This Is Going To Piss Off The Russians
by James Dunnigan
May 18, 2011
India is seeking new sources of spare parts for its vast array of Russian military equipment. Any reputable supplier can bid, as long as they aren't Russian. This new policy is the latest example of the growing rift between the Indian military and their chief supplier of military gear for over half a century. While India has been generally satisfied with the cheap, but rugged and effective Russian weapons, there has been less satisfaction with the quality and timely delivery of spare parts. India also accuses Russia of jacking up prices after deals had been made. Decades of complaints from India have not changed the situation much.

India has tried manufacturing its own spare parts, but that has not worked out well, despite the fact that India manufactures many Russian systems under license. But some types of parts require manufacturing skills that India has not achieved yet. This became public eight years ago when India sought reasons why so many of their Russian warplanes were crashing. India lost 250 MiG-21s to accidents between 1991 and 2003. When consulted, Russia pointed out that India had insisted on manufacturing many of the spare parts needed to keep MiG-21s operational, and many of these parts were not manufactured to Russian specifications. While Russia does not have a reputation for making the highest quality equipment, their standards are often higher than India's. It's no secret that much of the military equipment made in India is pretty shabby by world standards.

But India has cash, and has no qualms about getting quality spares from any source that can deliver them. There are, in fact, firms in many nations (Israel, China, several in Eastern Europe) that produce, or can produce, these spare parts. India is seeking such suppliers, and will probably get all the quality, affordable, spares it needs. As a bonus, the Russians will be highly pissed off.

http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/This-Is-Going-To-Piss-Off-The-Russians-5-18-2011.asp



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Just get it from the Chinese, they'll give the Indians a great price. LOL

Well nodoubt Chinese planes in PAF been worked well very low crash rate...what Indians make for Mig21...not in my knowledge if they make any engine or hydrolic parts..



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RUSSIA IS GETTING BEST OF THE DEFENSE DEALs. spare part deal is negligible in that comparison .

ps: safety record of aircrafts other than MIG 21& 27s is excellent in IAF .

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mig 21, 27 are old shitz, they are too old airframe to fly, our defense ministry and the corrupt generals cant see that those idiots.

the protocol to maintain the squadron strength is annoying, cant believe it they still are lookin for spares
for the mig 21, boneyard those damn planes.
mig 21 was an amazing plane but just not any more though.

^ blame it on lost decade of Sri PV Narsimha+vp singh+IK gujral+ devegowda rule where not a single defense deal was done. it was only in BJP rule that SU30 MKI were purchased.

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"India lost 250 MiG-21s to accidents between 1991 and 2003"

OMG ... this must be a breathtaking world record by India, you Indians should be proud of it .. at least you guys have something world record, better than nothing i.e Olympic gold medals

There are still a lot of MIg-21s operated by many countries ... never heard any crash, apart from India ... oh I know because other countries pilots don't fly as much as super power India ... I got it

unlike report of j10 report surfaces after a few years we dont believe in hiding good or bad incidents.

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typical Indians, super power in talking without any relevancy and substance