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Old 27th Mar 2012, 05:45
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tucumseh
 
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Indians had a lesser variant of SHAR FRS1's Blue Fox.

To avoid techy/Sec terms, their version lacked the 1st CDS package and the Mid Life Upgrade. (Like many equipments, development of BF had been shut down about a year early due to Falklands. Design features were lacking and were completed later, hence CDS phase. Sea King ASW was the same, but was not entirely completed as monies/effort were diverted to AEW.) Even when replaced with BV, BF was classified to such a degree and still so advanced that it could not be sold, so was scrapped (Not a Boffin's confirmation BV was not sold to India was a logical extension of that original policy). Superb kit.
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