Soviet Union wanted India to remain a captive market and not try to develop alternative indigenous weapons which would replace Soviet weapons in our armed forces. And probably today's Russia is also not very enthusiastic about large scale technology transfer to India to...
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    INS Vikramaditya (Adm Gorshkov) aircraft carrier

    Well, the allegations are too serious to be ignored. Especially if the statement 'barely able to sail two weeks in the last 2 years' is true. I like many Indians do not feel the need to align either with the Russians or the Americans. I would like to align only with India. We should in an...
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