What military equipment would YOU like to see in the Indian Armed Forces

[Tactical Doge]

I want

1. 1. 34 A330 AWACS
2. 120-150 A330 refuellers
3. 64 ISTARS embraer jets
4. 90 GlobalHawks type
5. 500 Predator MQ-1 types with 8 missiles and satellite communication capabilities
6. a 500 satellite global monitoring & communication system
7. 5000 towed & truck mounted artillery guns of the 155 mm type
8. 20K tactical battefield drones of DJI types with munition carrying& dropping capability - Army gets it
9. 2000 intermediate drones of the Bakyratar type that can carry 2-4 missiles - Army get it
10. Anti-Drone vehicles and weapons.
11. 800 tracked SP 155 guns.
12. 20K Mahindra/TATA light armored vehicles 4x4
13. 8k TATA Kestrels type
14. 2.5k Arjun Mk 3 (after correcting the deficiencies that Blood+ mentione)
15. 1200 M-17s (or IMRHs) - Army gets it
16. 550 LCHs Prachaunds - Army gets it
17. 240 Chinooks - Army gets it
18. 850 Tejas II
19. 450 upgraded Su-30s
20. 350 ORCAs,
21. 240 AMCAs.,
22. 120 bombers
23. 240 C130 type cargo plane
24. 88 C-17 type cargo plane

Our economy would crumble just by your 1 through 6 points

 

[NotASussyBoi]

Is there any photo of shrapnel resistant shirt?

left and right

 

[FireStar]

Our economy would crumble just by your 1 through 6 points

you would have to be 2nd largest economy in the world to buy and sustain these equipment

 

[Blademaster]

Our economy would crumble just by your 1 through 6 points

Lol. Nah.

1. $350M-500M apiece for AWACs (if we order in bulk prices go down) means $12B to 17B.
2. A330 MRTT cost $150 M apiece. so $23B for the refuellers.
3. ISTARs cost $500M apiece but prices go down when ordered in bulk so $23B.
4. Global Hawk $99M apiece and if ordered in bulk, prices go down so expect around $7.5B to $9B.
5. MQ-9 Reaper costs $32M apiece but if produced by India indigenously, price would be around $20M. at 500 units it would be $10B.
6. Satellite cost is $150M and launch cost is $45M so $300M per satellite. However if produced in bulk, satellite costs come down drastically to around $80-90M and if used heavy large rockets ($100M per heavy launcher) to launch several satellites at one time, like 10 satellite per heavy launcher and total cost is around $1B and at 50 launches, it would be $50B

Total costs of 1 to 6 is $132B. Spread the acquisition capital costs over 20 years and it comes down to $6.6B a year. Hardly a hit to India's economy.

 

[Blademaster]

To further add to my point, if you include maintenance cost which is typically half of the yearly acquisition costs a year that makes it up to $10B a year. GoI can afford these kind of costs.

 

[Ladaku vimaan]

To further add to my point, if you include maintenance cost which is typically half of the yearly acquisition costs a year that makes it up to $10B a year. GoI can afford these kind of costs.

my noob solution to IAFs combat squadrun shortage -

1. order 36 rafales from france today ( request delivery of atleast 12 - 18 before 2024 )
2.order 114 more tejas mk 1a instead of mrfa ( delivery by 2030 )
fastrack tejas mk2 - induction starts in 2027
3. 54 tejas mk2 delivered by 2030
4. get the 54 mirage 2000s uae is going to retire by 2025 (hopium )
5. 80 su 30s upgraded with AESA radar and new avionics by 2025 , all 282 by 2030
6. 60 jaguars upgraded to darin 3 standard by 2030

we will have - 282 upgraded su 30s + 72 rafales + 94 mirage 2000s + 40 tejas mk1 + 187 tejas mk1a + 54 tejas mk2 + 60 upgraded jaguars + 65 mig 29 upg + a few old aircrafts in reserve
= 854 fighter jets + few old ones in reserve = 42 squadruns , problem solved

 

[Pirasanth1987]

I dont want to see any equipment in particular but the air fighter jets! Raphale! In-Line.

 

[Joydeepghosh1976]

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[cyclops]

Directional Infrared Counter Measures or DIRCM units on helis and planes.