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Actually, Chinooks are more important than Apache. India already has LCH for combat roles. The payload of LCH may be limited to 2.5 tons at sea level and 1.5tons at 15000 feet, which is about 70% of Apache. But, that should be enough for helicopters and good enough to do the job. The Chinook is...

That depends on the govt. If it is a crooked government, they will use imports as an excuse to not develop indigenous weapons. If it is a good government, imports will be used to study the design and reverse engineer it to develop and fine tune indigenous weapons. It is not necessary that...

USA is not giving any high end technology to India. So, refusals will only oblige USA to refund the money to India. Apache may be a good chopper but is definitely not a game changer. LCH can replace Apache to a good extent (except for ammunition payload).

Data link is a common communication technology. It is not state of the art technology. The sensor data which goes into HUD or avionics can be redirected towards sharing via secured digital wireless communication. Coming back about the usage of such sharing in helicopter, the range of helicopter...

Helicopter data linking is not very important as helicopters have low range. Even the ATGM fired from helicopters have range less than 15km. Data link is useful in planes as the range is generally higher