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Phalcon is nice, I don't mind a fleet of upto 10 of those with 2 dedicated to each air command. But Netra is already a great platform being home grown we should have at least 10-15 of those, also 2-3 per air command. Netra is perfectly fine handling task as it proved it self during Balakot.

Well as for the idea we have no 'rush' to have the Guardian or other platform is a silly statement. IN is actually relying at the moment on limited aircraft, they have a need for over 300 airborne platforms. If anything, this is a delayed purchase. Without the P-8I, we are left laughably...

If you're worried we are wasting billions on P-8I, I am perfectly fine with a Naval variant of Netra being enriched and ordered in large numbers around 30. Heck I'd be very glad if IAF woke up from it's slumber and ordered a dozen home grown Netra.

Sure Guardian is good addition but the P-8I not only brings anti sub or anti ship abilities, keep in mind it has a sophisticated air tracking mode as well which will help keep an eye on the IOR as well as take the fight to South China Sea. It doubles as our own E-2D actually and will be used in...

How about you keep your fetishes under control and let our forces decide what they want.

Guardian has it's place but so does the P-8I, being that it also has sub and ship killing abilities. With COMSACA and other agreements signed, we are about to get a lot of new tech goodies which is good.

:rofl: Really? You do realize the P-8I is primarily a naval hunter meant to find, track and kill pesky subs from silent AIP diesel elecs or big ass boomers to tiny midget subs and the P-8I is at the forefront of this capability. IN going for these assets is critical and expect the eventually...

Not to forget APY-10 radar on the P-8I is completly modified to have both Air to surface and air to air detection & tracking as well as interleaved weather mode. The P-8Is also have aTelephonics aft radar which allows it to have a 360 degree surface detection and tracking capability. Perhaps...

http://www.aviationnews.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/P-8A-Poseidon-test-aircraft-T1.jpg The P-8 has 11 weapon hard points (five in the bomb bay, four under the wings and two under the fuselage) and can carry over 22,000 pounds (10,000kg) of weapons Not sure if any of the hardpoints have...

Well Unkil has permitted the deploying of the largest set of external weapons on all Teen series aircraft, everything from French, Israeli, Swedish weapons have been deployed on all fighter aircraft. There is no reason why we can't deploy Brahmos on it, sure it would require some negotiation but...

With 12 on order and options for possibly 12 more, there is no reason why we shouldn't go for a total of 36. No collab with Europe would yield an aircraft with similar capability and would only add to logistic woes. Besides 36 is IMO the ideal number of aircraft required to maintain a tight...

AKAIK it is already in India, the first one landed alrzeady a while ago. I think we should eventually have a fleet of 36 of these