Narendra Modi govt clears Rs 6,500-crore missile (NASAMS) deal with America

turkish said:
After India decided to procure $1-billion National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) safeguard crucial facilities in Capital New Delhi on recommendation of Washington, comes another shocker of the deal which is likely to be discussed in India-US 2+2 Dialogue in Delhi on September 6 that of India purchasing Tomahawk subsonic cruise missile for Indian Navy as reported in Economic Times.

Tomahawk will be procured for deployment on frontline warships and submarines against surface targets according to the report. If a deal on Tomahawk does take place then Indian Navy will be the third operator after United States Navy and Royal Navy to induct them in its service.

Tomahawk missiles which made its debut in first Gulf War in 1991 have been part of every military operation US Military has been involved in, since then. Legendary Cruise missile system has gone through several rounds of major upgrades and major improvement over the years and Tomahawk Block IV is presently in production and will continue to remain the mainstay of the offensive capacities of the United States Navy for decades to come.

Tomahawk sale to India will come as a shocker to many close Nato allies of the United States of America who in past have been denied the sale of the missile system by Washington. Yes, Tomahawk has been part of Nato offenses, but operated from US platforms.

Government ditching Nirbhay?

If India does procure Tomahawk subsonic cruise missiles from the United States of America does that mean that indigenous development of Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile by DRDO has been dropped? While there is no clarity on the program yet but repeated delays and increasing Chinese naval activities could be the reason why the government has decided to procure them from abroad while development of Nirbhay continues in India.

Out of Five Trials of Nirbhay cruise missile by DRDO in last 6 years, only Two trials have been successful and development of only Army variant had taken place while development of Naval variant was yet to start. Tomahawk could be interim purchase until Naval variant of Nirbhay cruise missile is developed by DRDO in near future.After NASAMS Suprise, Modi Government to buy Tomahawk Cruise Missiles? – Indian Defence Research Wing
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It is highly unlikely, Nirbhay is very close to be inducted, and indigenous engine Manik is already made.
 
safriz said:
But....but....butt.. i heard Pakistani offensive capabilities are like mosquito bite for "Mighty India" and they are not bothered anymore?
Then why such high expenditure to protect India from "Our Wrath"? :eek::D:p:cool:
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Mosquito, these days, are spreading Zika virus and falciparum malaria. We need to buy the mosquito net. Meanwhile, we will divert rivers to dry the dirty pond on our western side so mosquitos can't breed.
 
Unnamed said:
what if the chinese develop a radar jammer which targets the akash batteries, specifically their operating band ? won't having this US system save the day ? rather than lose it moan and then realise that we should have another one in stock ? i would. air defence of Delhi during war is going to save the whole defence apparatus of india. Delhi isn't any other location in India defence wise. India can raise another Gurgaon or bangalore today. It can't raise a Delhi so easily.
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If we are getting the latest and greatest of the NASAM. Otherwise, I will not be surprised if Chinese have already compromised an American product. They always do that.
 
Shajida Khan said:
Mosquito, these days, are spreading Zika virus and falciparum malaria. We need to buy the mosquito net. Meanwhile, we will divert rivers to dry the dirty pond on our western side so mosquitos can't breed.
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These "Mosquitoes" can kick your rear end pretty bad.
Forget the army, all of us have guns and know how to use, and our own ammo stocks.
Plus you are just next doors. Imagine a few tens of millions armed "Mosquitos" who have nothing to lose anymore?
 
safriz said:
These "Mosquitoes" can kick your rear end pretty bad.
Forget the army, all of us have guns and know how to use, and our own ammo stocks.
Plus you are just next doors. Imagine a few tens of millions armed "Mosquitos" who have nothing to lose anymore?
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Mosquitos don't like being burnt and we have every kind of stuff with us to burn these mosquitos enmass.
 
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Himanshu said:
That's the wrong expression when they are still armed, alive and capable of breeding again.
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Lol..says someone from a country of a Billion and a quarter.
We are only 200 Million.
So who breeds more?
Believe me, i been to your Mumbai and seen how people are born and die on streets and what abysmal poverty prevails in your country.
Whatever dazzling image your bollywood or media portrays of India is far far away from reality.
Your People cant even buy condoms and end up with 10 kids and then cant feed them.
 
safriz said:
Dont forget that we have greater number of Warheads than India.
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And who gave you this funny idea? Do you know how many warheads are already loaded on our missiles with our SFC and how many we carry in ready to fire condition on our nukes? Just remember that India has never ever stated its warhead count and the world has misstated the number of warheads with Pakistan to build a narrative of an unstable nuke power.
 
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vstol Jockey said:
And who gave you this funny idea? Do you know how many warheads are already loaded on our missiles with our SFC and how many we carry in ready to fire condition on our nukes? Just remember that India has never ever stated its warhead count and the world has misstated the number of warheads with Pakistan to build a narrative of an unstable nuke power.
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well, i rather go by stats given by reliable sources than some Junky on internet.
 
Shekhar Singh said:
Yes, it's going to be tactical mosquitoes vs strategic mosquito fogging.
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For ignorants like you who are a majority on this forum and all over India, smaller nukes cause more damage than larger ones when it comes to "Damage per kilo of Fissile material".
Thats why the world powers dont make Megaton yield nukes and instead make 2-3 hundred kiloton nukes in numbers.
 
safriz said:
For ignorants like you who are a majority on this forum and all over India, smaller nukes cause more damage than larger ones when it comes to "Damage per kilo of Fissile material".
Thats why the world powers dont make Megaton yield nukes and instead make 2-3 hundred kiloton nukes in numbers.
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we gone way beyond Nukes, we are now more into neutron bombs. We don't want fertile land of Pak Punjab become barren for us when we destroy Pakistan.
 
vstol Jockey said:
we gone way beyond Nukes, we are now more into neutron bombs. We don't want fertile land of Pak Punjab become barren for us when we destroy Pakistan.
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Do you even know what a neutron bomb is?
A neutron bomb deos not leave any residual radiation.
You must be on about Salted Nuke?
 
vstol Jockey said:
And who gave you this funny idea? Do you know how many warheads are already loaded on our missiles with our SFC and how many we carry in ready to fire condition on our nukes? Just remember that India has never ever stated its warhead count and the world has misstated the number of warheads with Pakistan to build a narrative of an unstable nuke power.
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Someone of your rank shouldn't be mentioning this though.
 
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