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During the entire incident, Pakistan has been caught lying multiple times with proofs. So their claims have no credibility. IAF on the other hand did manage to prove their claims. So naturally IAF is more reliable party here. This neutral viewpoint thing is nothing more than a hogwash.

They brought JF-17 and are unsatisfied with it

MMRCA was always a Mig27 replacement. We needed good ground strike aircraft and that is why went with Rafale. Mig29 and Mirages were expected to be replaced by AMCA and FGFA. MMRCA could not and still cannot replace Mig 29 because it is being procured much before Mig 29 retirement. We already...

I am also looking at the situation without bias. The facts we know are: 1. IAF has a sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons, i.e. 840 fighters. 2. LCA MK2 is expected to replace mirage 2000, mig 29 and jaguars 3. AMCA is expected to enter production by 2032. 4. Sukhoi 30 are not going anywhere...

Thanks, I read years ago that Rafale couldn't supercruise but EFT could. That was one major negative point in Rafale's favor during the MMRCA competition. Looks like I misread or the author was wrong

Rafale doesn't supercruise as far as I know. A source for the same will be appreciated.

For now there is no place for Su57 in IAF unless something really goes wrong with lca mk2 or AMCA. Your point on stealth is valid but IAF considers Rafale to be sufficient for handling chinese fighters such as J20. Su57's advantages are negated by its high operational cost compared to a medium...

Kindly explain what do you mean by "poor flight package" It is quite a wrong conclusion that F35 will require huge numbers considering its payload of over 8 tonnes and very good internal fuel which will match F16's range and payload. Also, when has F35 required support from heavy US fighters? US...

F35 has received IOC, that alone is a proof. It will be operationally deployed on USS wasp in 2017. This is a fact. https://sputniknews.com/military/201610251046727095-uss-wasp-japan/ It costs about 15% more than Rafale at the moment and costs are decreasing with every batch. Agility is not as...

Prove this statement of yours. You are again making unproven claims.

Same is true for every fighter in the world, including PAK FA. All defence industries have one star fighter project. Its PAK FA for Russia, F35 for US. This doesn't mean F35 is a bad plane.

This is quite a pathetic attempt to divert from the topic. I proved that F35 orders are neither cut nor it is far from operational deployment. So now you try to divert attention to accidents. Showing that you accept that your previous claim was a lie after all.

Dude don't lie. Pentagon has not cut the purchase but split it into smaller orders. LM is angry only because this takes away their bargaining power they have with their suppliers. F35's two versions have already received IOC. Operational deployment will start by end of 2017. From then, it will...

U saying all three deltas beat F16 on STR? I need to see this report. please post the link

Will this protuding IRST be taken inside in the production version or will it remain out? The current configuration should be resulting in increased RCS correct?

Ok, you are basically saying that the launch parameters will be passed to the missile automatically from the radar, as opposed to the pilot selecting the target manually, right? Because it is not possible that pilot selects one target and the parameter passed to the missile contain info about...

That I understood, but what has it got to do with the aircraft's rear radar? I mean why the presence of rear mounted radar would result in locking in your wingman since IR guidance does not depend on radar?

Since R73 is IR guided, what does it has to do with aircraft's radar? The missile won't be using it anyways

Oh I got it now. I calculated the cumulative growth in GDP at current prices from 2000-2010 using Planning commission's data. I got the growth which gives a CAGR of very close to 13.5%. Which clearly means that GDP figures of 476 billion and 1.6 trillion are at current prices as well. What it...

There is something fishy with that data. I used imf data on wiki. GDP for 2000 is given as $476 billion, for 2009 as 1.266 trillion, and for 2010 it suddenly jumps to 1.6 trillion. Even calculating mathematically, $450 billion to 1.6 trillion in 10 years requires a CAGR of 13.5%, that is unheard...