Hope mods bear with me on this one....I'd rather just give my thoughts on some of the last few replies (regd Hurjet, Malaysia LCA tender and confluence with politics/off-topic stuff, other factors and defence deals in general) in one larger way rather than smaller repetitive chunks.
In addition to the existing proven deployment and the offset package (much more than 30% req since its apparently a full MRO depot being offered)
LCA tender in Malaysia, new government requirement benefits HAL Tejas
www.blogbeforeflight.net
There are things like proven history of RMAF training inside India, an example of which already came up in the forum:
Any movie, article, content etc that analyses finer tactical combat on the ground, air or sea....or the larger strategy and history of warfare etc. Let me start with one great analysis I watched recently.....this movie by itself always hits me so raw and intensely when I watch it, but now I...
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India is also very large buyer of Malaysian palm oil (in fact the largest) and can easily do barter on that front given Malaysian govt has expressed interest in (i.e not use USD forex). There are rumours around that already an Indian SOE has been made to prepare to handle this with Malaysian exporters and the govt there.
Uttam radar will also be coming online if the ELTA radar is issue for malaysia.
Jumping the gun and claiming "strongest contender" is objectively premature for Hurjet.
All have their pros and cons at this stage, it depends how Malaysia prioritises them and the timeline pressure too.
Those famous words (in this thread) are so simple: Let us see...
This is topic derailment and is also false to begin with.
Indian past, current and future trade and cultural exchange with larger Muslim world is immense and strong.
You brought up ISRO some time back, what was the religion of its greatest technological mind?...revered by the whole nation today and forever.
If you do not know much on Indian muslims past and ongoing contributions to their nation (and their sacrifices in war to defend it) and the strong faith they repose in it past all political and societal churn....that is faulty but that is on you.
The RMAF deep training with IAF is just one small example of it in foreign relation domain pertinent to this issue of LCA tender.
I mean do you know backdrop of India-Malaysia relations (and India-ASEAN) to begin with in any measure?
You been to Malaysia to begin with? Know Malaysians?
I will not get into India-GCC, India-Arab and India-Iran relations and many such more broadly (i.e beyond the subcontinent) to further add to this.
One ought not to judge selectively w.r.t some perceived portion of political administration and complicated internal discourses (which Turkey is no stranger to itself w.r.t how foreigners may selectively interpret and judge such).
We ought to align to larger evidence + fact based society as first basis surely?
i.e Separate whatever selective "sentiment" assertion/perception of whatever political dispensation from larger entity of the nation?
Bangladesh certainly didn't (let such linger to today) when the Erdogan administration interfered in Bangladesh internal judicial process of prosecuting and hanging war criminals of its liberation war (that came about by one of the worst extreme criminal, hypocritical, islamist and takfiri episodes of scale in 20th century).
Should BD have instead interpreted such action (from TR admin) as the larger representation/sentiment from Turkey instead?
Instead of understanding the difference between political executive and larger country?
TR ambassador and representatives have since visited BD liberation war museuem and memorials a number of times you know.
Maybe you should try know the significance of that given the earlier clear mistake by Erdogan's politics that caused dip in relations between the two countries for a while.
You all ought to remember that in each and every backdrop to TR export to BD in military sphere hopefully.
Do better next time. Don't derail like this.
One can certainly give positives of the precise topic/analysis/news (TF-X, Hurjet, other a/c projects of Turkey) from one's end and project optimism/confidence on it wherever and leave it at that.
If you want to talk about the other matters regarding India or off-topic confluence with this thread topic, its better you pick the right thread to do so.
We need not precipitate that stuff again here in this precise thread yet again for umpteenth time.
If you (or others) want to respond to any of this post (to discuss further), I suggest you quote it and reply in cay bachesi or indian coffee thread or similar.
