To be fair it seems to be fake and I din't check properly:
Indian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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To be fair it seems to be fake and I din't check properly:
Indeed.
While I don't doubt them engaging in corruption, but those claimed amounts definitely are too big.
So there apparently talks about India wanting to Co-produce Stryker ICV's
There are wild claims on twitterland about "2000 Stryker" to replace BMP's. At the same time however India already have similar platform.. the Tata Kestrel.
Kinda wonder, what Stryker can do but Kestrel can't ?
Especially like in here :
Kestrel were supposed to replace BMP fleet.
There are wild claims on twitterland about "2000 Stryker" to replace BMP's. At the same time however India already have similar platform.. the Tata Kestrel.
Kinda wonder, what Stryker can do but Kestrel can't ?
Especially like in here :
Kestrel were supposed to replace BMP fleet.
Is the Indian Army getting the Stryker MGS which has been discontinued for maintenance and costs issues or just the base models?
If the purpose of trying to obtain the Stryker platform over their own country's indigenous design (Tata Kestrel) is to have a vehicle APC capable of responding in quick timely manner against a potential PLA encounter then what's the actual operational advantage(s) it offers that the other competitors can't.
For all the big talk about Made in India about their military procurement programs this latest action by their government shows exactly the opposite. Not to mention the procurement costs, maintenance costs, and the reliability of the vehicle that's going to be operated in an environment, elevation where the vehicle was not designed nor intended to be used. The concept of the Stryker if my memory serves me correctly was made/borne out by then Gen. Shinseki the U.S. Army's former Chief of Staff. Shinseki and the Army leadership thought that it needed a vehicle capable on fast mobility able to respond as part of NATO strike force. The program from its inception was beset by issues after issues and I also recall then Col. David Hackworth pillorying the program, the Army leadership as Perfumed Princess.
Here's a short video clip from a platoon commander that operated Dragoon Stryker MGS stating the issues and concerns of the said vehicle.
The Stryker is a souped up Canadian LAV III.
It turned out that to pursue the US agenda of multiple military interventions across the world simultaneously they needed some kind of vehicle which was more easily air transportable. Because of the imminent need for such vehicles in Iraq they ended up cancelling the Future Combat Systems program which was expected to take too much time to go to fruition. FCS was supposed to produce lightweight air transportable tracked vehicles. But. The Stryker, its replacement, was based on the wheeled LAV III. To speed up its introduction into service they based the design on an existing vehicle. In Iraq there are plenty of well paved roads so a wheeled vehicle worked fine there. I am unsure if this will be the case in India.
It turned out that to pursue the US agenda of multiple military interventions across the world simultaneously they needed some kind of vehicle which was more easily air transportable. Because of the imminent need for such vehicles in Iraq they ended up cancelling the Future Combat Systems program which was expected to take too much time to go to fruition. FCS was supposed to produce lightweight air transportable tracked vehicles. But. The Stryker, its replacement, was based on the wheeled LAV III. To speed up its introduction into service they based the design on an existing vehicle. In Iraq there are plenty of well paved roads so a wheeled vehicle worked fine there. I am unsure if this will be the case in India.
Pretty impressive pull ups from one of their Major General officer.
I don't know where the "Finest fighting force in the world" came from or based from though.
I don't know where the "Finest fighting force in the world" came from or based from though.
It seems that the current Indian Military/Army strategy in Manipur is not working out and is in need an important tactical adjustments.
And yet, the very high-ups of the Indian Military are still fervently daydreaming of partitioning Xizang from China and support Taiwan separatism against China.
They really don't have any mirrors in their own homes, I suppose.
