Israelis created a loophole with Barak MX. We did the same with ER-SAM/XR-SAM project. 😁
Every new missile system under development will have the learnings from Israeli project.
The thing operational in Azerbaijan is different to the thing serving about INS ships in Israel as well as India.
The version of Barak 8 we use went into testing after the deal between Azerbaijan and Israel was inked.
We got more than enough on our plate, don't you think ? Just pray for the people of Armenia. And hope we do a good job at providing and servicing the arms.
Arm sales will make the R&D more attractive. And we got a huge pool of people which can translate into something good.
Exactly. Very...
We should learn from the mistakes of our neighbours. Nations are not friends.
Armenia is a partner. And we are doing our best as a partner. The conflict should be paused immediately and talks started. But if it comes to war, our part is that we service the weapons we supply to them properly...
Can Armenia pay for it?
Sending some ammunition, personal equipment, small arms... That's possible for us. Beyond that, it's upto the Armenians to fight.
Akash NG is something else , not for UCAVs.
Adminstration keeps an eye on procurement by neighbours. Solutions will be sought. Remember a Reaper was bought down in Libya.
https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/land/row/type-83-273.htm
Not true either, As Russia never sold BM27 to India and Smerch was bought in 2000s.
Where as Pinaka was active during 1999 war.
True. Their S300/Buk/Tor air defence is not working surely or they are not able to utilise them correctly...
Sweet spot. The 122 mm is usually cheaper but warhead is very small and anything in 300mm Smerch type category with a bigger warhead is too costly.
Pinaka falls between the two. A significantly bigger warhead than the Grad, but significantly cheaper than Smerch.
Although the breakdown is...
No HIMARS wasn't bought. Its too costly for India to operate. Pinaka is in service since the Kargil War, sure as hell Americans weren't going to give us something like HIMARS then. 😅
This is just my personal opinion, almost in Every nation, which is a prospective coustomer for the above said industries you got Chinese , Turkish and Russians all too.
Pakistani industries should either up the game vis a vis these three or collaborate with them for exports.
First export success of Pinaka MBRL
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/arming-armenia-india-to-export-missiles-rockets-and-ammunition/articleshow/94518414.cms