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Rakesh wrote: ↑06 Mar 2025 07:44
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This is what we need to invest in with regards to US mil hardware ---> CH-47, P-8I, MH-60R, C-130. Not fancy, but this is vital.
Unkil primarily wants us to keep an eye on Cheen.
To that end the Sea Guardian UAV, P-8i fit the bill very well
Tanaji wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025 21:25
How do they do it? Houthis have SAMs?
The Iranian '358' SAM has been the go to weapon for downing reconnaissance UAVs
The 'loitering SAM' is quite peculiar. Has a jet engine and all, and can be launched from a minimalistic rail launcher. Works well for slow flying targets https://www.twz.com/bizarre-iranian-loi ... e-minister
drnayar wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025 19:03
Meantime the MQ 9 s are being swatted by the houthis.
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Each Reaper costs $32 million, meaning Ansarallah has now taken out over half a billion dollars’ worth of U.S. drones since the hostilities began.
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The options are Satellites, high-flying manned Spy planes (like the U2), Mach 3 plus planes like the retired SR-71 or Stealthy planes (some which may be still classified).
Each would be costlier than the Reapers with the unmanned Satellites being the most survivable..
fanne wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025 22:30
The Indian reaper costs 3 times the American one.
pretty sure those gold plated drones cant be used in a war even with the pakis , hope we find a excuse to cancel the whole deal.. or maybe only for "peace time reconnaissance" .. sigh..
fanne wrote: ↑25 Mar 2025 22:25
Sir, it is jaziya payment from our side.
Why can't our Jaziya payments be for useful stuff ..
Would have happily paid a pretty penny for 10 more C-17s when it was available.
Even today more MH-60, P8s,Chinooks, Extra GE engines etc etc are far more better value for money than the gold plated reapers ,Apaches or god forbid the Strykers.
https://x.com/dperi84/status/1905628616538386868 ---> Just In: In the first Flight Refueling Aircraft to be wet leased by the Indian Air Force, MoD today signed a contract with Metrea Management for Wet Leasing of one FRA, Boeing KC-135, for training pilots of IAF & Indian Navy. Metrea will provide FRA within six months.
VIDEO:https://x.com/livefist/status/1905923567507902635 ---> After 3 failed attempts, the IAF finally leases an American mid-air refuelling tanker to train pilots. A step forward, but still a Band-Aid on a long-festering gap. India can’t stay hooked to patchwork fixes—time to commit to tankers the IAF can truly call its own.
https://x.com/sneheshphilip/status/1905630656757195004 ---> MoD signs Wet Leasing of one Flight Refuelling Aircraft (FRA) for providing air-to-air refuelling training to pilots of IAF and Indian Navy. Contract signed with Metrea who will provide Boeing KC135 Aircraft within six months. Airbus loses out.
https://x.com/AjayshreeSamby3/status/19 ... 1044765801 ---> MoD signs contract with Metrea Management for wet leasing of one Flight Refuelling Aircraft (FRA) for providing air refuelling training to pilots of IAF and Indian Navy. Metrea will provide FRA (KC-135 aircraft) within six months, which will be the first FRA leased.
AkshaySG wrote: ↑29 Mar 2025 13:01
Why can't our Jaziya payments be for useful stuff ...
Sir, Jaziya is for use of the extortionist and not the one who is paying...
Khan is hitting multiple birds with the same stones.
With Sea Guardians/P8s over IOR, khan is probably getting access to the survey data thus helping him keep an eye on cheen. India being in the QUAD is just the formal cover.
Buying the costly stuff from him keeps our funds low for putting into our own projects thereby slowing our rise, and leaves less money for buying stuff from Russia/France thus reducing income for them (especially Russia) and finally giving immediate breathing space to his favorite courtesan, the Pakis...
The focus of the talks will be on increased defence industrial cooperation including the co-production of Javelin missiles and Stryker armoured combat vehicles.
India had been planning to send Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Washington in the coming weeks for an announcement on some of the purchases, but that trip has been cancelled, two of the people said.
Reuters is reporting for the first time that discussions on India's purchases of Stryker combat vehicles made by General Dynamics Land Systems and Javelin anti-tank missiles developed by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have been paused due to the tariffs.
^^ guys we may be sleep walking into a permanent confrontation with the us . The news originated from Reuters with shivam Patel and his pakee gang as authors. Problem is that POTUS could actually believe the news to be true . This is a very dangerous time and we really need better media and social media control .
gakakkad wrote: ↑08 Aug 2025 20:13
^^ guys we may be sleep walking into a permanent confrontation with the us . The news originated from Reuters with shivam Patel and his pakee gang as authors. Problem is that POTUS could actually believe the news to be true . This is a very dangerous time and we really need better media and social media control .
Well remember, Reuters is in a tough spot here.
Shivam Patel and his Paki gang recently published a report about India losing at least one Rafale during Op Sindoor. Now comes this Reuters report about US defence purchases by India being paused. If you discredit one report, then you have to discredit the earlier one as well
gakakkad wrote: ↑08 Aug 2025 21:19
the news about india stopping russian crude purchase that was later debunked and made it way to POTUS also originated from his gang.
So we can now confirm that Reuters only publishes horseh1t. So best ignored.
gakakkad wrote: ↑08 Aug 2025 20:13
^^ guys we may be sleep walking into a permanent confrontation with the us . The news originated from Reuters with shivam Patel and his pakee gang as authors. Problem is that POTUS could actually believe the news to be true . This is a very dangerous time and we really need better media and social media control .
Well remember, Reuters is in a tough spot here.
Shivam Patel and his Paki gang recently published a report about India losing at least one Rafale during Op Sindoor. Now comes this Reuters report about US defence purchases by India being paused. If you discredit one report, then you have to discredit the earlier one as well
Reuters should be looking at an outright ban in India for spreading misinformation
