印度削减国防预算

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印度紧急采购苏SU-30MKI，但又削减国防预算，这意谓着甚么呢？

2013-01-05 10:30:53 穆玉苹 中国国防科技信息网

[据防务世界网2013年1月3日报道]据报道，印度财政部将在2013年削减用于军队现代化的预算。而在该声明发布前一个月，国防部长安东尼曾承诺将提高本年度的预算，以更好地应对中国和巴基斯坦的可能威胁。    过去三年中，印度陆续引入各种类型的武器，并同时为未来采购做计划。2012年，印度制定了大量的舰船、导弹、飞机的信息邀请书。
    将被延迟的采购项目中，包括即将敲定为印度中型多用途战机(MMRCA)的法国阵风战机。据报道，双方已经进入商务谈判极端，目前在就飞机装备、补偿和技术转让的价格进行协商，原定于2013年3月为最终期限，此次削减可能将使之再次延后。
    2012年12月，国防采购委员会(DAC)批准了印度海军在2020年前建造6艘下一代隐身潜艇，项目号75I，价值150亿美元。海军计划为排水量在3000吨以上的舰艇购置三维空中监视雷达，有助于360度探测敌方飞机、直升机、无人机和掠海导弹，并已经就此发布了信息请求。2012年，印度海军还向波音、贝尔等世界重要飞机厂商发送了56架直升机(价值9亿美元)的信息邀请。目前尚不清楚这些项目受影响的程度。
    同时，印度空军两栖采购计划也将大幅削减。自2010年以来，印度空军发布了UCAV、先进教练机、巡逻攻击导弹和重调机的信息邀请。
    这些项目多数已在去年被国防采办委员会明确。陆军也力图通过购置坦克、榴弹炮、雷达、突击步枪、卫星电话，大步进行现代化改造。
    据《印度时报》转引，“去年的实际资产采购预算甚至不到676.72亿卢比。首先，收入的预算(非工资)被削减。现在，资本支出也大幅减少。部队的实际开支截止目前仅占资本拨款的67%。很多项目将推到下一次财年进行。”(中国船舶信息中心 穆玉苹)


印度空军参谋长亲自试飞阵风战机


http://military.china.com/news2/569/20130105/17613796.html5% budget cut stalls Defence plans
NEW DELHI,January 6, 2013

Battling the ongoing economic slowdown, the Centre has effected a five per cent cut in the Rs.1.93-lakh-crore defence budget for this financial year.

The cut is estimated to be around Rs.10,000 crore, Defence Ministry sources said.

It is likely to put the brakes on ambitious plans of modernisation within the Army, the Navy and the Air Force and push, to the next fiscal, several key acquisition plans. These plans include the acquisition of 126 Rafale fighter aircraft for the Air Force from French firm Dassault Aviation. The already-delayed Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) project, worth $20 billion, will now be pushed beyond April 2013. Acquisitions of helicopters and missiles could also be delayed further, the sources said.

Under the Rs.1.93-lakh-crore budget, Rs.1,13,829 crore is for revenue expenditure, including salaries and pensions, and Rs.79,579 for modernisation of the armed forces.

Defence Minister A.K. Antony recently indicated that the Ministry would struggle to get the allocated amount during the current fiscal. In view of the cut, the Ministry has asked the armed forces to focus on prioritising their procurements. The sources said the Ministry’s desire to encourage research and development in high-end technology would take even longer to fructify. The Ministry is also keen to encourage competition among defence public sector units.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/5-budget-cut-stalls-defence-plans/article4280287.ece

India cuts its defense budget                                                                                        By Asia Sentinel Jan 09, 2013

The Indian Finance Ministry appears to have put a stop to the headlong dash by the country’s military to enlarge its defense forces to meet the China challenge, slashing the military budget by US$2 billion this year.
The cuts are necessary, officials say, because of economic distress and a ballooning fiscal deficit of 5.8 percent, up from 4.1 percent in 2011. But the fiscal adjustment, which has raised eyebrows, might not only have an impact on the country’s defense preparedness but also throw off kilter vital acquisition projects of aircraft, choppers, howitzers and missiles.
The cut, for instance, appears likely to affect the already much-delayed $20-billion MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) project to acquire 126 French Rafale fighter jets, ministry sources say.
India began a massive military buildup in 2010 after a November, 2008 attack by Pakistani militants on luxury hotels and other facilities in Mumbai that took 166 lives, and after an admission by military officials that they were unable to retaliate with a full-scale attack against Pakistan because they didn’t have the military readiness to do so.
“New Delhi is in the throes of finalizing important contract negotiations to bolster segments like the artillery, aviation, air defense, night-fighting, anti-tank guided missiles and specialized tank and rifle ammunition. All these will now be pushed to the back burner,” a source told Asia Sentinel.
The Army too, had sought a 30 per cent budget hike allocation for the 12th Plan (2012-17) including upgrading its rapid reaction ground force capability against China by building two specialized divisions in high-altitude areas at a cost estimated at more than US$11 billion. This plan too, will now have to wait.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/95019/india-cuts-its-defense-budget/

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@waja2000

印度时代报道，印度外长要法国再等"wait a little"，还要调整fine-tune.

India says contract on French Rafale jets being fine-tuned
AFP | Jan 10, 2013, 10.24 PM IST

PARIS: India is fine-tuning a contract to buy 126 French-made  Rafale fighter jets, foreign minister  Salman Khurshid said on Thursday, adding that Paris would have to "wait a little" to pop the bubbly.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-says-contract-on-French-Rafale-jets-being-fine-tuned/articleshow/17973283.cms