c17 c130j il76 power projection IAF style

[Storm Force]

Looking at the Huge Investment that the Indians are about to Make on a already impressive Air Lift Capability i thought i would share this in photos for you all

Already in Service 24 X IL76 heavy Transport from Russia

 

[Storm Force]

Recently arrived the First of 12 C130J from America a deal worth $1 billion +

 

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Next in wat must be the BIGGEST ever Deal for the C17 globemaster x 10 planes for a whopping $4 billion could rise to 16 planes as we speak

 

[Storm Force]

Next 6 IL76 tankers for inflight refulling of its strike Air Power

And recently 3 Phalcon Awacs also Arrived for $1.1 billion

 

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Finally India & Russia have signed a MOU for joint devepment of the MRT a meduim range transport as below.

India to acquire 45 planes between 2015-2022

 

[Storm Force]

There currently 105 Meduim ANTOVA 24 transport planes in service too

60 to be upgraded whislt the MTA is stil developed

AND 60 hs748

Well Over 200 Helicopters in the Air Force Alone

 

[Storm Force]

All in All the ability to move thousands upon thousands of troops and hundreds of tons of equipment to any where in the Indian Subcontinent in a few hours.

Very impressive capability being built up.

 

[kashith]

wish India had started investing in the NE in last few decades to build awesome infrastructure

 

[EagleEyes]

This will help India to truly mobilize and take advantage of its sheer numbers.

 

[VCheng]

This will help India to truly mobilize and take advantage of its sheer numbers.

An interesting historical footnote, if I may:

At the start of WW2, the Nazi foreign minister threatened his Swiss counterpart with invasion. The Swiss minister replied that half a million Swiss volunteers would not let that happen.

The arrogant German said, "Well, what will happen if I send a million German troops?", to which the reply was: "Each one of us will have to shoot twice, that's all!".

Peace!

 

[Dr sim]

An interesting historical footnote, if I may:

At the start of WW2, the Nazi foreign minister threatened his Swiss counterpart with invasion. The Swiss minister replied that half a million Swiss volunteers would not let that happen.

The arrogant German said, "Well, what will happen if I send a million German troops?", to which the reply was: "Each one of us will have to shoot twice, that's all!".

Peace!

Bad analogy

 

[mayankmatador]

IL-76 was modified to make it serve as a refuller and is called IL-78

 

[third eye]

This will help India to truly mobilize and take advantage of its sheer numbers.

Thats the idea.

IAF needs much more and hopefully shall get it.

 

[VCheng]

Bad analogy

Please let me state my point another way then to clarify it sufficiently for you:


Numerically smaller forces traditionally rely on other means to bolster their effectiveness against numerically larger forces.

Please do let me know if you need further simplification and elaboration in order to gain at least some comprehension of this fact.

 

[Andy James]

A recent academic article on military power projection as a
tool of Indian foreign policy may be of interest. It discusses airlift issues: Walter C. Ladwig III, “India and Military Power Projection: Will the Land of Gandhi Become a Conventional Great Power?” Asian Survey, Vol. 50, No. 6 (November/December 2010).

I can't post a link to the paper because I am new here, but if you google the title or author you can find it