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Seriously, this deal is already done. The only thing needed is the signing of the contract. So whatever pros and cons we may have are all water under the bridge. Note that if the politicians have arm-twisted the IAF top brass into buying the Chinook then rest assured that someone from the IAF...

Sorry, my bad. My common sense fell short again...

Expensive for us right now. But I am confident that if there's ever a need for us to acquire tactical heavy lift rotorcraft it will be Chinook.

I will not even attempt to recompute the computations done by the IAF in selecting Chinook. I trust that they had the correct arithmetic used (obviously you don't trust their arithmetic).

Arm-twisting - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary So the IAF was arm twisted in the Chinook deal but not in the more expensive MMRCA deal...? Yeah, you do have more common sense, whatever it means...

What, the IAF is also going to buy F15s? I hope the IAF brass do not do it least Pmaitra cannot sleep anymore... :rofl:

Why do the IAF need a helicopter to transport trucks in the first place? How often is it done? Can the existing Mi26 fleet not suffice? Anyway, C-17s have short landing and take off capability.

Then you carry them inside C-17s. Several trucks can fit inside a C-17 in fact.

From that article you linked... "Major said that the effort would be to invite manufacturers from around the world, and that in the heavy lift category, helicopters with 15-to-20-ton capacity would be considered. Chinook is within the parameter. 'Today, we want the best, with digital...

Like there's more to the selection C17s?

Your specs is tailor made for Mi26, ie. purely heavy lifting. The IAF do not see their need that way. And, quiet frankly they make more sense.

And what are you going to do with the exceptional range of T2? I think the 4 Mi26's in IAF hangars can be modernised to T2 standards... Anyway, can't you not install refuelling probes to your Chinooks to increase their ranger if there's really a need for that...?

That's the whole point. You should buy heavy equipments for the military not because they're Russian but because they're of practical utility to the force. The IAF already have 4 Mi26s they don't need more. They can modernise them if there's really a need for outsized cargo hauling...

It's a nice picture, and it also shows how the Chinook can be of particular utility to the IAF which operates a large fleet f Mi17s...

Here's another good picture of the Chinook, this time lifting an Mi17...

And this comment could only come from a hopeless Russophile...

Another nice pic... Congrats to my Indian friends! I envy you guys... :party:

Apart from glass cockpit and new navigational instruments, reduction in crew size, what were the other changes to T2 model? But it is still going to be a behemoth of a helicopter with a very specialised use.

Exactly my point! Thank you!