Posted on 09/18/2013 9:29:04 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
US offers help for next generation aircraft carrier
The United States has offered to develop the next generation aircraft carrier technology with India, visiting deputy secretary of defence Ashton Carter said Wednesday. The technology on offer, Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System, will be a quantum leap for the Indian Navy that currently relies on the Russian ski-launch technology.
Both Indian carriers, INS Vikramaditya, coming in November, and INS Vikrant, being built in Kochi, can ski-launch only light fighter aircraft. But EMALS would make it possible to launch heavy aircraft, including early warning systems, refuellers and transporters, from future ships. India has yet to freeze the design of the second indigenous carrier it plans to build after Vikrant.
Carter said the US is keen to develop and co-produce defence equipment with India on the lines of Brahmos, a missile developed jointly by India and Russia and which is on offer for export to a third country. One such technology that can be shared under the Defence Technology Initiative is EMALS, Carter said. "The US is developing and fielding that system and is offering the technology to India which has an aircraft carrier and is considering making more," he said.
Also on offer for joint development is the next generation anti-tank guided missile, Carter said.
The Javelin system has been on offer to India for years but it never managed to make the cut due to restrictions imposed by US law on transfer of technology, a critical factor guiding most of India's new defence acquisitions. But Carter said work has been done to amend bureaucratic processes and new version of this system can be jointly developed.
He emphasised that the US wishes to replicate, in part, the Russian model of cooperation with India. "That is exactly the same kind of thing where two industry teams are involved in the whole product life cycle; where the product is both co-produced and developed."
He dismissed concerns that such collaboration can be hampered due to India's refusal to sign the so called frameworks agreements.
I think the US looks at India as a natural alley against China.
I know that the Indians certainly are worried about China
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I'll be in Disney World next month, so I'll be on that coaster!
I’ve always believed that India should be our military ally against China, but are they to be trusted with this level of tech?
There are three reasons for India getting closer to NATO and the US.
1. Russia is an unreliable ally, and has been getting too cozy with the Chinese as of late
2. The US/NATO/Israel provides better technology and training.
3. The US has much more at risk when it comes to China and Pakistan.
I’d say that the diplomatic goodwill this would create would outweigh even the worst-case scenario of technical information getting leaked to China.
There are three reasons for India getting closer to NATO and the US.
1. Russia is an unreliable ally, and has been getting too cozy with the Chinese as of late
2. The US/NATO/Israel provides better technology and training.
3. The US has much more at risk when it comes to China and Pakistan.
Yes, but you're overlooking a critical factor, Thunder90: President You Didn't Build That is an Islamic jihadist.
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“Yes, but you’re overlooking a critical factor, Thunder90: President You Didn’t Build That is an Islamic jihadist. “
It must be difficult to be an American ally. Our foreign policy rocks from one side to the other as we switch from Republican to Democratic presidents. To the best of my knowledge Israel has stopped providing the provenance of their intel because Jimmy Carter got their best agent killed by mentioning his name at Washington dinner party. We lurch from presidents of their word to presidents who lie so frequently not even they know the truth. It would be like dealing with a sometimes good friend who has multiple personalities. No matter how nice or helpful President Nice Guy is there will eventually be a President Obama or Carter.
One of my favorites!
Actually, I'm going by myself. I have reservations at nice table service restaurants for lunch and dinner each day, with the exception of Epcot; it's the annual Food and Wine Festival, and lunch there will be sampling from the 30 different booths that will be set up throughout the park for each of the 2 days I've allocated for Epcot.
hopefully you don't show up on Gay Day...
No danger of that, I just checked; that's in June.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Days_at_Walt_Disney_World
www.doombuggies.com
Welcome, foolish mortals...
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