India to fork out $1b to US for 6 Hercules planes

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_to_fork_out_1b_to_US_for_6_Hercules_planes/articleshow/2515767.cms ^

[mylife]

Lets sell them some C27's

The "Baby Herc" is even more nimble in touch and go terrians

[MediaMole]

Why should they pick an Italian-made aircraft over an American-made aircraft?

[mylife]

the US is aggressively trying to grab a huge chunk of the lucrative defence market in India.

I have been beating that drum for years. No one listens

[Snickersnee]

For $180 mil a pop, they’re getting a lot more than just airframes and engines.

[Arjun]

[mylife]

They need both but the C27 can land and take off in a smaller footprint. A spec op plane. BTW the plane was designed overseas but a lot of the work is done in the US by L3 communications

[Arjun]

Whats amazing is that this is just the beginning.
we aint seen nothing yet!
The Indian defence budget will double in 4-5 years. The possibilities are endless.

[dighton]

Not your grandfather’s C-130.

[mylife]

The Indian defense budget is huge! And they are a a perfect ally.

I cant get anyone to listen to me, Ive been all around trying to sell this marriage

[mylife]

The only hitch is that some of India is communist.

For the most part They are tolerant, and I think we have mutual interests

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I believe that Hercules is purely a British designation, but for a gigabuck, they can call them Shiva for all I care.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Hercules! Hercules!

[mylife]

Groovy aint it? ;0)

[Arjun]

Watch out for general elections next year. If the CIA has any influence in India I hope they try to get the communists to lose. Thats the happiest outcome for all.

[Nachoman]

They’re probably going to use them for passenger planes and stuff 400 people in each one.

[mylife]

I’d like to see India come aboard the freedom train.

They are a bit pansy and reflective at times but they are smart and able bodied people. witness the Ghurkas

[mylife]

L0L! It could happen

[mylife]

Whats going on in Bhutan?
I havent heard shit about Burma

Pakistan is in a throwdown. India is a moderating force in the region

[Veloxherc]

There is a C-130 on static display in front of the main gate at Little Rock AFB. The plaque says that it was flown out by the south Vietnamese when the north came down, it said that it escaped with 411 people on board. If I remember the official max pax on board a C-130 is 92.