India-China 2020 Border Dispute - Military and Strategic Discussion

[Synergy]

No Sir please, we are all the same here.

Our forex reserves are a bit of a mirage in reality. A large component of this reserve is what’s known as hot money, I.e. investment in stocks and the like and not from export surplus, unlike China, Korea etc. Essentially, this can disappear overnight. It’s important to not get carried away with that foreign exchange reserve figure.

if I'm not mistaking, a large chunk of Indian forex consists of govt/institutional bonds and private remittances.
we can also buy some $ that will lead to weaker ₹ but won't be a big problem if we can minimise import and it'll help export.

$50/100 b should not be a very big deal (with proper planning).

 

[garg_bharat]

if I'm not mistaking, a large chunk of Indian forex consists of govt/institutional bonds and private remittances.
we can also buy some $ that will lead to weaker ₹ but won't be a big problem if we can minimise import and it'll help export.

$50/100 b should not be a very big deal (with proper planning).

India can also get more than 100B credit from seller countries, specifically USA.
I think India does have options. India has more dry powder than our enemies realize.

 

[Synergy]

Is F-16 superior to Su 30 MKI ?

could F16 dodge 5 AMRAAMs?

 

[Synergy]

India can also get more than 100B credit from seller countries, specifically USA.
I think India does have options. India has more dry powder than our enemies realize.

absolutely.

 

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[Kumata]

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IMO he knew about his health so he went all out to do what was right in the situation....OROP , Rafael , LCA , Balakot...

else in riddled indian beaurocracy, 3 years time is just enough to take one breath

 

[Sehwag213]

India can also get more than 100B credit from seller countries, specifically USA.
I think India does have options. India has more dry powder than our enemies realize.

Yes let's bankrupt the country like Pakistanis for defense .

We should buy 54 more Rafael and force IAF to induct Tejas.

 

[Kumata]

could F16 dodge 5 AMRAAMs?

That too by facing them head on and bleeding them to death eye to eye...

 

[garg_bharat]

Yes let's bankrupt the country like Pakistanis for defense .

We should buy 54 more Rafael and force IAF to induct Tejas.

I think India will still end up buying Merican fighters. Just my prediction.
Any war with China will make our Russian inventory look like toys.

 

[Kumata]

Yes let's bankrupt the country like Pakistanis for defense .

We should buy 54 more Rafael and force IAF to induct Tejas.

You sure... 54 rafael's are enough to bankrupt us ...

 

[FalconZero]

IMO he knew about his health so he went all out to do what was right in the situation....OROP , Rafael , LCA , Balakot...

else in riddled indian beaurocracy, 3 years time is just enough to take one breath

 

[Kumata]

I think India will still end up buying Merican fighters. Just my prediction.
Any war with China will make our Russian inventory look like toys.

No... mis trust within babudon for US hardware and EUA with american jets is too much...IMO, India will stick to france for immediate requirements and develop LCA for future.. Already Rolls royce have a agreement to share IP for engine tech ... We will continue to buy from US to maintain balance but non combat equipments ...

 

[Sehwag213]

You sure... 54 rafael's are enough to bankrupt us ...

No 100 billion dollar credit for defense certainly will.

 

[Sehwag213]

I think India will still end up buying Merican fighters. Just my prediction.
Any war with China will make our Russian inventory look like toys.

Then we should fight one to check our status.
Have we ever used Su-30 in a war ?
What is the point of purchasing these weapons when at the end of the day we aren't going to use these.

 

[Kumata]

No 100 billion dollar credit for defense certainly will.

nope.. u r thinking too much... that's not even peanuts for a 3 trillions dollar economy.. such credits are not like ur typical loans but staggered over 2 decades...Moreover ROI is in decimals...

 

[Kumata]

Then we should fight one to check our status.
Have we ever used Su-30 in a war ?
What is the point of purchasing these weapons when at the end of the day we aren't going to use these.

Deterrence... if u have heard of it

U r talking like nehru who thought we don't need a army and 62 woke us from slumber...we are living in dangerous world....Imagine porkis marching to delhi without a bullet being fired...

 

[Synergy]

Yes let's bankrupt the country like Pakistanis for defense .

We should buy 54 more Rafael and force IAF to induct Tejas.

do you really think $ 100B (in the present time and near future) credit can bankrupt our country?

 

[ARVION]

Then we should fight one to check our status.
Have we ever used Su-30 in a war ?
What is the point of purchasing these weapons when at the end of the day we aren't going to use these.

You ,dont purchases weapon to be used , but purchases it to so that you never have to use it's , so never have to go to war's .

 

[Lancer]

IMO he knew about his health so he went all out to do what was right in the situation....OROP , Rafael , LCA , Balakot...

else in riddled indian beaurocracy, 3 years time is just enough to take one breath

No, the reports of him suffering from mystery "pancreatitis"/pancreatic ailment, and visiting the US for treatment, had started coming out around the beginning of 2018.

Pancreatic Cancer generally kills you in a span of months, but due to high quality care (I knew it was Pancreatic Cancer when I heard he was at Sloan Kettering in New York - arguably the world's best Cancer hospital), and a procedure known as the "Whipple Procedure" (possible in only some Pancreatic Cancer cases - I believe Parrikar got it done), they were able to buy him one more year.

Which is when we saw him continuing to work as CM of Goa in severe frailty even with a tube - at which point Rahul Gandhi/Congress tried getting meetings with him to take advantage of his sickness and put words in his mouth about the Rafale deal, and later tried toppling the Government as well - not to mention Congress members implying Parrikar's sickness was a result of him withholding secrets of a Rafale scam.