India buys winter clothing from US and Europe for Ladakh troops

[Mujahid Memon]

lubricants

Yes, this is the most essential item when Chinese will attack again with sticks and stones, specially during freezing winters.

 

[PakFactor]

Well, Indian army does not know when will china attacks. For something very basic needs for war ,we can't take chance.

Your not understanding I’m saying you’ve had months to prepare for this and get things ready buy in a urgent basis gonna charge you arm and leg.

 

[SuperStar20]

Your not understanding I’m saying you’ve had months to prepare for this and get things ready buy in a urgent basis gonna charge you arm and leg.

Well, nothing is more when it comes to defending country.

 

[Osiris]

Your not understanding I’m saying you’ve had months to prepare for this and get things ready buy in a urgent basis gonna charge you arm and leg.

It is Emergency purchase and not urgent purchase.

Emergency purchase is name of a process, where Indian armed do not have to go through tendering process (which takes years) to purchase defense equipment.

It does not mean, that India armed forces are paying more than they would have had they issued tenders. It is way of bypassing bureaucratic red tape, which has plagued the Indian defense procurement.

 

[undercover JIX]

From weapons to clothing everything imported, but Indians modi worshippes o PDF claim everything made in India even 6th Gen Fighters.....Teja is indigenous samosa as well we believe you.

 

[Flash_Ninja]

Well, Indian army does not know when will china attacks. For something very basic needs for war ,we can't take chance.

AKA panic buying

Despite your moronic leaders and generals saying they can not only fight China but fight a two front war with Pakistan, this purchase among all the others recently proves the complete opposite.

 

[lcloo]

Chinese winter cloth factories have just received huge urgent orders from US buyers for direct shipments to Mumbai.

 

[Globenim]

It does not mean, that India armed forces are paying more than they would have had they issued tenders. It is way of bypassing bureaucratic red tape, which has plagued the Indian defense procurement.

You make it sound like throwing away even more money for overpriced imports from the US and Europe while Indian generals and politicians letting it slide fill up their pockets with remedies is something to commend.

 

[Type59]

Country rich. They dont need to manufacture clothes, only peasants sew clothes.

 

[beijingwalker]

India scrambles to buy winter gear from US amid row with China
Updated: 18 Oct 2020, 05:31 AM ISTBloomberg

• India until now sourced high-altitude kits for its defense forces mainly from Europe or China
• The rush to acquire the gear shows the situation will extend into the winter

India has bought high altitude warfare kits from the U.S. on an urgent basis, officials with the knowledge of the matter said, a sign that the South Asian nation is preparing for an extended winter deployment after talks to ease tensions along its border with China stalled.

The Indian Army used an agreement which allows the two militaries to take logistical assistance from each other such as buying fuel and spare parts for warships and aircraft, for the transaction, the officials said, asking not to be identified given rules for speaking to the media. The the Logistics Exchange Memorandum Agreement signed in August 2016 aims to promote interoperability between the two militaries.

The worst standoff between the Asia neighbors in four decades has prompted India and China to move thousands of troops, tanks and missiles to the disputed Himalayan border, while fighter jets are on stand-by. The rush to acquire the gear shows the situation will extend into the winter. The troops face off at 15,000 feet, with temperatures dropping to -30 Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit).

Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi pledged in September to reduce tensions along the 3,488-kilometer (2,167-mile) boundary known as the Line of Actual Control.

Military and diplomatic talks on troop disengagement are “a work in progress," Jaishankar told investors and analysts at the Bloomberg India Economic Summit on Thursday.

India until now sourced high-altitude kits for its defense forces mainly from Europe or China. S K Saini, the second-highest ranking general in the Indian Army, is on a scheduled visit to the U.S. Army Pacific Command to discuss other emergency purchases and building capabilities.

The Indian Army did not comment on the high altitude warfare kits, but confirmed the visit of one of its top generals to the U.S. A spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi didn’t immediately respond to a text message seeking comment.

India scrambles to buy winter gear from US amid row with China

India until now sourced high-altitude kits for its defense forces mainly from Europe or China.The rush to acquire the gear shows the situation will extend into the winter

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[Osiris]

You make it sound like throwing away even more money for overpriced imports from the US and Europe while Indian generals and politicians letting it slide fill up their pockets with remedies is something to commend.

Even your own country buys weapons from Russia the same way. An item is identified for purchase.....government to government deal is made, without issuing any global tenders eg S400, Su 35 etc you bought from Russian directly.

India use to do the same.. till the new defense procurement policy was introduced few years back, In which every deal above $300 Million has to go through a lengthy tendering ..trials and bidding process.

Deal under $300 Million could bought without issuing global tendering process under Emergency purchase clause.

How do you know these items are overpriced or corruption is happening?

This government has been power for last 6 years. There haven't been any cases of corruption in arms purchases proven against it.

 

[beijingwalker]

Panic buy oif jets, tanks even winter clothes, good time to rip India off big time, China should get a cut in these deals.
India plans to buy its way to be a military and economic superpower.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Only if China could open a couple of more stand-offs!!!! So far, Japan (checked), Taiwan (checked), India (checked)!!! Not bad for the US military industrial complexes' order books.....

 

[kankan326]

Only if China could open a couple of more stand-offs!!!! So far, Japan (checked), Taiwan (checked), India (checked)!!! Not bad for the US military industrial complexes' order books.....

None of these stand-offs were opened by China. Us was the one who pushed these countries/region to challenge China.

 

[Bossman]

If they are scrambling at the end of October, they are in really in deep dodoo.