Well India has been buying loaded consignments of Russian coal very recently. Coal from Russia can be bought via barter trade. Seems a safe bet. Pakistan should look into it.
The oldest of UPG fleet should have around 2000 hours left now. The Out of service date for them was stated to be starting from 2032.
The Navy fleet will have more like somewhere between 4000-5000 hours still. So like 20+ years.
And Russian/Ukrainian origin missiles need replacing or...
During or preceding a conflict, all that matters is how much of the equipment can be locally made and equipped. Plus indigenous fighters are coming. Will need our own missiles.
Regarding P8I Procurement the Indian Navy original planned numbers were 24. 12 have been ordered. Due to budget cuts the number of 12 more was cut down to 6 now. Government of India or Indian Navy never said that the plan has been fully cancelled, only that it's under review.
Regarding AEWCS...
In past 8 years according to UNICEF we are close to providing additional sanitation facilities to a population size bigger than that of Pakistan and Bangladesh combined.
We had a problem and we have almost solved it now.
Fake Indian Currency and arms trafficking is rampant. A strict...
Well Hindus have no where else to go. And Gandhi had already made a promise for this.
If not us then no where to go for them.
Rohingyas have options. Not our responsibility.
I am all for giving shooting orders at Bangladesh India borders at illegal crossing. Just like LoC , not a single...
Both India and Bangladesh has its own population to take care of first. Once our people start earning 15,000 dollars on avg, maybe then we should look for others.
We should not be doing charity if we have problems with our own people first.
Bangladesh and it's citizens are extremely important for India in terms of economics. But illegal immigration is not. Both are two different things and I am for the benefit of both nations and law abiding people from both countries in favor of extreme measures taken to counter illegal immigration.
Well Pakistan has had problems with its new DPU30 locomotives from China where chassis cracks were observed. Something which should ideally happen only after like 15 year of rigorous service. They have had problems with Korean 2nd hand locomotives too. Alas we cannot sell our reserves to them.
And are the problems with those supplied by Hyundai Rotem resolved ?
For the American ones 28 crore Taka and 20 years warranty? Hmmm, the WDG class newbuilts were half the price with 35 years warranty. Now that electrification is going on, we will need at best 1000 locomotives out of around...
Dumping of Diesel Locomotives is one possibility. India has very large numbers of relativity new ones, should try to dump them. No one else would be able to undercut the prices. Or match the tech for that matter.
The only way to undo Israel is to be more economically powerful than Israel and it's backers. You will not undo Israel by training your kids to stab Israelis. This will sure cause frustration for Israelis but won't affect them much. Will only keep them United.
Critical portions and Subsystems of Japanese SSK are owned or co-owned by US based firms. Japan therefore won't be able to meet any kind of localisation demands.
This is the only reason why Japan hasn't taken part in P75I from start.