sancho
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I know what you are saying. That would make sense.
But another competion later is something I was not voting for.
I thought if we are to select a heavy lift chopper then I will just go for the CH superstallion and then anyways i will need a marine variant so i can have a comonality of logistics and interoperability btn arms.
I never wanted Chinook though coz according to chinook website its a medium lift (almost heavy lift though). and its expensive too.
On top of that Mi-26 will be only for heavy lift.
but iam not sure if the CH53 superstallion will be able to carry nuclear mobile command posts for nuclear, coz in war they will be used for that too.
So I guess this is where it makes a sence for seperate competitions.
But selecting one chopper like Ch53 would have made our job easier.
The road you have suggested has is valid but I was thinking about this.
This would also have been a cost effective way.
Yes and as I said in my last post too:
Actually I don't think so, because these are heavy lift helicopters and carriers normally use medium lift helicopters like Sikorsky Sea Hawks, or AW Merlins for example. Such heavy helicopters are normally in use only with LPDs, or LHDs, so they could be useful for our INS Jalashwa, but less useful for our carriers.
Of course IF the navy would look for heavy lift helicopters too, the CH53 could offer commonality, but at the moment they simply don't have the need, that's why I doubt this competition is linked with them.