This will remind you of Google Glass. Check out the Q-Warrior Helmet Mounted Display which allows infantry to share and view tactical data over a network and the Striker Helmet fast jet helmet.
Check out Tata Motors’ Light Armored Multipurpose Vehicle (LAMV), Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) and the new Kestrel 8×8 amphibious armored vehicle.
Check out the Indian Navy’s maritime reconnaissance IL-38 Sea Dragon, as Commander Amit Bansal and Commander Moksh of the Winged Stallions INAS 315 Squadron show you the ins and outs of the aircraft.
Commander Shiraz Azad, Commanding Officer of the ‘White Tigers’ Sea Harrier squadron, INAS 300, takes us around the aircraft that’s held the line for the navy.
Check out the navy’s spanking new MiG-29 Simulator Facility as Commander MP Felix takes you around on a guided tour of the complex.
Lt Commander Akash of INAS 336 shows off the Indian Navy’s Sea King helicopter.
Commander NS Baberwal, Commanding Officer of the Indian Navy’s Kamov-31 AEW Helicopter Squadron, INAS 339 describes the features of the aircraft in detail.
Commander KHV Singh of the Indian Navy MiG-29K/KUB squadron, INAS 303 (Black Panthers) takes us around the aircraft.
StratPost got a chance to have a quick chat with Saab President and CEO, Hakan Bushke at the beginning of Aero India 2013. He talks about his company’s growing relationships and activites in India and also touches upon the prospects of the latest Gripen E variant and the RBS-70 VSHORAD, which is being offered to India.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) officer said, “While it can be seen as funny – perhaps a humorous parody, it’s likely to hurt the sensitivities of many people. Maybe Rafael should have thought of this before producing something like this.”
The promotional video was produced by the Israeli arms company Rafael and aired at Aero India 2009 held in Bangalore last month. The video has been derided by some commentators as badly produced and virtually all consider it invariably funny. The StratPost story has made news with the New York Times, with Ronald Mackey writing about it in the blog The Lede, not to mention in other commentaries and observations on the internet.
