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Indian Dhruv helicopters dismally fail in Ecuador

Peace with pakistan n pakistani's NEVER...

We have passed no point of return...

We can't have peace with a nation from where terrorists infiltrate to create problem for us.(don't tell me that pakistan rangers on that side of border doesn't know when the terrorists pass by them!!!)
 
Peace with pakistan n pakistani's NEVER...

We have passed no point of return...


We can't have peace with a nation from where terrorists infiltrate to create problem for us.(don't tell me that pakistan rangers on that side of border doesn't know when the terrorists pass by them!!!)


As long as people like you are on both sides, bold part is f_cking true. :rolleyes:
 
Guess JF-17 is going to defeat the F-22 anytime soon since Dhruvs failed in Ecuador. :lol:
 
They will give you surprise, you should be thankful to Pakistani sources that they warned you in advance. :cheers:

pakistan is a land of 170 million supermans and their papas, conspiracy theories and bollywood piracy is in ur blood...:cheesy: now ill be bashed i know but common 7/11 a CIA drama, mumbai CIA+Mossad+RAW drama[/b], taliban attacks on afghanistan and Nato holy war but taliban attacks on pakistani forces CIA sponsored drama..Common guys grow up stop living in fools paradise and the irony is when i see a mojority of the elite and educated pakistanis having stong faith in such drama theories, now does someone in this world have to tell u that u guys need to back u crap with some sort of proof??it has been 3+ years since ur interior minister is sleeping with hard evidences of indian involvment in baluch than to show it to the world instead of just ranting..grow up dudes, many nations instead many gr8 nations have faced difficult times look at germany, many had difficult times since the time of their first walk Israel but to avoid the problems and burry ur head in the arabic sands and to deny to face the truth is not the solution...

i can give only suggestion to all the conspiracy lover in pakistan the famous munna bhai liner "get well soon"
 
Yeah... somehow this thread continues to work even when Ecuador's military themselves said that the crash was due to PILOT ERROR. Wonder why people's English is so bad to understand that. And someone comments on the quality of helicopters though Dhruvs are doing excellent in Siachen and here in northeast India.

Most helicopters around the world would have their @$$e$ handed back to fly in Himalayan air and would drop like flies; Dhruv seems to be most comfortable in this terrain; it was built to take severe punishments and takes a lot from IA and IAF.

People should first learn to make their own motorcycles before commenting on others' helicopters.
 
Pak Snipes Indian Dhruvs In Ecuador .

The Pakistan government, through its press service (Associated Press of Pakistan), has made a stinging attack on HAL's flagship export, the Dhruv helicopter, suggesting that the small fleet that India sold to Ecuador a few years ago are now "beset with problems", including low availability, expensive spares, faulty after-sales service and over-invoicing by HAL. HAL hasn't responded officially just yet, but will shortly. See what you make of the Pak release. (A HAL source I spoke to said the tenor of the report "almost definitely" suggested a U.S. plant, with the APP a willing vessel). Anyway, here it is in full:

ISLAMABAD, July 27 (APP) - Ecuadorian Air Force (EAF) which inducted seven Indian manufactured Dhruv helicopters, at a package cost of $50 millions, is finding itself beset with problems even as the last consignment of two helicopters has barely arrived in the country. According to the aviation sources, one of the inducted Dhruv helicopters crashed last year while two others have been grounded on account of malfunctioning of over-speed management unit (OMU).

While the Ecuadorian Air Force is plagued by Dhruv related maintenance issues, its difficulties have been compounded by exorbitant repair cost demanded by Indian manufacturers. The original US company that manufactures the OMU, charges $100m000 as the repair cost while the Indians have demanded $250,000 for the same job.

India has also raised the price of two additional Dhruvs that the EAF had originally planned as additional follow through acquisitions; demanding $12 million apiece. The EAF has informed the Indian government that because of cost issues, maintenance problems, under par flight performance and poor post sale spare support it is considering cancelling further orders for induction of Dhruv helicopters.

According to observers the disappointing Ecuadorian experience with the Dhruv Helicopters doesn’t augur well for the Indian efforts to find a toe hold in South American countries for its aviation products.

It is bound to have its negative fallout as other South American governments; Columbia, Brazil and Chile, who were contemplating induction of Dhruv helicopters in their respective air forces, are now certain to revisit such plans.

Dhruv is not only accident prone, overly priced and having maintenance support issues, it also comes with the Indian tendency of creating dependence and over invoicing, which make even costlier options from other countries more palatable, say observers.

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^^ how your post is different from first post?
 

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