Solid topic.. I love this topic really..I will like to present a more of fictional take to showcase the power of the media and why we should fear media more than enemy.
Remember the James Bond movie - Tomorrow never dies.
Elliot Carver....
Carver planned to provoke war between China and the...
@WAJsal @waz
Pls combine this thread and following 2
https://defence.pk/threads/light-utility-helicopters-first-flight.448006/
https://defence.pk/threads/hindustan-aeronautics-light-utility-helicopter-set-to-fly-in-a-week.447226/
Request you to make it sticky .
You can name it HAL LUH -...
Operation seduction for François Hollande in Vietnam for contracts in the aerospace and energy
AFP
Publication: 09/06/2016 3:40 CEST Update: 09/06/2016 5:23 CEST
, the main challenge is to balance the trade between the two countries , a considerable deficit at the expense of France .
"The aim...
Bharat Electronics to invest Rs 300 cr in advanced night vision devices plant
The new facility, which will be built near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, will enable BEL to expand its electro-optics business
Rakesh Rao | Mumbai
August 26, 2016 Last Updated at 16:33 IST
The...
From a document as on last year November 2015 timeline stuff
This is suppose to change with further orders for Chinooks and Apaches later
Private sector estimation included the need for Light Utility Helos stand at 600+ as per industry sources in one of the FICCI seminars.. The gap is too...
Courtesy @migflug
15-minutes hovering marks light utility helicopter's first flight
Chethan Kumar| TNN | Sep 6, 2016, 02.43 PM IST
BENGALURU: A prototype of the indigenous light utility helicopter (LUH) took off at 12.15pm on Tuesday, marking the first flight of the chopper, a 187-unit...
Its always a pleasure to read @Penguin and @gambit comments and its nice that they came here in this thread.. Normally penguin will remember his last DF comments got him tagged Indian
But as usual Brahmos gets sidelined and "Artillery from Tibet" is enough for Indian Aircraft carriers logic...
i agree and in a way i am cheering fr PAF to get Su35 to take out F16s of ours.. I normally dont go and say it.. but if we buy F16 and in front is a flanker of Su35 class, we have limited chance .. its a more of suicide mission
Suppose we do make that mistake my friend.. imagine say 80 odd F16s. Same as PAF...
What you think then?
Let's assume worst case scenario and bury our logic of not opting for F16s.. then?
Nothing is blasphemous in defence industry. As long as geo political interest are aligned everyday a new ally will be made and another will be downgraded. For Russia India relationship will remain strategic. But delinking it from normal small fleet purchase should not sound too hopeless or...
Customised edition better than F3R with uprated engines and meteor BVR and IRST as well.
Indian arsenal integration to be done locally and recertified as part of customized package.
HMDS surely.. Dash3 in Frontline but expectation are some elements of planned upgraded product feature may be...
Rationality and logic does not need any bindings. Nor it can be caged.
What I said is logical and rational. To refute it anyone including my fellow Indians have to say truthfully what's wrong in the logic.
Russia will remain in our side as long as we keep buying weapons in good amount and don't...
If you want EF your government have to be proactive. UK post BREXIT needs new sources of investments and trade treaties. In G20 PM Modi and PM May talked about free trade agreement. Already Australia, Mexico, Singapore, India and South Korea have kind of given verbal assurances to Theresa May...
I am betting here that if India chooses any US fighter jet like F16/F18 then Pakistan in all probability will get Su35 under a line of credit arrangement for a 20year low interest loan...
Russia will play smart surely and will tell India since you can buy American fighters so Pakistan can...
Approval will happen soon and signing within next 40 days or even less.
On Morocco, Courtesy @CNL-PN-AA
Several high level discussions occured between France and Morocco since february concerning the Rafale ( and other military equipments ). Same with Malaysia, Canada, UAE, Finland, Belgium...
Something interesting for all of you. I am sure @Ankit Kumar 002 might have posted this before
But there was a much deeper point raised in Lok Sabha Discussion on 12.08.2016 on IAF topic. That actually clears out many doubts. I am quoting only the portions relevant to this thread topic and...
Yes that is part of the agreement as it has been said before.. but DPP2016 strategic partnership have to be approved and revealed.. bcz under that this line will come up.
Suppliers are actually told about a increase in numbers for procurement from 2018-19 onwards. So this is a clear indication...
Source says
In G20 there was a short meeting between PM NaMo and Prez Hollande on the sidelines where both leaders pull aside each other, sat and talked...
A verbal invitation has been given by PM NaMo for Rafale approval which he says will be intimated soon post necessary procedures (read CCS...