These subs would be excellent for India...but India has such a hodge podge of subs.India could build six submarines under license from Soryu Japanese.
The Indian government is considering to build under license in their country six submarines of conventional propulsion Japanese Soryu class. According to local media collected, India would have asked Japan the possibility of building six submarines under license in Indian shipyards for a sum of 8,100 million dollars. Recall that the government of Prime Minister Modi has reoriented large number of military programs to local construction, following the motto "Make in India", allowing participation of foreign companies as technology partners.
This would mean the formation of a commercial alliance between the Japanese shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation with local companies. As has been reporting, Australia is interested in this type of submarines, of which at this time would be negotiating the purchase or joint manufacture of up to twelve submersibles. Japan has offered to Indian Navy maritime patrol seaplanes US-2i that India had pledged to acquire six units, negotiation that has been announced since January last year.
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Right now i don't think can be considered really serious India buy Soryu, never see it...These subs would be excellent for India...but India has such a hodge podge of subs.
Russian Kilos, GErman Type 209s, French Scorpions, and now Japanese Soryus.
They should make a really long term, close partnership with Japan and standardize on this.
Or, at some point, they need to be able to build their own, Thatis why they want to build them in India of course.
But I believe the Japanese Soryu SSK to be among the best AIP subs in the world. Big vessels at 4,200 ton displacement, very quiet, long range of 6,100 nautical miles at 6-7 knots, and carry a good load of weapons (30 reloads)
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source:The US State Department on Wednesday approved a potential $1.9 billion sale of KC-46A refueling tankers to Japan, moving Boeing one step closer to finalizing its first international deal for the aircraft.
According to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency notice, the proposed deal includes four KC-46A aircraft, the associated Pratt & Whitney Model 4062 engines needed to power the plane, plus one additional spare. Japan would also receive training and support as part of the agreement.
Those aircraft will be equipped with the ALR-69A Radar Warning Receiver and Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver — both from Raytheon — as well as Northrop Grumman's AN/AAQ-24(V) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system.
Japan announced its intention to buy the KC-46 last October. The agreement was a major coup for Boeing, which has fought to find its first foreign customer for the tanker.
The KC-46, which just recently was cleared for US production, has gone head-to-head against the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport, which has been seen by some as a less risky option because it is already in use by a number of militaries. Earlier in 2015, South Korea announced it had opted to buy the Airbus A330 MRTT instead of the Boeing aircraft.
Allies in the Asia-Pacific region have turned to the US government for equipment and training in response to what they see as an increasingly aggressive China and North Korea. Although Congress must approve any foreign military sales agreement, this deal is likely to be uncontroversial because of the US military’s close relationship with Japan—something the DSCA emphasized in its statement.
“The proposed sale increases Japan's capability to participate in Pacific region security operations and improves Japan's national security posture as a key U.S. ally,” it stated. “This proposed sale will provide Japan a needed capability to a close ally and support U.S. security interests in the region.”
There are no known offset agreements associated with the sale, according to the DSCA statement.
The US Air Force plans to buy 179 KC-46s.
Jeff would tell me the price per aircraft couldn't be calculated by dividing 1900 by 4 anyway State Department Clears $1.9B Sale of KC-46A Tankers to Japan
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Many times we have say to you Jura impossible to know unit price with a deal with support, training etc... in more it is not Wall Street here ...Price/Unit Cost:
The FY 2015 unit cost of the KC-46A is $188.5 million (flyaway cost) or $224.7 million incl. support costs.
Especially with a country like Japan where they buy everything from A to Z - like they did with their F-35 purchase. They bought everything for maintance etc in a single deal. Wouldn't be surprised if that's the case here as well.Many times we have say to you Jura impossible to know unit price with a deal with support, training etc... in more it is not Wall Street here ...
It's right there in the article:Jeff would tell me the price per aircraft couldn't be calculated by dividing 1900 by 4 anyway State Department Clears $1.9B Sale of KC-46A Tankers to Japan
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