Thats quite unfair of you Victor. 🙂

Don’t forget the Herons 😀

The less said about Baraks performance the better. If it WAS switched in by the Israeli ship, then thats really bad news for any Barak user.

You do realize that the Hanit also had the Phalanx right? 😉

So, let’s rephrase what you said:

The less said about PHALANX performance the better. If it WAS switched in by the Israeli ship, then thats really bad news for any PHALANX user.

The advantge is not a huge one. PN also has Sea King and the Sea Lynx as well as Chinese Z-9C Helcopter on order.
[b]But in terms if helicopter assetts yes, IN outnumbers PN by a significant margin, as well as in ships.

So, what is it? “Not a huge” advantage or “significant margin”?

If you’re going to throw in the Marlins and the Z-9s, might as well throw in the Scorpenes, Akula(s), and whatever the IN chooses to replace the oldest sixteen Seakings with another eight on options.

I dont wont to offend you with this question, but I am suuming you know the difference between an MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT and a helicopter right? Thats what we are discussing here.

I don’t mean to offend but you do know that a helicopter is also an aircraft right? And the ones I mentioned also perform maritime patrol. Shocking, I know. 😮

With the Orions, ex-Greek ships and F-22s, I dont think we have sacrificed any capability.

Only now, when funds are less of a problem has the PN directed its attention to the surface and aviation fields. When it was crunch time, during the mid 90s and early 2000, the PN threw most of what it could at the subs, at the expence of the surface fleet.

Hindsight being 20/20, that was the exact right decision. The PN had very meager resources compared to the PA and PAF and decided to use those resources towards the only credible threat they could mount against the IN: the subs.

With more funds available, the PN can now bring the capability up fleet wide but the years of neglect to the surface and aviation arms will be felt till the F22s and the Orions are inducted.

Probably a lot more with brahmos-A.

Russian weapons will not be integrated on US platforms. Period. Let the IN decide what platform it wants first then the talk of exact weapons and their approval can follow. I believe ATR is in the fray with an ATR-72 based platform. Russia has more Il-38SDs on offer. The US has the P-8 in the race. IN has already rejected the P-3 as an option. IIRC.

NG had to lobby hard to release the source code for the UAE Falcons.

Also, as BIO has said countless times, the Congress doesn’t approve an arms sale until someone requests it. India hasn’t requested Harpoons, hence there’s no need to approve it yet.

NG is currently also pushing the E-2C (Hawkeye 2000) and perhaps the E-2D to the IN.