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I guess Mukesh and Anil agreed that Telecom will be Mukesh and Defense will be Anil. Anil sold infocomm to Mukesh...

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In 1991 - both India and Russia were beggars!! I recall posts in another thread where it was revealed that Russians were more comfortable offering sensitive tech to India than China during that time frame and we just did not have the money!! Beggars cant complain !!!! India got what it wanted from R...

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This does not antagonize Russia in any way. India has found a way to align with USA and Russia again!

This time it is more expensive for us - boots in AFG - but stakes are higher for India - so cost is higher.

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IMO USA does not need India for IOR. They have enough assets there up to Diego Garcia and they have allied presence as well - UK/France - up to
Africa.

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American interest is in boxing China to the pacific.They need to block Chinese access to Indian Ocean. America must get out of AFG and they need India in AFG for the next 20 years. India can not afford China in AFG aligning with Pak and its aftermath on the western front. When those regions split fr...

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my money is on F18 - GE414 tech - carrier capable aircraft - still in use for USN and enhanced. only sticking point - make in India.

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I still believe we will be sending troops to AFG - hence all this.

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There is broad Indian political consensus around relations with USA regardless of the party in power - starting overtly with IUCNA in 2005. Why?

Is India that naive to not see that all of this is for CRE of Indian nuclear capabilities or are we missing something?

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I am beginning to believe that this will end with Indian boots in AFG. This is my theory. It is rather simplistic. But I believe many things at such high level are very simple. USA needs to get out of AFG - it has enormous amount of ARMS stockpiled in there. They cannot move it out, nor destroy it. ...

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I don’t think this is about India-China directly. IMO . Operationalizaton means Indian boots in AFG.

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I am beginning to think this is a hit job by USA. They cannot stand that their fighters were not L1 nor not getting any contracts in the future for their fighters. This will die down if an order is placed for the teens.

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I dont think NASAMS will get delivered so fast to fend of Baburs if there is a conflct in the short term. I believe it is baksheesh for getting S400 instead of patriot.

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IMO NASAMS II is the order to fend off Patriot vs S400. We can afford have one more system in addition to Akash - we need that many units of Akash style system. This also gives us more options hopefully - integrate Astra. Buy missiles for cross-purpose - AMRAAM, Harpoon for Jets that can be used on ...

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NASAMS should be indigenised. We can sub the missiles with our own.

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https://swarajyamag.com/insta/watch-naval-variant-of-lca-tejas-flies-for-the-first-time-with-tailhook-used-for-landing-on-aircraft-carrier At least people are experimenting. I like this play of deception as in programs being cancelled, not meeting needs. Keeps everyone guessing. Strange though not ...

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I believe Tejas was made to fit Kaveri dia of 90cm and F404 was fit in as a stop gap. Any structural modifications might not be needed.

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The days of India fearing Pakistan being resurrected are gone. IKU or whoever it maybe - have learned their lessons with Pakistan. If we cannot handle Pakistan - we are good for nothing regardless. We underestimate the leverage USA has on India. We have no choice but to passively go with IKU and USA...

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How is this the responsibility of the Minister or the ministry? Services come up with the plan on how to run the service and get budget allocations approved correct?

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Btw, the movement against Chinese goods at local business level is real in USA. I went to 2-3 furniture stores and many pieces were from India. One owner said that this is due to the general apprehension about getting goods from China and India/Vietnam are good alternatives!!!

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I think all this is due to USA turning the screws on goods deficit. China knows it has to given in to an extent where it will be felt on the ground. China desperately needs the Indian market. India should extract its tons of flesh.

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I dont think India can afford to import 5G or UCAV - we need domestic effort for that. All effort should be geared towards that - give another 20 years for our research agencies. We need to all investments geared towards making that goal a reality.

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Interesting - 362-110-36 ==> 216 ==> cannot be LCA alone (14 years - 2019-2032 - ~16/year!!!) ==> LCA+MCA+FGFA?

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I think the usefulness of NoKo to cheen is done. The game has moved to China-Russia-Pak axis.

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Great analysis Rudradev! I think we will see more technology sharing deals from the west to enable India stand on its own against the new China-Pak-Russia axis. Having a 2-engine fighter line like F-18/Rafale is a real possibility in this scenario as MKIs may not be upgradeable to full potential!!

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Well I had a standing bet with five of my Chinese colleagues that Xi will stay beyond 2 terms. They told me today that they lost the bet and are now worried for the future.

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F-18 and Ge 414

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GE aviation is in serious financial trouble - any deal here will be similar to what SU-30MKI was to Sukhoi. GE aviation is too strategic for USA to give up. And GE aviation has to stay independent - cannot be acquired by Boeing or LM as that will essentially end EU and USA co-opetition

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Lets say India is forced to place an emergency order for subs to be delivered in 3 years - what is the best option? Kilo?

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So there is no use for the HDW line which built the Shishumar class boats?

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I am getting the feeling that we have killed the golden goose with demon. Manufacturing boat has sailed and no mass manufacturing will come to India. There is too much over capacity in the world. I read somewhere that CONgress is perceived as more nationalistic than BJP by the western world due to t...

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Chennai-Bengaluru will be a killer. Will be full all the time.

I also vote for Chennai-Trichy to reduce congestion in Chennai.

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Sama Cheer Kalvi - I did not realize it has become that bad in TN! I finished by 12th in state board in 1990 - at that time engineering admission was based on 50% math + 25% physics + 25% chemistry adding to 200 and 50 allocated to the entrance test - TNPCEE. The test went many times beyond the book...

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USA tried this trick when Akash was being operationalized - they tried to offer Patriot!

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I have a feeling that some kind of mig-29upg, mig-29k, mig35 production line will come to India along with rd-33mk engine tech. IMO - worth the money we pay - maybe we pay $1 billion dollars for getting the engine/production tech/support.

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My ramble - only option left for China is to bring India into the tent - offer a border settlement much earlier than they would have liked.

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I think we are not able to accept that USA can sell their previous gen platform to us and then move on - jealousy. Russia is ok as they are also stuck in the same generation as what they are selling to us - equal to the previous generation sold by USA if not inferior!! Whatever we have bought from U...

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even after the supply of 155mm shells, army has not bought the kalyani gun?!?! it looks like kalyani also has a 105mm light gun.

why is there no news of army trials etc, on these? are we missing something? is kalyani too desi for comfort of our elite?

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Why is Kalyani not getting any contract? Are they being ignored for some reason not understood?

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IMO, China is waiting for assurances on NK will not be unified with SK. If they get that, then they will attack India regardless of what happens in NK.

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@nam - if these are the reasons - why did we design/produce Arjun in the first place?! IA would have signed-off on the GSQRs right?!

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