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the more obvious thread is manpads launched heat seeking missiles. like stinger, javalin, AA batteries are not much of a threat in modern warfare anymore.

thats exactly what i am trying to say, few people here put "battle tested" as the main parameter while deciding the might of an helo.

read from the post 1 and you will see that lot of people saying that russians helo is not battle tested.

I think uncle Sam is going to train our pilots

Even mki is not battle tested. Does that means it is a bad fighter?

kunalji, what kind of anti-air missiles do we have for HAL LCH?

i was right on the money :P i knew it that stingers can be fired from helos.. thanks to my action movie watching skills... :bounce: i was right. :)

No yusuf, it is not sidewinder, i believe it was an action movie released around 1996 where apache helos duel against russians Mil Mi-24s. in one of the scene, a apache is gunned by Mil mi 24 and that apache crash landed. then the pilot somehow survived and he got off the cockpot and took one...

i think stingers can also be fired from those helo.... i m just guessing as per some action movies :taunt: it could be served as small anti air missiles as well

what about end user monitoring agreement? they will inspect their aircrafts when ever they get itch.

isn't this deal way way overpriced? only 22 helo for whopping 1.4 billion $ USD ?? I could buy 20 fighters of 4.5 generation for the same price. ?? why do we always pay more price to american weapons? we paid around 250% more for heavy transport aircraft C-130J Super Hercules compared to...

do LCH and dhruv have Fire Control Radars?

what are other strings and conditions attached?