The general pattern in India's procurement is direct G2G deals are much faster than open tenders. NASAM, AK203, Ka226 are all G2G deals. C295, P75, etc are all open tenders. that is why they have issues. Basically politicians are more efficient at hammering out deals compared to people designing the DPP
Why do you seem so awfully sure that everything’s shit? Let’s take a step back and think, is the Defence ministry really that stupid to go in for these purchases? The Apache angle has been a long thought out purchase going back to early 2010. The armed forces see a lot of value in the Apache with its longbow radars and C&C capability. It amuses me when people start shouting , everything is shit just because we buy a superbly proven foreign made equipment. All the foreign stuff we buy are of the best of the best quality. C17’s, apaches, Poseidon’s, howitzers, chinooks etc. We have ZERO idea about NASAMS capability. If we say Akaash is comparable to NASAMS II, I shake my head in disbelief and am stunned at the way you came to that conclusion. There are a million reasons Defence ministry have gone for the NASAMS II, same like they stuck to their guns to purchase the S400 even when we were offered THAAD and patriots. Same way they stuck to their guns to buy the K4 thunder when the Russians pressured Delhi to purchase pantsirs.
You miss my entire point.. what is more urgently needed.. attack helicopters or fighter aircrafts.. I am really waiting for a day that they will use those helicopters, which is not going to happen for the foreseeable future.. nasams is short range Sam , just like Akash and Spyder . Akash will always have more capabilities simply because its missiles are more heavy and can dance around more .. there is not a single reason I can think of other than bribe to usa for s400.. atags is another stroy , we have quite good indigenous artillery but we will still import it.. similarly ka226 and hal luh , the logical decision would be hal luh but to keep Russians happy we have to buy ka226..
Looks like Abhay Rajput's pussy is really hurting with NDAs decision just like the other two implants on this forum RONE and SOUTH BLOCK. Abhay Raj pussy only likes russian cocks. Just to let everybody know that the reason why the original Russian stooges AKA Conress-UPA went for American products like C130j and Globemaster was because russians did not adhere to any service contracts, were black mailing and swindling money for all the spares. Moreover Russian shared the same Sukhoi Tech they gave india for a whopping USD 22 BN (in the 90s) with the chinks. There is a reason why India in principle is moving towards Israeli, French and American products.
You see, attack helicopters form an integral part of IBG’s. They are very essential and a multi fold force multiplier that the armed forces do not have right now. Unless we go for A-10 warthogs, attack helis are as important as aircrafts.
Akash have shown it's worth in recent airforce and army exercises were it out performed isreali spyder system and that's the reason why akash system got more orders from army side.
India should not be scared by these tiny issues btw Russia is already selling engines for JF-17 and recently provided them helicopters.
Bro I am more hardcore supporter of BJP than you .. and please calling me pussy - Keyboard warriors nothing more nothing less.. and I know about foreign policy more than you do because my dad was an IAS officer and he told me a lot of stuff .. you refuse to believe that it's gonna come and bite us in the ass in the future.. this is the reason.. lastly about Russia stuff I have literally said about ka226 and ak203 junk , go read it before commenting...
Appologies, did not mean to disrespect.
Like I said. No idea of aakash lethality, so will not comment on that aspect, although Very skeptical about such high praises that is being sung.
Chinese already have armed pakistan with most of their Russian copies.
And Russia also earlier sold S-400 to China. Soon China will have an S-400 copy which Pskistan will eventually have...
Tho copying radar technology is very difficult stuff.( almost impossible)
It's clear that Russia is having it's own UK-to-US moment (starting WW2). It's hedging that it can slow down it's decline by aligning to a rising power.
After COMCASA ,yes.
