Reacting to a news report about MoD officials raising objections to the Rafale deal, former IAF deputy chief S.B.P. Sinha says he’s heard about this only now.
Over the last two decades, IAF has been hit by numerous delays because of HAL. ThePrint takes a look at an IAF note to defence ministry from last year with details of delays.
A day before Mirage 2000 crash in Bengaluru, IAF chief B.S. Dhanoa had hit out at HAL for blaming it for delays. Former officers agree with chief’s assessment.
Just like Phase 3, in this round too, the NDA stands to lose ground due to the sheer number of seats it had won the last time — 39 of the 49 seats, of which the BJP alone had won 32.
India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
India might buy some hand me down Russian aircraft to appease the IAF a tad to conserve money for new doles for its Bureaucrats, Politicians, Police, Judges, Dalits and Moslems:
What happened to the Lockheed Martin proposal to manufacture For 16 in India. Even before Modi came there was talk of 300 planes jointly made in US and India? These would have been 21st century and not the MIGs of an earlier era. At least once India should have a retired military officer as PM. He would understand such things better.
F-16 platform is older than Mig-29’s. Please check your facts anywhere on the web…it all depends on upgradation…most F-16’s are operated by US allies and are regularly upgraded unlike soviet client states who operated cheap mig-29 variants in large nos.
India might buy some hand me down Russian aircraft to appease the IAF a tad to conserve money for new doles for its Bureaucrats, Politicians, Police, Judges, Dalits and Moslems:
IAF does not want F-16 and has rejected it multiple times.
What happened to the Lockheed Martin proposal to manufacture For 16 in India. Even before Modi came there was talk of 300 planes jointly made in US and India? These would have been 21st century and not the MIGs of an earlier era. At least once India should have a retired military officer as PM. He would understand such things better.
F-16 platform is older than Mig-29’s. Please check your facts anywhere on the web…it all depends on upgradation…most F-16’s are operated by US allies and are regularly upgraded unlike soviet client states who operated cheap mig-29 variants in large nos.