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To: ratan lal who wrote (4380)	5/27/1999 1:43:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Ratan:May be time to break out couple of these ( jdw.janes.com you think,then again may not I got some money in the market :) =========================== (Courtesy:Jane's Defence Weekly) Document created: 19 MAY 1999 Extra fighter aircraft for India RAHUL BEDI JDW Correspondent New Delhi The Indian Air Force (IAF) will receive 10 more Russian multi-role Sukhoi Su-30 fighters by year-end, according to Chief of Air Staff ACM A Y Tipnis. The delivery comes a year behind schedule since the IAF had delayed the decision on selecting French Sextant Avionique to supply avionics. ACM Tipnis said the 10 fighters, which will join eight already in service, will be based with 24 Squadron at Pune in western India. India acquired 40 Su-30s for $1.8 billion in 1996. The first eight arrived in 1997 and the rest were due to be delivered in batches of 10, 12 and 10 aircraft respectively each year starting from late last year. An IAF source said the final batch of 10 fighters is now likely to be delivered by 2001. These should be built to the full Su-30MKI configuration with canards and AL-37FU or AL-37PP engines with thrust-vectoring nozzles. The 30 aircraft delivered earlier will be returned to Sukhoi for upgrade to the same standard. India's parliamentary defence committee has criticised the government for delaying the Su-30 programme considering the IAF's declining fleet strength, the obsolescence of existing aircraft, and the delay in both upgrading MiG-21bis fighters and developing the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). In its report to parliament last month, the committee asked the government to not only expedite the Su-30 acquisition but also to complete all formalities for licensed production of the multi-role fighter. It said no ground work had been done or requisite clearances obtained by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to build the Su-30MKI. The committee also said the development of the advanced light helicopter (ALH) had been adversely affected after LHTEC, which was providing the CTS-800 turbo shaft engine for the helicopter's naval version, withdrew from the programme when Washington imposed sanctions on India for last year's nuclear tests (Jane's Defence Weekly 8 July 1998). "The US embargo has resulted in almost total stoppage of activity in regard to the ALH for a full year," the report said. It recommended the government swiftly seek an alternative engine supplier and avoid all future dealings with companies in "sanctions-imposing" countries. The delivery of 10 more Russian fighter aircraft will take the IAF's Su-30 total to 40 jdw.janes.com

To: ratan lal who wrote (4380)	5/27/1999 3:14:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 12475

WRAPUP-India loses two planes in Kashmir conflict (Updates details on jets, foreign reaction, curfew in India) Ratan: Looks like the Pakis are whining again and calling for U.N.intervention-I wonder what is wrong with resolving the issues through bilateral negotiations.Next thing you know they will be asking for NATO to come and them,sheesh.One this is for sure,this Kashmir carp is a costly affair to both,hope both come to their senses one of these days. ============================ By Narayanan Madhavan NEW DELHI, May 27 (Reuters) - Pakistan said it shot down two Indian jet fighters over Kashmir on Thursday and India launched fresh strafing raids on Moslem guerrillas dug in on its side of Kashmir's ceasefire line. The United States and China expressed concern over the mounting tension between the rival nuclear powers and Russia said it demonstrated that NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia had set a dangerous precedent in international relations. The arch-foes provided conflicting accounts of the downing of the MiG-21 and MiG-27 attack aircraft in the northern mountains of the bitterly disputed Himalayan region. Pakistan said it shot down the planes after they violated its airspace and both crashed six to seven km (3.7 to 4.3 miles) inside its territory. It said one of the pilots was killed and the other was captured and would be treated as a prisoner of war. India confirmed that it had lost two aircraft. But it said one of them developed engine failure and the pilot ejected. The other flew low to locate the pilot and was hit by a surface-to-air missile from across the Line of Control dividing the Indian and Pakistani zones in Kashmir. As news of the rapidly developing face-off rolled in, an Indian defence official said the air force had unleashed its fourth air attack of the day to flush out hundreds of militants from their hideouts on high barren ridges. India says that more than 500 militants, including Afghan mercenaries and Pakistani army regulars, have pushed up to six km (3.75 miles) into Indian-held territory. ''This is war,'' Air Commodore Subash Bhojwani told a news briefing in New Delhi. ''Until the objective is met there is no intention of a let-up in the the air strikes.'' On Wednesday India launched two waves of strafing by helicopter gunships backed by jet fighters and warned Islamabad of ''appropriate action'' if its armed forces retaliated. The air attacks have cranked up tension in the subcontinent, unravelling diplomatic peace initiatives by both sides after their tit-for-tat nuclear tests in May last year. India and Pakistan have gone to war twice over Kashmir since they won independence from Britain in 1947. Since 1990, they have been locked in a diplomatic tussle over a Moslem revolt in the two-thirds of Kashmir ruled by India. Press Trust of India said 160 people had been killed in operations to oust the intruders which began on May 14, five days after they were noticed on northern Kashmir heights. India said its dead had risen by three to 20 in the past 48 hours. Major General J.J. Singh said extra troops had been moved into the area and some had taken up positions to the rear of the militants to block their channel of logistical support. As fears of a widening conflict grew, authorities imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew along the Pakistan border in the Amritsar area of the northern Indian state of Punjab. Pakistan again demanded that the United Nations immediately reinforce its group of military observers in the region, and official nuclear powers expressed disquiet over developments. Washington called on both sides to end the violence and stand by the confidence-building measures agreed during a goodwill summit between their prime ministers in the Pakistani city of Lahore in February. China, a longstanding ally of Pakistan, urged them to put down their arms and resolve the Kashmir dispute through talks. Russia's foreign ministry called for restraint and used the occasion to voice its opposition to NATO's military campaign against Yugoslavia. ''Events in Kashmir again show just how dangerous is the precedent of force in international relations created by NATO's military actions in Yugoslavia,'' it said in a statement. Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha told Reuters in the northeastern city of Guwahati that the air strikes would not have any impact on the economy. ''It is only a military operation and nothing to do with the market and the economy,'' he said. However, shares in both countries fell sharply for the second consecutive day on fears that the violence could spread. biz.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------