This has nothing to do with the thread. Any reply to this over here would only derail the thread. So replying you on this in DM.
Very good. Just bring in an apple when discussion is on orange.
Now just answer my one question.
Did any of the Turkish air force chief said that T129 should be solely operated upon by them as handing them over to Turkish Army would just create mini airforce.
Ofcourse it would sound like Copium because we never look at history and details. So lets try to look at it a bit.
What Helicopter gunships we were using till date?
Mi-24, Rudra and Apache lately. Now could these be compared with Prachand head on?
Prachand is a totally new platform which was designed for a specific reason. So you don't go on and replace it with some existing one. You are getting a brand new platform, equivalent of which you have never ever operated. So yes, you need to device a strategy around it to use it optimally in any given condition.
Based on their usage in wargames, forces can say that how many squadrons needs to be raised and how many numbers of copters each squadrons needs to have.
Based on their live usage, they could come up to the type of spare inventory they need to maintain at base depots.
Take the case of Astra. Its LSP has been ordered with which firing trials has been conducted. These trials has nothing to do with the user trials. These were all about formulating a usage strategy around the weapon and its done for all the equipments.
Case of IA is more complicated. If you do follow news, it has been discussed in open that IA is losing out on their pilots. They don't have adequate pilots to man their existing birds. So these LSP do act as additional training platform. You don't go on and order a regiment of trainer variant and then start looking for pilots to train.
So yes, what is Copium for you, is a Practical approach by user.
