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.
Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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.