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India worried as Russia grounds MiG-29 fleet
Times of India ^
| March 13,2009
| Rajat Pandit
Posted on 03/13/2009 9:37:24 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: freedumb2003
“I assume you mean unreliability of supply”
As in, the US DOS just ordered GE to stop work on the new Indian ships. India is PO’d.
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03/14/2009 9:44:11 AM PDT
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patton
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To: patton
As in, the US DOS just ordered GE to stop work on the new Indian ships. India is PO’d. With good reason. WTF are we thinking?
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03/14/2009 9:49:16 AM PDT
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freedumb2003
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To: freedumb2003
Government thinks? If the US Government were a person, it would be involuntarily commited to a home for the insane.
Which makes it VERY difficult to sell US products outside the US.
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03/14/2009 9:51:53 AM PDT
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patton
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To: ROTB
Production of the F-18 stopped a few years back, so u only have second-hand jets and most folks don’t want used carrier aircraft. The Super Hornet though is on offer to India.
To: jws3sticks
Those are Indian navy jets.
To: freedumb2003
If there’s no supply reliability, nobody would want to test aircraft reliability.
To: NoLibZone
Guess they should have picked on those surplus Scooters - Singapore did, and they are still flying.
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03/14/2009 11:06:00 AM PDT
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03/14/2009 3:04:45 PM PDT
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To: freedumb2003
That is would be nice for India to be a better counter to the West for the expanding Chinese Navy?
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03/15/2009 3:35:43 AM PDT
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To: ROTB
"Can’t we sell India the F-18?"
We offered to give them a Kitty Hawk-class carrier if they'd buy Super Hornets to fill it. That deal didn't go through, but I'd bet that they're probably talking to Boeing again about carrier fighters after this.
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03/15/2009 10:02:25 PM PDT
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DesScorp
To: Southack
"F-15’s and F-16’s would be a better fit...neighboring Pakistan shares much of the same terrain (e.g. long hostile distances between airports) and loves the F-16."
But they're specifically looking for aircraft carrier fighters here. Neither the Eagle or the Viper can do that job. And as far as the short legs issue, the F-16's legs are nearly as short as the baby Hornets. They both came from the lightweight fighter program. They weren't supposed to have deep-penetration range. Both have to carry drop tanks for anything over 400 miles or so, or refuel mid-air. The Hornets have built-in buddy tanking ability if India goes that route, and if they buy Super Hornets, the E/F birds have much longer legs... 900 miles unrefueled. Add drop tanks to that (or better yet, put a tanker in the area), and the Indians could reach any target in Pakistan and come home.
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03/15/2009 10:10:25 PM PDT
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DesScorp
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03/17/2009 7:51:23 PM PDT
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