Japanese Defense Ministry may sell sea rescue aircraft to India

[selvan33]

The Japanese one is much more rugged. Remember jet engines are far more vulnerable, especially to salt water corrosion.

Its a plane for the coast guard to rescue people on the high seas, not for troop transport.

Lot of Titanium in the Be-200, which don´t corrode in saltwater. Remember that Beriev got
long experience with this kind of aircrafts, since the Be-10 that flew first in 1956 and the Be-42 as well.

 

[JohnSeb]

why india don't buy this aircraft from russian ?
i though you guy alwasy buy stuff from russian

We buy stuff from whoever we wants, coz we have the $$$

 

[indian_foxhound]

We buy stuff from whoever we wants, coz we have the $$$

don't we going to have any tender for this?????

 

[JohnSeb]

don't we going to have any tender for this?????

It only says Japan might sell the aircraft to India.

No deal or anything yet

 

[FULL_METAL]

why india don't buy this aircraft from russian ?
i though you guy alwasy buy stuff from russian

That scenario has changed drastically from last decade

 

[sancho]

Lot of Titanium in the Be-200, which don´t corrode in saltwater. Remember that Beriev got
long experience with this kind of aircrafts, since the Be-10 that flew first in 1956 and the Be-42 as well.

But still, if one of the engines will have problems, the aircraft might not be able to fly anymore, that's where the US-2 should have an advantage, next to range, loiter time and as the comparison that I added in post #9 shows, the take off and landing distance is much shorter as well, which should give it some advantages in bay areas around our islands.