Bharat Rakshak

<BR>Rupak, thanks for the answer. I suppose that India presently has 400 (or so) Mig-21<BR>largely becuse she has not been replacing them fast enough over the last decade or so.<P>P.

Well, I had asked a simple question that so far remains unanswered. I would appreciate if<BR>the experts on this thread would help answer it:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Prakash:<BR><B>Could some of the MiG-21's not be...

Could some of the MiG-21's not be converted<BR>into trainers? It seems as if the trainer<BR>MiG-21s work fairly well. If more MiG-21 can<BR>be converted into trainers, then monies<BR>saved (by having fewer crashes, perhaps not<BR>buying new trainers) could be used to buy<BR>newer and better fighters.

Roshan, Sunil: this is good scholarship; thanks.<P>Admins: it may be useful to archive this info.

<BR>Well, I think that India has no choice but to test again. I realize that this is quite strong; here is the argument.<P>Six recent events leave India with little choice but to conduct furthur nuclear tests. The most significant of these six events is the western, and especially US, skeptism, abou...

<BR>Security cooperation between India and Israel is strategically good for both countries.<P>But let us always keep in mind that the teaming is India and Israel (and not Israel and India).<P>More importantly, while Israel strategic<BR>interests at present coincide with ours, and<BR>we should take a...