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Is that cleared, any source? Wouldn't that mean that they selected one design and moved away from the FICV competition, since the tender included available foreign design, licence produced by an Indain partner. Exactly, a Tank EX proposal based on the Arjun MK2 would offer 90% of what is shown...

Not sure, check the video in the link. Sorry, corrected the link.

Interestingly the only new pics coming in, are from the 2nd prototype. :what:

What about the recent statements of the MoD wrt giving Dassault inspection rights, in return for guarantees of the full production? So far I didn't saw any official reaction from Dassault on that. What's your estimate, will Dassault finally move?

Yes, I just wen through this interview with former FM Chidambaram, which is very informative, since he actually have a clue of the matter and the things behind it and it's great how he makes the moderator stump several times with simply explaining things based on what he knows: | Video | Union...

I know, but we didn't had enough infos on the part of the budget for each force and how much of it will be diverted to procurements. I posted the first reports about it in the budget thread too: Budget LIVE: Defence allocation is Rs 2,46,727 crores, says Jaitley | Page 6 The opening report...

Putins problem is not the west as such, but the US and them pushing NATO closer to Russian borders. He still needs the EU as markets for Russian Oil and Gas, just as he pushed hard in the recent years to deepen not only economic and political ties, but even defence industrial once. All this now...

It was posted, but there is very little infos on that project. Wonder if anybody was able to talk with officials at the show about it, to get more infos. But it's good to see IAF getting into their own developments, according to their needs, rather than keep being dependent on DRDO alone.

You missed the point, the fact that the terrorists in India are a threat to India was not denied, but the difference is, that they are no threat to Pakistan! That's why Pakistan don't need to care about terrorists in India, while the situation is different for India with the terrorists in...

Not really, since the budget revised the aim of 3.6% back to 3.9%, which means the government takes more loans and increases the fiscal dept. The interesting part is, that the whole money that they take additionally, is not accounted so far and goes to the non planned expenditure part of the...

Which however are not threatening Pakistan and that's the difference, the only reason for Indian government to care about the stability in Pakistan are the the threat the terrorists poses to India. That's why it is in India's interest, if Pakistan takes on all terrorists equally and why proper...

Which it does, therefore more money will be available, not to forget that they have changed the taxation to get mor revenue too and as I showed, 13% would be $5 billion dollars ($4 if you take out the $1 billion they got back from the last budget), which is not much in the overall budget, but...

Why can't you complain, when your expectations were not met? And they surely wasn't too high. Well that depends on what you consider to be a great hike, doesn't it? 2014: GDP forcast between 5 and 6% (old calculation base), the government allocates 13% for the defence budget 2015: GDP forcast...

Because not even ADA / DRDO have a proper idea about it. In 2011 the first brochures and models of the LCA / NLCA came out, with already 0.5m longer airframe and additional fuel tanks shown. Back then, the aim might had been on as little differences to the LCA MK1, to benefit from commonality...

Different source, but same matter: Sukhoi PAK-FA / FGFA: Updates,News & Discussions | Page 153 Please use the sticky thread to post news and infos on Pak Fa / FGFA.

First of all, posting an article is always good, because without infos you can't get to a proper idea of the matter. Secondly, even if I don't agree to all his points in the article, he shows that he has done his job by talking to officials on the matter and quoting them officially, not just...

True, but Pakistan is suffering more from the unstable situation and the overfocus on India isn't it? Be it limited improvements of the economy, be it the terrorist issue that should be more important for Pakistanis itself, then keeping the decades old suspicion on India (and ours on Pakistan)...

Which is why this kind of actual reports are preferable than short tweets, but in times of social media, things get reduced to very limited infos just to spread the info first, rather to have credible sources, quotes or even as in this case proper logic behind it. He starts by pointing to China...

My personal take on the "defence" budget is, that it's very disappointing! This is an opinion not based on high expectations, but based on the fact that it doesn't reflect the improved situation of the country. Last year, when the government took over, the economy was in recovery from the...

A Tiger, it's for an exercise called "Tiger Meet", where the participating aircrafts (including transporters or helicopters) show off with some great Tiger camos: Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions | Page 567 Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions | Page 653