Today, around 70 percent of India’s Air Force is of Russian origin:
MIG-21 fighter jets, MIG-29 fighter jets, AN-32 transport aircraft,
IL-76 transport aircraft, Mi-17 helicopters, SU-30 MKI fighter jets and
many more. Friday’s disappearance of AN-32 on a flight to Port Blair
from Chennai and accident is the third in recent months.
Is it connected to the controversial refit and upgradation programme of the entire fleet of AN-32 in Ukraine in recent years? A few months ago Croatia accused Ukraine of supplying faulty fighter jets and filed a legal case against it. The war with Russia has put immense pressure on Ukraine’s defence manufacturing complex.
The AN-32 crash could possibly be a casualty of this but the accident should again refocus attention to the ageing assets of Indian Air Force. The cost of delay in decision-making during 10 years of UPA government, where the then defence minister AK Antony famously sat over decisions to keep his “clean” image intact, haunts the Indian Air Force even today. All Indian governments are guilty of this but, the cost can be extremely high as seen in the past when Mig-21 aircraft were dubbed as "flying coffins".
In the bargain, the three Services suffered because of acquisition and modernisation processes are high complex, technical and they take time. Even when a decision is reached on hardware, the financial outgo remains a matter of paramount importance. Three squadrons each of Mirage 2000Hs and MiG-29s — presently undergoing retrofits — complete the IAF's fighter inventory.
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Is it connected to the controversial refit and upgradation programme of the entire fleet of AN-32 in Ukraine in recent years? A few months ago Croatia accused Ukraine of supplying faulty fighter jets and filed a legal case against it. The war with Russia has put immense pressure on Ukraine’s defence manufacturing complex.
The AN-32 crash could possibly be a casualty of this but the accident should again refocus attention to the ageing assets of Indian Air Force. The cost of delay in decision-making during 10 years of UPA government, where the then defence minister AK Antony famously sat over decisions to keep his “clean” image intact, haunts the Indian Air Force even today. All Indian governments are guilty of this but, the cost can be extremely high as seen in the past when Mig-21 aircraft were dubbed as "flying coffins".
In the bargain, the three Services suffered because of acquisition and modernisation processes are high complex, technical and they take time. Even when a decision is reached on hardware, the financial outgo remains a matter of paramount importance. Three squadrons each of Mirage 2000Hs and MiG-29s — presently undergoing retrofits — complete the IAF's fighter inventory.
Source:-firstpost
viewmore:-Punjab Mobile Number Database
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