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He was just showing you the mirror.

Not really helpful, 100km plus kills are not secured against fighters. Irrelevant, SAMs are a threat no matter its Mirage or Sukhoi or Rafale. That's why I said A/B variants of F16- the ones procured in 80s. Don't know where you got these estimates for 2nd hand fighters, source? Nobody...

The game of "What if"s never ends- what if PAF and PLAAF made their entire fleet of F22s- well in that case we are screwed in air battles, no two way about it. The US has blocked defence sales to Pak in the recent past, so the only viable option for F16 upgrades is Turkey. Realistically, these...

Agree that Qatari Mirages are obsolete, but we also have to look at what our adversary will pitch against us in a 2 front scenario. Qatari Mirages can effectively challenge PAF's F16 A/B variants and JF17 Block I and II, PLAAF's J7/J10 A/B, Su27/J11. I mean, they are not the best in class but we...

- This Mirage Sale is mostly a scavenger hunt. 31 million USD in the larger scheme of things is peanuts if we look at the upside of keeping the Mirage fleet alive. - Super Sukhois- advanced RWR integration orders are already placed for a batch is what Saurav Jha stated in the yday's update. Let...

Any idea if the usable lot within these planes will be upgraded to the level that IAF already uses its Mirages? Can HAL do it? Because the last upgrade program was a fricking scam at 40 million USD per unit.

I guess the purchase is mostly for spares as Dassault will soon stop the spares supply too. This purchase will keep our fleet alive. Plus, the cost isn't too much- 230 crores INR/ 31 million USD isn't that big an amount. Question to an expert- What does it take to upgrade the radar and avionics...