No CISMOA, No Problem: IAF Chief

[sudhir007]

Livefist - The Best of Indian Defence: No CISMOA, No Problem: IAF Chief

I asked Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal PV Naik today about his position on the uncertainty over whether or when India will sign the contentious Communciations Interoperability & Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA) with the United States. He had a crisp, short reply: "The government asked us for our opinion on the matter. We have informed the government that [not signing the CISMOA] will not make a difference as far as our operational capability is concerned."

I've posted here about what the IAF doesn't get on its brand new C-130Js as a direct consequence of not signing the CISMOA. I'll be posting soon on how the IAF plans to fill those gaps.

 

[trident2010]

IAF says not inking pacts with the US will make no difference


NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force on Friday said that its operational capabilities will remain unaffected in case government did not enter into certain military pacts with the US.

"Government had asked us about our opinion on these agreements and we told them that this will not make any substantial difference to our operational capabilities," Naik said at a CII event here.

His remarks come at a time when reports suggest that in absence of the Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA) and the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), the US would be removing some of the key equipment on board the military systems being supplied to India by it.

India is buying a number of weapon systems from the US including the C-130 J Hercules aircraft, C-17 heavylift aircraft and the ultra-light howitzers through the foreign military sales route.

The US has been pressing India to sign these agreements for developing closer defence ties.

The CISMOA entails the laying down of protocols for interoperability and assuring the security of communication between the armed forces of the two countries.

Similarly, the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA) would allow the armed forces of the two countries to procure fuel and supplies from each other's facilities.

Meanwhile, answering another query, Naik said the air force was getting simulators for all aircraft to be procured by it in future as they help in reducing the training cost.



IAF says not inking pacts with the US will make no difference - The Times of India

 

[Kinetic]

Good. No comm equipments, no problem. We can built them ourselves or buy them from somewhere else. But India will never sign CISMOA.

 

[Ishan]

But if There is no CISMOA than Definately many Major High End Technologies will not be added .. So what does he Really mean by His Statement

Is it Ok to Have Downgraded Versions

 

[kingdurgaking]

is CISMOA a clause for Fteens in MMRCA??? do any one have any information on this?

 

[Kinetic]

But if There is no CISMOA than Definately many Major High End Technologies will not be added .. So what does he Really mean by His Statement

Is it Ok to Have Downgraded Versions

If we don't sign CISMOA than we will not get comm systems onboard. Nt downgraded but they will not give any systems related to comm.

Many countries including India makes such comm systems though US ones are some of the best. We can still have comm systems onboard either Indian or from a third country.

 

[CONNAN]

But if There is no CISMOA than Definately many Major High End Technologies will not be added .. So what does he Really mean by His Statement

Is it Ok to Have Downgraded Versions

we will fill the gap with israel and french equipment so no worries

 

[Hulk]

Why we do not want to sign CISMOA.

 

[DesiGuy]

What is Cismoa??

 

[Ishan]

we will fill the gap with israel and french equipment so no worries

That is also Great Option

 

[CONNAN]

What is Cismoa??

Communication Interoperability & Security Memorandum of Agreement

The CISMoA attempts to facilitate agreements on how each nation’s radios will communicate with each other effectively. For example, India troops may want to call in an air strike with U.S. air assets, this will require Indian ground radios to be compatible with U.S. strike aircraft radios to include encryption. Likewise, U.S. Special Ops may want to call in Indian long range artillery. The U.S. SpecOps on the ground will need their radios to communicate with Indian ground based artillery batteries.

 

[1000VA]

we will fill the gap with israel and french equipment so no worries

Without OEM's permission no one can add any single part in a military hardware.In F-35 deal with Israel, US approved Israel to add some mission equipments of their own only after long negotiations, but they are still unwilling to allow the core demand of the Israeli's Electronic Warfare Suit.
So my point is,we can only fill up the gaps after OEM's permission.

 

[OmPrakash]

We do not need CISMOA and other such agreements. We can do with a little lesser technology.