And we are yet to see user trails of Helina( with new seeker) and SANT from LCH, LCH is useless without those.
And yet IAF/IA are okay to accept the Rudras without ATGMs? Trails are imminent so why hold back deliveries until then? Concurrent development is the reality of modern mil projects, almost all new Western systems are accepted into service in an unfinished state and then receive the updates at a later date.
The ATGM issue is a total red herring, LCH got IOC in 2017, HAL has begun LSP production and IA/IAF can't even place the orders?
It's getting utterly sickening to keep seeing the same story repeated everywhere now- plenty of Indian systems being overlooked just for more needless imports- SIG 716, AK203, T-90, 11536 frigates, Ka-226, NSAMS, S400, NUH and now even this news of the ATOTHS towed arty?? Wtf is going on?
10s of billions of USD outflowing for utterly no reason other than to line the pockets of MoD and service officials.
$200 million dollar each!!!? Isn't its unit cost supposed to be less than $50mil?.. How can it be 4 times even with additional shit? Buying the whole assembly line or what?
Deal will include Weapons, training, spares, setting up infrastructure etc but yes the price for these beasts is eye-watering
That 1Bn$ contract is for 6 nos of P-8I, not Apache.
Nope, approx $1BN for these 6 Apaches
The deal for six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the Indian Army, estimated to cost around $930 million,
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...apache-attack-helicopters/article30361497.ece
Even with spares and weapons what a horrendously expensive machine this will be and the Army wants 39+ of them? That's going to cost at least another $4-5BN. You could buy 36 more Rafales, 3+ SSN, 100+ LCH/Rudra/ALH, 400+ Arjuns etc etc for similar money.
The Fin Min flagged the cost of 6 A330 MRTT for $1BN as too expensive back in 2010ish but this just sails through?
There's no sense or logic at work here, just morons with no sense.
Buying these gold-plated Apaches just to massage the egos of IA generals who were b*tthurt that the IAF got their toys and not them.
And they absolutely scream about paying 40 mil for one Tejas !!!!
When there are funds shortages it only ever seems to be indigenous projects that suffer, imports still find a way to be finalised.