Let's see some excerpts from the article shall we'
One journalist"¦ maybe he was having a very difficult hangover in the morning"¦ wrote something that Russia is not supplying drawings for T-90. Russia is not giving the steels or the other necessary (components). Everything he wrote from beginning to end was completely false. Completely false. Russia has completely carried out all its obligations as regards T-90.
We already know that. Ajai's article on the T-90 was hung up on false allegations. Seems he has nothing to say for this, but he had comments for everything else Kadakin had to say. Perhaps the OFB bosses themselves said he is wrong.
The problem was with the producers here; the manufacturers here. We were not commenting on this because we were not wanting to blackmouth (sic) the Indian partners. They had problems, not Russia," declared Kadakin
Not surprising. We have massive delays in our own homegrown projects like IAC and Project-15, it will be a surprise if we don't have problems with imported equipment as well. Manufacturing requires learning before doing it and this is followed by a lot of other problems related to supply of raw materials, technical problems in setting up assembly lines, getting the right approvals etc. Even MKI is going to be delayed by a year. Scorpene has already been delayed as we know. Even Russia has delays getting things done and so does the rest of Europe. The only country with the least amount of delays is the US, but their F-35 is right on top of their list of delays. If you really don't want delays then first build up an economy like the US, and it's not just money it's their entire support structure and decision making, then we will talk.
Russia is losing its position"¦ as if one were rejoicing over it.
What Russia has done for us or what she is doing for us cannot be matched by any other country even remotely in the near future.It is best we remember that. Business for Russia is primary, but we need technology and they are giving it to us on a silver platter even if we are giving away money on a gold platter. Best of luck trying to get a PAKFA equivalent or Nerpa equivalent platforms anywhere else. Money can come back, technology doesn't and neither does time.
It was another typically Kadakin example of chicanery. Russia has not "given India" any technologies for the Brahmos! The two sides have developed their respective portions of the missile separately, and both sides' components and sub-systems are assembled into Brahmos missile systems without any technology being transferred.
Tell me if we could have made the engine and seeker here in India. Heck we import seekers like crazy. They have literally given us unique technology and offered to help develop an even better engine for the future. This my friend has no equivalent in the world. The Guidance and Flight Control System can be developed by the Russians as easy as dirt. Nothing great in what we did except integrate easy to build stuff with impossible to build stuff. BTW, propulsion technology is coming. Ooo! Wait! We developed the launcher. Great!
Kadakin demonstrated during the press conference that he is neither a military technologist, nor a diplomat. Rather, he is a politician and a showman who can beguile Indian audiences, which tend to have little or no knowledge of military-technical issues.
And what are you? Just because you know the names of a few systems you call yourself a developer. You are a retired Colonel and now a media journo. Your career is advancing I see. Heck he is the Ambassador of one of the top countries in the world delegated to work for one of the most friendly country to Russia and also an upcoming great power which is probably the world's most eligible bachelorette.
Perhaps you are assuming we can say everything he says is wrong because he is not in the defence field. What a farce! BTW, nothing he said was technical in the least. Only simple facts even a layman can understand.
India is, was and will be the first and only country which has been offered GLONAS.
Naa! Catherie's failure is more important apparently. PAKFA, Nerpa, GLONASS are just cheap shoddy crappy things that don't compare at all to the great C-130J Super Hercules.
Kadakin made some feeble joke, suggested that I have a vodka (at the hospitality bar that the Russian Embassy had set up for the press conference), and scuttled off.
Without facts, it seems he was lucky even to have been offered a drink.
All these things are facts. Facts can be looked up and even Google is enough for these. You don't need high end contacts for any of this. Why don't people start looking up these things before posting?
Ajai was a Colonel. He has been in plenty of army exercises and he knows how things work in the army. He has himself stated the Arjun is a lemon and that the T-72 is a better tank in our local conditions.
