How does India has P8I if US doesn't even produce them yet. For some reason, I feel most Indian members regard purchased or yet to be developed weaponry as "already operational" in this forum.
But I have to applaud that India is purchasing from boeing though as US weaponry has astronomical edge over any other.
As for Brahmos, its a short range version of an existing Russian anti-ship missle. US has the ability to shoot it down with evolve sparrows. As a defensive weapon, it will be export soon.
AS for Anti-air defence, I seriously doubt that anything produce by India can have any parameter that surpasses Aegis ABM. I believe China has some integrated anti-air defence but I'm not sure its ability as compare to what India can produce. But the point I was trying to make is that with China's technological advancement, in 20 years, China should surpass Russia and maybe Europe in technology advancement. So if India want any edge over China in the future, it will need US and only US technology.
Finally, Russian tech sucks and Europeans are not that far behind.
This is what I call an un-educated reply.
US technology is not far ahead of its compitetors.If you fall for the R&D investments and fancy programs and PR, then let it be with you.Just dont spread the BS here.
Wait a min, and you are the one who says,russian tech sucks? when US desperate of russian SAMs and ABM. May be you should know that russia is going to throw few seats for US astronauts to reach ISS.
As for your information,Brahmos AShM is not short ranged.It is above medium ranged.If you call a 300km anti ship missile a short range, then I am interested to know what you term an 100km AShm ?
Before that,you should also have to know how an AShM works at sea rather than on paper.Also Brahmos is meant for IN needs and for couple of exports.This might clarify you that IN weapons systems are its present enemy specific.
And it is clear that India ventured into this technological race after long gestation periods.But still it put contemporary systems out there in the name of akash,Arjun,PAD,AAD,Samyukta(it is one of its own kind)Sword fish Radar,Sonars, what not?
IF IN stopped importing these very systems from abroad and is more than happy with indigenous means only that the Indian made are either comparable or better than what IN can get from abroad.
Mind you that,Indian armed forces are so picky in inducting home made weapons.But these days,the very forces are showing much interest in local systems( may be this has to be something beyond my ALU processing capability and only a person like you can solve it)
Talking about Aegis? ABM configeration is strictly country specific.The ABM that US developed might not answer the needs of India and vice versa.But on the good note, India has its own multi-tier ABM program that is going to deal with its own adversaries.DRDO is readying a ship launched variant for Phase-II of ABM program.As I said,we entered lately into the technology sphere, but brought up all the latest.
PAC-3 and THAAD are pretty good on paper and does carry aesthetic appearances,but didnt live upto the mark.
India can give program to program competition to either US/Europe.But unfortunately we are not rich and capitalists.We are a penny saving nation that only develops what it needs,but not go after luxury of spending spree.
Finally,May be as much as you know-your top brass didnt know much abt russian systems,hence they keep importing them and copying nut to nut and bolt to bolt designs.You should let them know about the russian standards and stop importing/copying them.
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). Just our destroyers is worth more than your whole surface fleet excluding your 1950's era carriers. Put in your carriers... maybe we'll need 5 more patrol boats to take care of them 
