if they do give 100% tech that might be outdated , So india can amalgamate Smerch tech with Pinaka & come up with new version yes there are many hurdles like Fund , reasource , expertise , production & testing base etc:
Kunalji 100% i can agree with you, but do you think Indian Army will retire Smerch for Prahaar or pinaka mk3?? or for that matter IAF dropping MMRCA or atleast scaleing down for making way to LCA MK2 or Mk3 for that matterIts not that we don`t have equivalent system as per our need, No one needs Smerch when we have Prahaar which is better in most aspects ..
Good one answer is no , if Russia pulls out on all military co-operation with india it will cost us very dear
Foreign toys might be flashy but a buyer in mercy of seller a sanction would been major blow
It's already happening. Who won the attack and transport helicopters deals? US. Who are you talking with about air defense systems? Israel. Who is the favorite for P-75I tender? France. Russians are slowly loosing ground in India. I wonder if it's not why they are talking with Paks about the Mi-35 deal. To get a little leverage on IN ^^It's good that Russia refuses the tech transfer or else we would be still using Russian based stuff for next 1000000 years.Our bad habit of of dependency SHOULD GO and we need to be self reliant.
It's good time we put our money on our tech and people.We got enough manpower and $$$.
Instead of teasing Chinese for their reverse engineering we should o the same since in war it doesn't matter.
Russia also need to understand that they should not treat India as a milking cow all the time and they should now make their cooperation in a broader manner.The last thing Russia wants is pushing India towards US/Israel etc and losing such a big regional friend like India.Russia is not such a superpower anymore like USSR.
Sir,those are Smerch RBU-6000 AAW rockets which are installed in the Kolkata class.Here we are talking about the Smerch MBRL of the Indian Army.these smersh rockets are on KOLKATA class destroyers . i hope induction of these ships is not delayed .
you beat me to it - exactly my thoughtsTrue.. We should collaborate with countries like Brazil , argentina , south africa .. deal between embraer and DRDO is a welcome sign if you ask me wish to see more such deals
I dont think anyone really laughs at china reverse engineering ?But we make fun of chinese on reverse engineering as even that is not easy at all , coming back to TOT no country will do 100% tech transfer there will be some kind of bug to use are bargain chip in future