tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post6814755150622331441..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Army, MoD lock horns over ban on Singapore TechnologiesBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-68791878071601793892010-02-14T20:14:43.445-08:002010-02-14T20:14:43.445-08:00U.S. delivers 48 field artillery cannons to Pakist...U.S. delivers 48 field artillery cannons to Pakistan Army<br />[13/February/2010]<br /><br />ISLAMABAD, Feb. 13 (Saba) -- The United States delivered 48 self-propelled field artillery cannons to the Pakistan Army on Saturday at the Malir Cantonment in the southern port city of Karachi, the U.S embassy said, according to Xinhua.<br /><br />The delivery marks the completion of a total purchase of 115 field artillery cannons by Pakistan through the U.S. foreign military sales/foreign military finance program, the embassy spokesman said.<br /><br />The FMS/FMF case was initiated by Pakistan in 2006 and enabled the government of Pakistan to obtain the cannons from the United States at a greatly discounted rate.<br /><br />During the last three years, U.S. civilian and security assistance to Pakistan has totaled more than 4 billion dollars.<br /><br />Assistance provided and delivered has included support for medical aid, school refurbishment, bridge and well reconstruction, food distribution, agricultural and education projects, 14 F-16 fighter aircraft, 10 Mi-17 helicopters, more than 450 vehicles for Pakistan's Frontier Corps, hundreds of night vision goggles, day/ night scopes, radios, and thousands of protective vests and first- aid items for Pakistan's security forces.<br /><br />In addition, the U.S. funded and provided training for more than 370 Pakistani military officers in a wide range of leadership and development programs covering topics such as counterterrorism, intelligence, logistics, medical, flight safety, and military law.<br /><br />U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael Nagata, U.S. Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan deputy commander, officially handed over the M1095A5 Howitzer self-propelled cannons to Pakistan Army Brigadier Farrukh Saeed, 25th Mechanized Division Artillery Commander, during a ceremony in Karachi. The event was attended by Steve Fakan, U.S. Consul General to Karachi, and more than a dozen U.S. and Pakistani military representatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-21769498341064358452010-02-07T23:58:09.806-08:002010-02-07T23:58:09.806-08:00Read this story on BAE Systems being handed £286m ...Read this story on BAE Systems being handed £286m criminal fines in UK and US: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8500535.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-43081183204333641952010-01-28T21:35:38.400-08:002010-01-28T21:35:38.400-08:00IA buys 145 M777's for USD647million (or USD4....IA buys 145 M777's for USD647million (or USD4.46million/each)<br /><br />But US buys 87 M777's for USD176millions (or USD2.02million/each)<br /><br />http://asmcommunity.asminternational.org/portal/site/www/AsmStore/ProductDetails/?vgnextoid=3427939c2875b110VgnVCM100000701e010aRCRD<br /><br />Why is the IA paying 200% more for M777's?. Is it because there is no other competitor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3536340807637164632010-01-27T04:46:32.263-08:002010-01-27T04:46:32.263-08:00http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/India_...http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/India_09-79.pdf<br /><br />DSCA has made the announcement of FMS sale for the M777Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-19586708683285737562010-01-23T15:01:14.511-08:002010-01-23T15:01:14.511-08:00is there any correlation between the army receivin...is there any correlation between the army receiving the lions share of the defense budget and large number of corruption cases against it?<br />I believe there is.<br />I believe that if the defense budget is lowered and the army is given greater leeway in procurement, corruption will go down both by virtue of keeping MOD out of the gravy train AND due to the proverbial buck for a piece of equipment stopping at the armys door.<br />As a corollary, we dont see as many cases of malpractice in procurements done by the Airforce or Navy. Their portion of the defense budget are lower than the army in my understanding, which forces them to go for the best bang for buck in the most efficient manner.Vijayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790884680860098906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-69004588717829732862010-01-23T04:28:28.954-08:002010-01-23T04:28:28.954-08:00@ Anon 16:05
http://www.indian-military.org/news-...@ Anon 16:05<br /><br />http://www.indian-military.org/news-archives/55-indian-army-news/380-india-eyes-light-us-howitzers-bae-m777a1.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-18949102619594022582010-01-22T22:45:02.906-08:002010-01-22T22:45:02.906-08:00To, Anon @ 16:35 , Nice forum Friend., The Defense...To, Anon @ 16:35 , Nice forum Friend., The Defense talk forum members also praised Ajai's comments of Broadsword about Banning vendors by MoD.NJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983153155305295119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-59201203326401491762010-01-22T11:40:11.359-08:002010-01-22T11:40:11.359-08:00Antony's greatest strength which got him the j...Antony's greatest strength which got him the job seems to also be his greatest weakness. A real pity....Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-42025134414576862282010-01-22T07:38:45.351-08:002010-01-22T07:38:45.351-08:00Antony is an i----. His love for clean image is en...Antony is an i----. His love for clean image is ensured by sheer ineptitude and incompetent handling of his portfolio. Companies only want business. Whether there will be corruption or not depends on the politicians and the bureaucrats, not on the companies themselves.....and guess what? we are yet to see any bureaucrat or politician punished for corruption, even after so many scams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-52798392936655550392010-01-22T04:35:21.477-08:002010-01-22T04:35:21.477-08:00Isn't General Deepak Kapoor supposed to 'r...Isn't General Deepak Kapoor supposed to 'retire' because of deafness that was diagnosed well after it happened?<br /><br />Where is my tin foil hat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53666077572631647152010-01-22T03:05:33.461-08:002010-01-22T03:05:33.461-08:00NJS, see the discussion in post #712 in an interna...NJS, see the discussion in post #712 in an international defence forum here:<br />http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/army-security-forces/indian-army-news-discussion-4114-48/#post187547Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-69839123521409301212010-01-22T02:35:40.863-08:002010-01-22T02:35:40.863-08:00Will the US sell the latest M777A2 Howitzer to Ind...Will the US sell the latest M777A2 Howitzer to India which is used by its army?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-37068915337747557432010-01-22T00:14:36.049-08:002010-01-22T00:14:36.049-08:00MoD is killing competition for US on the pretext o...MoD is killing competition for US on the pretext of fighting corruption. Companies just want to do business with us. Corruption or clean business is choice of our leaders/decision makers. <br /><br />If FMS is a way to choose defence equipment then who gets to decide which country it should be bought from and based on what criteria? Why US, why not France, UK or elsewhere?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-90988419633511932892010-01-21T22:03:02.850-08:002010-01-21T22:03:02.850-08:00Congress at it again...Too bad,,,Congress at it again...Too bad,,,Tejaswyhttp://www.tejaswy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3824216949108613272010-01-21T21:54:59.929-08:002010-01-21T21:54:59.929-08:00India should not completely depend on US, it shoul...India should not completely depend on US, it should have options . as per TOT of guns ST seems to be more better than BAE, india have more past experience on BAE supply/tot in hawk deal.<br />India should review the ban on South african defense vendors also , due to india's ban PAK/China is getting their high tech as much as possible easily .NJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983153155305295119noreply@blogger.com