Don’t want to get into this again, but no other nation has had issues with T-90 accuracy. It is operated in many desert countries. In comparitive trials in the middle east it has repeatedly shown excellent ability.
So, either Indian crews are incompetent, Indian ammunition makers are low quality, or it is misreported bull**** with an agenda.
I don’t really care what others believe, I know what I think.
The only way to really find out is if Russia sell some to Iran. Lets see how they would fare in the war which is coming 3-4 years from now.
Like you, I know what I think as well.
And from that you derive the blanket statement that all Russian air vehicles are comparatively worse than American ones? Well if that is the land that the Indian defense industry lives in…lol. I suspect they are more pragmatic.
How would the Ambassador even know what he is talking about, somehow I doubt he had first hand experience with either American or Soviet bombers of the time.
I find the whole comparison stupid. Why is Russia expected to compete with all of Europe and the US, and if it does not win every contract, it must mean the production is inferior across the board?
Did you read what I said. I never said Russian weapons are inferior, I said there may be a perception that they are & that the positive aspect of Russian weapons are the lack of strings & ToT, India & Russia having a good level of strategic convergence etc.
But if you compare just platform to platform in the post cold war era, Russian weapons are unlikely to win many contracts in India. I can only think about two Russian platforms which may win without JV – MI 17 (i see further orders coming for that) & Mi 26 T2 may yet win as well.
Russia = Mostly JVs with extensive ToT
U.S = off the shelf purchases, negligible ToT.
E.U/Israel = JVs & Purchases with ToT, some off the shelf buying.
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