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    India offers to buy more U.S. helicopters, hopes to drive down costs

    Yes Indian AFs are insistent on ToT with every purchase to help our fledgling defense industry and ensure availability during war. One advantage of buying in large quantity is that it gives leverage.
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    Ratan Tata may be suffering from delusion: Amit Mitra

    Bengal used to be the most developed part of India. Our national anthem is in Bengali. Commies and sickulars have turned it into a sh!thole nowadays. What a waste!
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    Kamov ready to supply seaborne helicopters to Indian Navy

    Of course IN is looking towards Roskova for Naval Helos. Sikorsky quoted a price equivalent to 3 JF 17s for their top end chopper.
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    India May Expand Su-30MKI Order Beyond 272

    I read MKI plant will keep churning out MKIs until FGFA is ready for induction at which point it will be converted to FGFA manufacturing plant. This is to ensure that the expertise gained by MKI ToT foes not atrophy during the lag period between end of MKI manufacture and induction of FGFA. It...
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    Meerut tense after clashes over forced conversion of a lady teacher

    Yes by all means we should conjecture about an alleged rape victim's story on an online forum instead of behaving like decent humans. Some of the posts show exactly what is wrong with India.
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    IAF will get hands on Indigenous AEW&C soon : Drdo Chief

    When is the 360 degree AEWCS coming ? DRDO was developing both kinds concurrently.
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    PM Modi Announces $1 Billion Concessional Line of Credit to Nepal

    India is building many hydro electric power plants in Nepal. He says India does not expect Nepal to give us free electricity in return.
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    Chabahar Port: India Losing Against China – OpEd

    Land- Sea- Land route from India to Central Asia is is cheaper and faster than Land- Land- Land route from Chinese heartland (where their production is situated) . You don't know what you are talking about.
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    Saudi Arabia to buy more Typhoon, upgrades existing fleet

    X posting from the other thread Can anyone with knowledge do a comparative analysis of Typhoon deal that Saudi got with proposed Indian deal for Rafale. @Dillinger @sandy_3126 @Oscar @Bang Galore @sancho @Capt.Popeye
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    Saudi Arabia to double its Typhoon order

    $ 4.43 billion for 72 Typhoons works to around $61 million per plane. On the other hand, India is expected to cough up around $120-150 million per plane for Rafale with the corollary that half of that i.e $ 60-75 million will be spent in India as offset and the rest is premium for ToT. Even...
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    Sukhoi to sign another contract with India on fifth generation multi-role fighter

    How much is this contract worth ? IIRC the last one was worth 300 million dollars to develop avionics for Pak-Fa. Honestly speaking we can only contribute in Avionics and composites of FGFA. In other areas Russia is ahead of us.
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    Opening The Sanction Magicbox: Myth of Japanese Sanction Against Russia

    No else India wouldn't have bought three oil blocks there if it were disputed territory.
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    Honor Embassy Pledge : Lithuania to India

    We should open an embassy asap.Why the delay ? It will provide jobs to our babus, they should be salivating at the opportunity.
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    Any Indian supporter of Palestine?

    I support Iran and Israel. How can India support Palestine when all they have done is needle us on Kashmir repeatedly ? I would like to ask this question to Indians who support Palestine. On the other hand, both Iran and Israel are our friends.
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    Pak Hindus refuse to return, cite harassment

    Well I disagree.If India will not take harassed Hindus,Sikhs,Jains, Buddhists then who will ? India is the birthplace of these religions. Many countries provide asylum to harassed minorities e.g US,Uk to Ahmadis from Pakistan. Why this mirchi when someone suggests India help some poor folks ?
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    Flipkart Gets Record Funding, Aims to Become $100 Billion Firm

    I buy a lot of stuff from them. Very good and professional service. I would recommend Flipkart to everybody.
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    Which country do you believe enjoys the best geopolitical position?

    You are confusing geo-strategics with geo-politics. Regarding India's geo strategic importance I already gave my opinion. The reason we hear hullaboo about Pakistan's geostrategic importance it cause it is up for sale. Land route from ME to China will always be irrelevent because no one lives...
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    Which country do you believe enjoys the best geopolitical position?

    US-Its isolation from rest of the world is its greatest strength and biggest weakness. India- Straddling the oil lanes and unchallenged power in an entire ocean once it gets its act together. Protected by Himalayas in North, Jungles in East and Pakistan in West it can easily project its energies...
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    Why Rafale is a Big Mistake

    Is correct. However I disagree with your assertion that Rafale will bring absolutely nothing to Indian Aerospace Industry. Even knowing "how" without "why" will help us to bring our aerospace industry upto par. as it is still in a nascent stage.At the very minimum it will provide us with...
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