France will remain under lockdown until 11 May, delaying the delivery. Indian personnel are now undergoing limited training that had completely stopped in March.
Former IAF chief Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa took a veiled dig at previous govts, saying they kept negotiating for 10 years to get the advanced multi-role jets.
CEO of Safran Aircraft Engines, the manufacturer of Rafale jet engines, also revealed plans for $150 million investment in India towards training and maintenance.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will formally receive the first Rafale fighter jet in France's Merignac Tuesday. Four jets will arrive in India by May 2020.
Bird-hits contribute to about 10% of fighter jet accidents. IAF officers blame it on lack of bird-detection radars, manpower & filth outside air bases.
Dassault Aviation, the manufacturer of Rafale, is said to have already carried out a test production of certain parts that could be manufactured in India.
The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
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