Attack Helicopters of IAF - LCH Prachand, AH-64E Apache : Updates & Discussions

[Fatalis]

Kargil: When The IAF Felt The Need For An Attack Helicopter Built For India's High-Altitude Battlefields

swarajyamag.com

 

[randomradio]

This is huge, even HAL was saying it will be for next FY.

Companies do not know when CCS picks up their projects 'cause the CCS does not meet for defense alone. And contracts are signed based on budget availability. Rafale deal was pushed to the next fiscal, so this freed up funds for LCH, that's all. Nothing special.

Plus getting the LCH done now gives India a negotiations advantage when we start talking about Apaches with Trump.

 

[randomradio]

What happened to follow on orders for Apaches? Mere 6 for IA is not sufficient at all.

The IA has to take deliveries of the first 6 before deciding how many they need. Biden's deliberately delayed our Apaches since May last year.

 

[Hydra]

And LCA wasn't mated with the astra when it was ordered. That's how orders have been placed because you can integrate the weapons before the production starts. Re-iterate your last point can't understand what you wrote.

Did you even read what I wrote? Dhruv's first accident was 3 years after it's introduction in 2002. In the case of prachand, the helicopter has been operational for nearly 3 years and hasn't had any incidents or complaints unlike the LUH so *for now* the LCH prachand doesn't contain any issues.

Army and IAF has been operating both the LCH and LUH since 2022 but gave the orders for only the LCH because the LUH still has issues that need to be fixed. This re-iterates that yes *for now* the LCH doesn't have any issues.

Yeas, Astra was not ready. But LCA was integrated with R73 missile.

I fear Army & IAF was forced to order by government, just like how IAF placed order for LCA