We cannot blame DRDO on quality otherwise all DRDO design missiles shall have start falling from sky after fired
That guarantee does not exist. Only a war will prove if our missiles are effective or not.
and army had not asked DRDO to make simulator for their love T90.
Only Russia can supply simulators for T-90. Contract stuff.
The OFB manufactured/assembled T90 will also have same quality issue that of Arjun as OFB will follow the same process.
OFB has making T-72s for over 30 years. Can't compare old experience with new. The components on the T-90 are not the same as Arjun. Even when they outsource the work, the companies outside have been making T-72 components for years. T-72 production ended only in 2006, as soon as T-90 production started.
Arjun is a brand new project for OFB. Thus the risks are higher, especially considering Army is not serious about Arjun.
Ajai Shukla reports the user has been complaining about shoddy work on the Arjun. So, what happened to the reports of Arjun being all bad ass. It is typical for one company to blame the other for mistakes.
As far as the price of the T90, there are several critical equipments that were bought separately paying addition of the $2.5 MM.
Nope. Only major extra addition on the T-90 must be BMS. It does not cost $2.5million/tank. Some additional indigenous equipment like the Ballistic Computer can be an added addition. Maybe an AC has already been added. None of this will double the cost of the tank.
Nobody is talking about Shtora. Many are talking about Iron Fist on both Arjun and T-90.
So a fully assembled T90 will be at higher price.
Only slightly unless the T-90MS upgrades are added. But that will make it a much more effective tank. So, why should anybody complain then?
T90 is the world class may be as per Indian or Russian standard but not as per world standard.
The only thing missing on our T-90s is a good shell. Compared to Arjun's firepower, even the ancient BM-42 is superior to the Arjun's shell. Russians have developed better shells, but are yet to allow exports. Maybe the Russians already have shells equivalent to what Europe uses today. But for our threat environment, what we have may be adequate. With Russia releasing new shells for import along with OFB's new shell for the T Types, we will know how things stand.
It missed the second most important factor "survivability", though good in "firepower" and "move ability".
The T-90 is more on survivability than Arjun. I think you need to go through the Arjun and Main Battle tank thread. If frontal armour is considered, the T-90 has same levels of armour along with ERA on top of it. A lower number of weak points to boot combined with turret design.
The major flaw on T-90 is if you place shells in the hull, which is exposed to the crew and can be dangerous if the tank is penetrated. But Arjun's shell placement is not good either. T-90 can alleviate the problem by removing shells in the hull and keeping only the ones in the Carousel, which is very safe. But Arjun has no such solution.
Apart from the flaws we can see, there could be a 100 other flaws that we cannot see at all. For eg: How do we know if the design of the internal estate is good? There are numerous parliamentary reports which claim the Arjun has consistently failed trials owing to some reason or the other. Even in 2005, when DRDO had replaced all analog components on Arjun with digital, the Sagem rangefinder melted and Arjun failed to fire. In 2007, a single 1000 Km run saw 4 engine replacements on the Arjun. At the same time, in Saudi Arabia the T-90 saw a 1300Km run with no engine replacements even through a sand storm(coincidence). The other competitors couldn't match it.
I did not give damn on TOT as last heard that buying from Russia is less costly than screw driving /assembling or partially manufacturing it in India.
Yeah. But it helps gain experience, creates jobs, keeps money in India and help build a foundation for the FMBT.