Indian Air Force inducts natively developed light combat helicopter ‘Prachanda’

Post by jopython » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 2:08 AM UTC

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #141

boruto wrote: post #135

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But should it be seen like that? I guess they just think about uninterrupted supplies during war time and cost of imported labour.

Yes I think it should be seen that way 1. Governments spending tax dollars should make efforts to keep the multiplier in their economy. For something like a hi-tech helicopter there will be a supply chain hundreds of firms long, many small and looking to grow and provide jobs. 2. India has an advantage (certainly compared to US purchases, maybe less to Soviet via China) in labour costs - building a helicopter to the…

Post by twixfel » Thu, Nov 10, 2022, 5:21 PM UTC

rramadass wrote: post #166

twixfel wrote: post #58

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But even that perspective that you ascribe to India is reductive. It seems in your view, India are the only ones who understand complexity, the West are just arrogant morons. In reality, everyone's equally just looking out for themselves. In the West we don't care about Kashmir, in India people don't care about Ukraine. It's the same, until one day India will discover that Russia is useless against China and the US a…

>It seems in your view, India are the only ones who understand complexity In a sense, Yes; because of its unique History and Geography. There is no other place on Earth with the same degree of diversity in various aspects like Religion, Philosophies, Social structure, Cultural diversity, Languages, Food, Ethnic groups, Economic strata, Education etc. which exists as a single Nation, thriving and moving forward. The r…