India-US May Resume Stryker Armoured Vehicle Co-Development Talks During Defence Minister's Visit

As Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Washington D.C. for a four-day visit, discussions between India and the United States are expected to resume on the co-development of the Stryker Armoured vehicle.

This collaborative initiative would entail the joint production of these vehicles in India, with the Indian Army anticipating the procurement of 300 units, likely to be assembled by public sector companies. However, the final decision on manufacturers and the precise order quantity is pending with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

A critical requirement outlined by the Indian Army is an upgraded engine for these vehicles. This enhancement is aimed at improving their performance in high-altitude regions, particularly along India's northern and northeastern borders. The upgraded engine is expected to empower the Strykers to navigate challenging terrains effectively, ensuring optimal operational support for the Army.

The Stryker, an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle, is recognized for its adaptability and agility. If successfully concluded, this co-production deal would mark a significant milestone in bolstering India-US defense ties. Moreover, it aligns with India's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (Self-Reliant India) mission by fostering domestic manufacturing capabilities in the defense sector.

As the MoD works towards finalizing the specifics of this collaboration, the focus remains on fulfilling the Indian Army's operational requirements and advancing the country's self-reliance goals in defense production. The Stryker armored vehicles, equipped with upgraded engines, would enhance India's military capabilities in challenging terrains, particularly those along its sensitive borders.

 

[abhinav srivastava]

On one hand US is supporting and promoting Khalistanis and Kuki terrorists, on another it wants to sell weapons to India. Both can not go on together.

 

[sanket]

US left 1000s of Armoured vehicles in Afghanistan but never offered India .

 

[Mithu Roy]

Unnecessarily we are getting trapped in US scheme of things.
If whap can be developed,so can be these toys.
Stop appeasement of US for Russian oil

 

[GMR]

Either this is due to America's arm twisting for some reason or our import IA at its best.. no other explanation can justify this betrayal..

 

[GMR]

This is the reason no private company is agreeing SPV model.. all effort & investments of TATA & Klayani in WHAP is wasted..

 

[Suddhasattwa Bandyopadhyay]

There's really no need for American Strykers. We already have our indigenous WHAPs from Tata, Mahindra and Kalyani.

 

[Pink Panther]

US left 1000s of Armoured vehicles in Afghanistan but never offered India .

Even now we can talk to Talibans and get those for $1000 each if we wanted to.

 

[Pink Panther]

Either this is due to America's arm twisting for some reason or our import IA at its best.. no other explanation can justify this betrayal..

Lot of other purchases would follow for the sake of engine, could be jets also.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

People dont really understand that by doing this we will become part of global stryker supply chain. Many of countries buy strykers.

Just like India is in supply chain of boeing and airbus airliners, apache, etc. This is a big opportunity.

Anyways, we will be inducting strykrs in small numbers. Since it is more expensive than domestic counterparts. Same situation as apache and LCH. Just because we induct stryker, does not mean we abandon indegenous products.

 

[sanket]

Even now we can talk to Talibans and get those for $1000 each if we wanted to.

As US cant Take Back to US From Afghanistan , Only thing was Freight Expense.

 

[Rajesh]

Don't know why these people always go for weapons when Indian substitute r available. Tata and mahender have developed similar system taking in account of the indigenisation program . It seems tata and Mahendra have not given enough money during the election or contributed in the bribe program called electoral bonds. Nothing different to the thieves who rules before.

 

[Vijigishu ( विजिग्शु )]

Screwdriving atmanirbharta. Way to go guys. Don't know why they're not considering F21. Dump Tejas become part of F16 supply chain. /s

 

[Akshat]

Either this is due to America's arm twisting for some reason or our import IA at its best.. no other explanation can justify this betrayal..

Well there is another justification. DRDO design!

 

[Akshat]

This is the reason no private company is agreeing SPV model.. all effort & investments of TATA & Klayani in WHAP is wasted..

Exactly. From next time no one will do anything with DRDO.

 

[Amit]

Why Stryker platform? We have already from Tata/Mahindra. Why doesnt US work on armed drones or stealth drones? This is utter nonsense from US.

 

[NSR]

Stryker with upgraded engine only. Standard engine does not have enough horses to pull it in Indian mountainous regions much less to fight.

India should also look at M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) with bigger cannon and many high tech Gizmos which can help in fight Drones in future.

Need to build up fighting capacities against two enemies.

 

[sas]

No absolutely not India must make its own APC these are not some high end technology but basic arms which are manufactured by even second rate powers .This is just a ploy to sabotage India's growing defense industry

 

[Tanishq Bafila]

People dont really understand that by doing this we will become part of global stryker supply chain. Many of countries buy strykers.

Just like India is in supply chain of boeing and airbus airliners, apache, etc. This is a big opportunity.

Anyways, we will be inducting strykrs in small numbers. Since it is more expensive than domestic counterparts. Same situation as apache and LCH. Just because we induct stryker, does not mean we abandon indegenous products.

Brother there is nothing like coming into global supply chain , we order these systems to please USA , when we ditched FA-18 , even then news were coming that India could buy some other US made systems...

truth be told , Army & Airforce are not even interested to buy M9Q drones due to its cost and vulnerability near LOC & LAC during conflict times , but have to buy now because there is an important lobby who gets a cut in every major defence deal and it happen in every nation.

The results of Stryker and WHAP are available on twitter , & WHAP is way better than Stryker ... And reports are coming that India may buy At least 10 units of Stryker of benchmarking. Why you need a inferior system for benchmarking and 10 units really ?

 

[Indrakumar Salam]

What happen to Whap? Atmanirbhar Bharat can never be happen if we go on buying foreign maal.

 

[Blademaster]

India needs to dump this as a strong message to US that India will not be blackmailed.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

Brother there is nothing like coming into global supply chain , we order these systems to please USA , when we ditched FA-18 , even then news were coming that India could buy some other US made systems...

truth be told , Army & Airforce are not even interested to buy M9Q drones due to its cost and vulnerability near LOC & LAC during conflict times , but have to buy now because there is an important lobby who gets a cut in every major defence deal and it happen in every nation.

The results of Stryker and WHAP are available on twitter , & WHAP is way better than Stryker ... And reports are coming that India may buy At least 10 units of Stryker of benchmarking. Why you need a inferior system for benchmarking and 10 units really ?

I think that you may be correct about first point but wrong about 2nd one. Indian military was very impressed by american drone tech. We had leased a few sea guardian drones and now we have extended their lease. Also, these drones played major part in surveilence on LAC when tensions were on.

 

[Sandeep]

So far they are just thinking about buying it and they are looking at the possible technology and capabilities it can use. The Indian government or military haven’t expressed their interest of buying it at all. We are currently developing our own indigenous FICV which will eventually replace the BMP 2 that we currently have in service. The government and private companies have already invested a lot of money in developing it so they aren’t going to throw that away and buy something that will cost them triple the amount. Also they aren’t going to buy another foreign expensive import for the next 30+ years and remain dependent on them for expensive critical parts like the engine which will only be sold to us but will never give the technology or allow us to make it in India. So India is gaining nothing from this potential deal.

Also there is a possibility that India will just manufacture the vehicles, parts and components and be a supplier to all Stryker vehicles around the world like making the apache air frames.

 

[Sandeep]

Brother there is nothing like coming into global supply chain , we order these systems to please USA , when we ditched FA-18 , even then news were coming that India could buy some other US made systems...

truth be told , Army & Airforce are not even interested to buy M9Q drones due to its cost and vulnerability near LOC & LAC during conflict times , but have to buy now because there is an important lobby who gets a cut in every major defence deal and it happen in every nation.

The results of Stryker and WHAP are available on twitter , & WHAP is way better than Stryker ... And reports are coming that India may buy At least 10 units of Stryker of benchmarking. Why you need a inferior system for benchmarking and 10 units really ?

Relax the army or government haven’t made any deal or expressed any interest to buy them. We and the private sector have already invested in our own indigenous FICV or IFV which will definitely be selected.

Also there is a possibility that India will just manufacture the vehicles, parts and components and be a supplier to all Stryker vehicles around the world like making the apache air frames and other parts.

As for buying the M9Q the military will use it along the borders and monitor the Indian Ocean. All drones can be used to launch a range of weapons from small to high missiles and carry out surveillance, tracking, intelligence, SATCOM, SIGINT, COMINT, EW, ESM, IRST, FLI etc. The naval drone will be slightly different as it will be able to track and search for submarines and launch torpedoes. So we need these drones and it will mostly be used from within our borders and no drone can defend itself

 

[Tanishq Bafila]

Relax the army or government haven’t made any deal or expressed any interest to buy them. We and the private sector have already invested in our own indigenous FICV or IFV which will definitely be selected.

Also there is a possibility that India will just manufacture the vehicles, parts and components and be a supplier to all Stryker vehicles around the world like making the apache air frames and other parts.

As for buying the M9Q the military will use it along the borders and monitor the Indian Ocean. All drones can be used to launch a range of weapons from small to high missiles and carry out surveillance, tracking, intelligence, SATCOM, SIGINT, COMINT, EW, ESM, IRST, FLI etc. The naval drone will be slightly different as it will be able to track and search for submarines and launch torpedoes. So we need these drones and it will mostly be used from within our borders and no drone can defend itself

Dude I am not against the procurement of M9Q drones , they are beast... I only pointed it out to show how we please USA..

And regarding the news to procurement of Stryker it is almost certain that we will order at least 10 units it is all over twitter channels , we have seen in the past that US suddenly offers or even sweetens the deal when we make a indigenous product to ditch our product and rely on US for defence products..

And I hope it doesn't happen this time also , import lobby will do anything to buy foreign maal to get their cut..

 

[Tanishq Bafila]

I think that you may be correct about first point but wrong about 2nd one. Indian military was very impressed by american drone tech. We had leased a few sea guardian drones and now we have extended their lease. Also, these drones played major part in surveilence on LAC when tensions were on.

Dude I am not against the procurement of M9Q drones , they are beast... I only pointed it out to show how we please USA . Though 300million + dollar for 1 M9Q is not justified but they are need of the hour.

And regarding the news to procurement of Stryker it is almost certain that we will order at least 10 units it is all over twitter channels , we have seen in the past that US suddenly offers or even sweetens the deal when we make a indigenous product to ditch our product and rely on US for defence products..

And I hope it doesn't happen this time also , import lobby will do anything to buy foreign maal to get their cut..

 

[PKPRS]

As US cant Take Back to US From Afghanistan , Only thing was Freight Expense.

No the deal was to leave everything and go, some $85bln worth equipments.

 

[Sandeep]

Dude I am not against the procurement of M9Q drones , they are beast... I only pointed it out to show how we please USA..

And regarding the news to procurement of Stryker it is almost certain that we will order at least 10 units it is all over twitter channels , we have seen in the past that US suddenly offers or even sweetens the deal when we make a indigenous product to ditch our product and rely on US for defence products..

And I hope it doesn't happen this time also , import lobby will do anything to buy foreign maal to get their cut..

Yes they will try because they just want more money from us. The USA are talking about making a deal but our side is just being polite by saying we will look into it and assess the vehicle. No government official or military official has ever said that they will buy it or they want it.

Also they are slowly going to phase out the Stryker IFV in favour of their M10 Booker which will be more advanced, more capable and have the latest next generation technology. So in reality they are just selling a very old and inferior Stryker IFV with old and outdated technology. So they aren’t doing us any special favours or have our best interest at heart at all.

 

[Pad UwU]

IMHO Swedish CV90 is better than the Stryker or other alternatives from Europe and from Brazil or if we go full 8x8 we already have Indian design.... The only difference is it's turrets and radar sensor technology init plus the add ons armor

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

Dude I am not against the procurement of M9Q drones , they are beast... I only pointed it out to show how we please USA . Though 300million + dollar for 1 M9Q is not justified but they are need of the hour.

And regarding the news to procurement of Stryker it is almost certain that we will order at least 10 units it is all over twitter channels , we have seen in the past that US suddenly offers or even sweetens the deal when we make a indigenous product to ditch our product and rely on US for defence products..

And I hope it doesn't happen this time also , import lobby will do anything to buy foreign maal to get their cut..

Well, we are looking to strengthen ties to US. And US is looking to do the same. Best way to do so is through arms sales. In old days, marriages was way to form alliances. In international diplomacy between countries, the marriage equivalent is military sales and co-production.

India does not form alliances. This is historically the case.

America forms alliances. This is historically the case. So how do you form trust in the establishment of both countries. Best way to do so is through arms sales and joint production.