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mossen said:

We have on record that at least one S-400 operator was killed during Op Sindoor, right?

The Indians initially claimed he went on a sudden vacation but later his funeral was leaked to the media. So if the S-400 managed to get away from harm's way, how did he die on that very day?

Seems like the stories keep getting tangled.

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A bit late to respond but most likely during pack up they hit a guy who was packing up the radar, that missile doesn't have a huge warhead so it would be unlikely to hit the rest of the battalion. Hence why Modi showed one of the S-400 launchers and not the radar, which he would've wanted to show the radar because obviously has better PR due to its imposing size. I mean an entire S-400 won't die all in one shot unless a DF-26 hit it with a cluster warhead.

tamsen_ikard said:

I wonder why Russia is so desperate to give up its tech to India in su-57. They said they will produce su-57 in India. If they produce it in India, they don't get much benefit anyway

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Money. And tech transfer is broad thing - for example, su-30mki did a lot of tech transfer (compared to french, who provided exactly none).
And India can do a lot of local maintenance on MKI, including producing some important and electronics for it. At the same time, it can't produce neither aircraft nor key components.

Furthermore, money is important in two ways - apart from direct income(to manufacturer), export customer(who has the money) has a lot of leeway over manufacturer which domestic armed forces have not (India doesn't care about employment in Russian Far East).
AIrcraft with succesful exports in Russian case tend to work much better than those without.

tamsen_ikard said:

I wonder why Russia is so desperate to give up its tech to India in su-57. They said they will produce su-57 in India. If they produce it in India, they don't get much benefit anyway

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Engines often cost a huge chunk of the price of an aircraft. And it is normal to build part of the order in Russia, then some as knock down kits, then it gets progressively indigenized.
You also earn money on consumables like weapons.

A weapon sale helps pay back the R&D investment and gives you political influence in that country.

tamsen_ikard said:

I wonder why Russia is so desperate to give up its tech to India in su-57. They said they will produce su-57 in India. If they produce it in India, they don't get much benefit anyway

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No-one but stupid Indian Sites Claim this nonsense

Btw, reading recent article on Sindoor, noticed interesting detail: Rawalpindi was hit in second wave of strikes with Spice-2000.

This has two implications:
1, as much as we focus on first engagement, follow on is important, too. while Rawalpindi isn't far from border, Spice-2000 isn't a missile either; it's gliding performance isn't magic.
I.e. Indian aircraft could still come into direct vicinity of Pakistan without paying the price, at altitude at that. Yes, they failed to hit intended target, but they should've been very deep in engagement zone of SAMs(Rawalpindi isn't far from Islamabad, it's a key area).
Takeway is simple - opponent should be treated seriously.

2, it's ironic that French didn't really feel offended to integrate foreign armament even relatively recently (indian mirage 2000 upgrades are very fresh).
Problem is somehow specifically Rafale.