“Other senior MoD officials, including Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad were also likely to be transferred, further delaying ongoing projects, military sources said.
The re-assessment that had placed all further acquisitions “on hold”, included three “schools” of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for around Rs 11 billion ($244.44 million), the price negotiation for which was nearing completion and the supply of three Phalcon airborne early warning systems, also by IAI, for over $1.1 billion. The other programmes under ‘review’ by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee were the self-propelled howitzer (SPH) Bhim — the T6 155mm/52 cal turret that is to be mated with the chassis of the locally built main battle tank (MBT) Arjun — and various other missile and equipment purchases.”

Dude, that was an Indian report, if you cant cope with bad news thats not my problem…

Cool
So, you admit all Indian news reporting is crap then? 😀

Russian firm agrees to assist IAF on Sukhoi repairs, overhaul
19.17 IST 18th July 2004

By IndiaExpress Bureau

Russian manufacturers of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters have agreed to provide all assistance to the Indian Air Force for repair, overhaul and servicing of the multi-role aircraft, the entire fleet of which was grounded several months ago creating a near-crisis situation in the country.

The grounding of the entire SU-30 MKI fleet came after some of the planes experienced ‘nicks’ on the engine blades, which, the Russian experts said, were caused by foreign objects like stones or sand getting sucked inside the engine during take-offs or landings, according to a report in the premier journal ‘Indian Defence Review’ in its latest issue.

The journal quoted the aircraft’s engine designer, Viktor Chepkin, as saying that though there was a “delay” in the delivery of special tools for independently repairing this damage, the engines were very user-friendly.

Mikhail A Pogosyan, General Director of Sukhoi Holding Company, said “our experts, who always work in very close cooperation with the IAF, have found out what caused the damage to the engine blades”.

He said the logic of operation of a protective screen in the air intake of the engine has been explained to the Indian experts. “Besides, we have worked out certain measures to clear dents and scratches and all the necessary technical manuals and tools have already been supplied to the IAF”.

“So, the engine problem can be considered to have been resolved”, Pogosyan said.

Dude
Does it really matter, Pakistan has the capability to hit any target in India, I dont think IAF Base commanders or Indian Army formation commanders are going to worry were the missiles were made one the shooting starts.

Also, I dont believe Agni is 100% Indian either…….

US to speed help to Pakistan for war on militancy: ISLAMABAD, July 15: The United States promised today to speed up the delivery of military equipment to help Islamabad pursue the war on terror but urged Pakistan to do more to crack down on Islamic militants. “The foreign secretary Riaz Khokhar asked for a little speed up in the process and that is what we will be able to do”, Armitage said.