He refered to a Forbes report for the operational costs, so I searched for it and and when I then asked him, that his own source shows 2 to 3 times the operational cost for heavy class fighters, compared to the F16 and why he then is advocating Su 30s? He blocked me.
That is the tragedy that an airforce with already disproportionate amount of heavy fighters, 17 squadrons wants us to believe that 2 more is way too much.
When the balance is bad, you don't have to make it worse, just because a foreign vendor doesn't play by our rules and the government is currently not sure what they want. At least IAF has to be the mature side here and stick to the plans, especially with even more costly stealth fighters in sight as well.
Two or three more squadrons are not going to make the sky fall. Whatever operational or procurement costs IAF is creating hullabaloo over are a mere fraction compared to inducting an entire new platform. The new platform being the same ones that IAF rejected during MMRCA on technical grounds.
Heavy class fighter with larger engines vs medium class fighter with smaller engines would be the first issue.
That's not correct, since the MMRCA requirements, are based on the initial MRCA tender, where the Mirage 2000-5 was part of the tender. IAFs basic requirements of a multi role capable fighter still remains the same till today in the SE MMRCA, what changes are limitations or additions depending on which fighters will compete. The MRCA had a MTOW limit of 20t, which just included the Mig 29, but no other twin engine fighter. The MMRCA had a limit of 30t and added AESA as a prime requirement, to have a level playing field with future potential in mind. The SE now, for the first time is limited by engine numbers and not MTOW.
True, but current Air Chief Dhanoa repeatedly stated that IAF is adding 2 squads of MKI, that are on order and in production, while he just stated in October, that SE MMRCAs have priority.
Hi sancho..its been long time mate..where were you?
True but that's not the aim anyway, so far we only know that around 40 new MKIs will be able to carry Brahmos A, while the future Brahmos NG should be able to be delayed from the entire fleet, as a replacement of Kh59 mainly and from the same 3 hardpoints. We also see SPICE 2000 being integrated now, most likely to replace KAB 1500. So Brahmos A is adding a crucial capability, that IAF lacked for far too long, while Brahmos NG is basically a replacement / upgrade of available capabilities.
Let me clear my BCA on time after failing miserably for 2 years straight,and clear afcat/cds,I would be in that advertisement.IAF advertisements:
i wish if we had F15 instead of su30 we would have been unbeatable,
