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There are UAVs and then there are UAVs. I am not sure the Apaches will control the Predators or Reapers. They may or may not share a datalink with those. However, the Apaches might be carrying and controlling small/ foldable UAV like this .. NAVAIR Orders 7 Zephyr Ultra-Long Endurance UAVs

What is going to happen to the retired Cheetahs and Chetaks? scrapped? Sold to private sector? or transferred to less rigorous users like the paramilitary forces or the armed police?

Busy trolling here eh cir? India HAS bult it's own attack Helo - check the forums to learn more. As for "unlimited access" to western and Russian tech - firstly we never had "unlimited access" - only "limited access" since we tend to respect other peoples intellectual property and try not to...

Tshering - I am not sure it is that easy. For higher weight, the Helo will need bigger engines - which means bigger casings and larger size, not to mention more fuel, which will increase the size and the weight again - all of this will need changes in the airframe. So, HAL will have two options...

I hope that IA will deploy a bunch of AH-64Ds in the Arunachal sector - the terrain is ideal for Longbow. Even a dozen of them there will be good. They can be supported by the LCHs.

I just wonder if the Russians will now sell their Mi-28N night hunters to the Pakis or the Chinese ...

How about these for eye candy? Lockheed Martin aircrafts - Apache is down left/ center. Apache wolfpacks ... item.liveleak.com/view?i=184_1302839925 The internals ...

That was revealing coming from a Russian defense expert. Also note that this Russian news agency was writing about a comparison done by Sweden as far back as 1995 between the Apache and the Mi-28H - but back then the Apache was the Ah-64B version and the Mi-28H was indeed a formidable foe...

NOT IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY AGAINST YOUR OWN PEOPLE OF YOUR OWN CITIES! This is Insurgents hiding in Indian cities we are talking about. I give two hoots about what India does against insurgents INSIDE Pakistan and during wartime. But NO attack helo use against insurgents in an Indian urban...

You cannot use a heavy attack chopper against urban insurgents - that is asinine. Unless you are prepared to take enormous collateral damage and create more devastation than all the insurgents can do. In most urban conflicts, light choppers are used with snipers in them. Even if an automatic...

Why only 22? Isn't that a rather small number for a medium-weight attack chopper? The best way to use them is in wolfpacks of 4-5 each - 22 means IA/ IAF can only get 4-5 packs at any time! For two fronts and huge open terrains in the west, IA/ IAF should get a hundred or so with 20-25 Longbows...

Not good to pick on Yusuf - we already discussed this - you should read the posts too ...

@ Damian, is there any radar in operation/ development that is similar to the Longbow?

Crap - My bad. I meant the USS Trenton - the INS Jalashwa. The Kitty Hawk "deal" - more of a non-starter (since the Kitty Hawk was called the Shitty Kitty in USN), was never on ...

Not really - earlier 80% of our defence procurement was from Russia. Nowadays, the French have received the Scorpene Submarines, the mega-upgrade of the Mirages, the MMRCA is pretty much in their bag and they will probably get the Mistral and the Naval-MRCA too. In addition they will probably...

Trolling again? OT - but I will bite. India is neither "rich" like USA or Europe, nor "clever" like china (to steal other countries tech) - we are straight, peace-loving folk, who have been attacked 4-5 times by our neighbors and as a result want to keep ourselves armed. As for Mi-28N, it is...

The Apache can similarly carry infantry in extreme cases - DVIDS - Video - Helicopter Rescue There are reports of this for the Royal marines too. Strapped to Apaches and dodging fire, how troops recovered fallen comrade | World news | The Guardian But you must remember, a helo...

The AIM 92 Stingers were initially developed from the FIM-92 Stingers for helos specific A2A missiles.

I am not aure "worth $1.4 billion" means really that's what IAF is paying. IAF maybe paying less, while US is touting them as worth more than the price. A value for the money kind of propaganda.

So if LCH is a combat Helo and ALH Rudra is a combat helo too, what's the real difference? Why two designs?