I honestly think India should join the Franco-German 6th generation fighter project. It is too late to get any benefit from F-35 or PAK FA. The only choice is to get on the ground floor to fight for equitable work-share.
Well, I already get my wish for Rafale. I would also like to see MMRT, Fennec LUH, Mistral LPD, Marlin AIP, Snecma cored Kaveri, AASM, Scalp EG, Miatri VL.. maybe A400M.
With the increasing threats of IEDs I would not suggest either BTRs or BRDMs. Russian mine protection is $#!T not fit for a modern army. The BTR-80 armour is holed like Swiss cheese...
VAB can withstand 12.7mm AP and level 4 mines. They have been hit over a dozen times in Astan and the...