Install world's most powerful radar - Virupaksha in a Su-30 mki clubbed with Astra MK III. F-35 is dinner. 8 out of 10 times.
But of course, only if our Chief AP Singh wants them.
He is the worst defence minister of India .
After Manohar parrikar left the office, Defence ministry has been hijacked by jackals of vested interests whose goal is to hollow out Indias ability to invest in R&D and build its weapons at scale.
No where in post Independent India had been bulldozing Billions of defence deals wit 0 questions from the real wartime utility of the weapons thats being procured ..not from the Indian industry, but importing with the scandalous tag of "Atmanirbhata" only to favour French ,Israel, U.S Weapons.
Operation sindoor has only accelerated this madness..implementing "Emergency procurements bcoz capabilities cannot wait" ....a propaganda created by pro establishment prime time media houses and few retired military personel....from setting the narrative ....creating hatred against Indian Military manufacturing companies, eternal simping for foreign fighter jets while creating hatred for Indian fighter jets like Tejas & Tejas Mk2,TEDBF, making sure AMCA caught in bureaucratic red tape, while silently pushing for 55B$ rafales ,which cant integrate Indian weapons without french permission, and scandalously trying to enslave this nation to 100B$ FCAS import program while absconding the constitutional Fundamental duty to keep investing in modern tech like 6th Gen fighter program so that this nation will be come out of the yok of weapons imports and subjugating National intersts to european or U.S ...carefully giving the establishment and the import bahdur ecosystem to escape serious questions on silent butchering of
TATA APC Whap, L&T Zorawar, Bharat Forge Artillery guns, DRDO Drones.
Every patriotic citizen , if come to know about the scandalous intent of "Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP)", they would have torn down
Sign Rafale deal today & first aircraft would arrive in 2031/32...same for any other imported aircraft. But AP Singh Sahab won't tell you that.
He would also not tell you that ONLY flankers can add that number. And with Virupaksha & new engines Su-30 is world's best 4.5 gen jet.
We commit 40 billion to a 4.5 Gen aircraft and then say “our adversaries have better equipment”.
Buy Jaguar in era of F16/F15 and
Buy Rafale in era of Gen 5
Worst deal in the world in the history of aviation deals. This would either be an era defining dumbness or century defining corruption. Nothing in between.
It's senseless, from every possible angle!!
It will hurt many and some PRO will come after but remember what my Israeli colleague once said.
India is the only country in the world that can buy a 4.5 Gen Aircraft at the cost of 5th Gen and be proud of it.
⚠️ IF THAT FLYDUBAI PLANE HAD CRASHED…
1️⃣ The Indian pilot would have been blamed instantly.
2️⃣ Racists would have flooded social media with “Indian pilots” narratives before investigators even reached the wreckage.
3️⃣ Pakistani troll accounts would have amplified it, turning a tragedy into another India-bashing opportunity.
4️⃣ AI171 and the Phuket incidents would have been dragged in as evidence of a “pattern of behaviour” of Indian pilots.
5️⃣ Every unrelated Indian aviation incident would suddenly have become part of a narrative about supposedly “unsafe Indian pilots”.
6️⃣ Meanwhile, Oman’s lack of any meaningful history of aviation terrorism would have been used to bolster the India pilot angle.
7️⃣ If Indian pilot Capt Smit hadn’t survived & fought back to save the plane, the world would have got an entirely different story.
Sanction a multi million dollar PR budget to promote what the Indian captain did
This has potential to single handedly change our fortunes after 3 years of relentless attack on our image by racists
Smit Machchar has single handedly turned the tide against the racism faced by indians online. In the short term at least. Left & Paki bots will still try to fan it. But there is much broader acknowledgment from even the conservative mainstream media in the US. More power to the man.
Indian pilot, others prevented another 9/11: Israel PM
Israel PM Netanyahu says the Indian pilot was "attacked" by co pilot with an "axe", explaining that Smit "managed to unlock the door".
vdo ctsy: CBS News
An Indian pilot stopped the ME from erupting into WW3 & our country from having it's name dragged through the mud.
Possibly the most consequential Indian hero since Tukaram Omble.
If the pilot was SVPAD category, @MEAIndia would have jumped like a monkey within an hour from all its missions abroad. May be, he is a pilot based on merit. So...
#JustSaying as that's the state of affairs of the country today!