主题：【文摘】你说这印度叫人说啥好呢？印度空军决定选购幻影4000 -- 李根

posted on 6-12-2005 at 12:25 PM Post Number: 1845103 (post id: 1866996)

quote: Originally posted by Harlequin

How do you know that? please supply anything to support your claim.

> Only HT has reported on the Mirage-4000, while the rest of the more accompalished Indian media say that their "sources" say its the Mirage-2000-5 or the Mig-35

> HT fails to tell its readers who these "sources" are. ususally such articles are bogus.

> The proposition put by HT is beyond comprehension and is devoid of logic.

Mirage-4000 was never issued a ticket to participate in the MRCA ... and only the Mirage-2000-5 was ( in addition to the F-16, F/A-18, Mig-35, Gripen , and possibly EF&Rafale)

> The views of several Indian journalists and other prominent Indian defence industry related people participating on other forums have called it BS

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Take a look at the insane article http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1563380,0008.htm ... full of loopholes ... suggesting that its total B.S

quote: The Defence Ministry might be on the lookout for a new Air Superiority Fighter (ASF) aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) but it is not going to be the US F-16.

The tender is for a Multirole Combat Aircraft, not for an air superiority fighter.

The IAF alredy has Su-30 MKI's for that role.

quote: the government has zeroed in on Mirage 4000, manufactured by Dassault Bréguet of France.

Manufactured ... what crap

quote: the latest from the Mirage stable

This is by far not the latest ... its been rusting for ~20 years

quote: .. despite PowerPoint presentations ..

Seriosly, do senior US defence Industry personnel make presentations in Powerpoint ?

quote: ..IAF plans to buy an aircraft which Pakistan and other neighbours have not used..

Is that a justification for buying the museum Mirage-4000 ? Pray someone tell me which Indian neighbour has ever used the Mig-35 or the F/A-18 or the Mirage-2000-5 or the Gripen or the EF or the Rafale ?

quote: India is satisfied with its ars-e-nal of MiG-29 and Sukhoi-30, it wants an alternative to Russia-developed aircraft in case there are problems in acquiring spare hardware. "India does not want to suffer like it did with the MiG after the end of the Soviet era.

Then why was the Su-30 MKI bought ?? and why is 80% of the weaponry that India is currently buying still coming from Russia ?

quote: ..senior official in the ministry...

another figment of the author's imagination in his unimpressive fictional work.