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More power is always welcome.. ask any fighter pilot and he'll tell you. A fully loaded Sukhoi will need it anyhow am not saying it need 380-400kn Right now but derated IZ 30 type engine for around 150 wet thrust and around 100+ dry will be gold. Also as the engine gets older and in general the...

MICA IR is already on Sukhoi 30.

It is but not if it is AL 41 for the price quoted. May be in next decade we can offer our own engine or the Su 57 next gen engine derated to fit Su 30. Also the upgrades will Take a decade to materialise and happen going by the pace things have been going on .

In terms of AESA radar Russia is ahead as they got GaN based radar and ew suite we lack there but at the same time in terms of packing TR modules we are ahead courtesy Israel may be . But we are working on GaN based AESA too and it is much better for India to opt for Indigenous radar then...

There is enough power to supply rest i dont think will be an issue. Anyway we do have the improved version on offer by Russians. But scaling of Uttam and getting those 1200-1300 TRM as claimed will mean atleast next 5 yrs will be for Dev etc and the upgrade won't start until next 8-10 yrs...

Uttam AESA is happening or just a postor ? If it goes through then the only Russian thing we may opt for is engine ...

Blacklisting can be taken care of by government. It's not main issue. If we do some serious lobbying in UK, throw money at right places, we have more to gain from UK than French. We are lucky we are getting engine with IPR and if we continue the delay, will see this opportunity slip through...

True, even Jf 17 whenever they fly , they crash. The reason is its engine. We have the same issue with mig 29 but due to twin engine configuration we manage to bring them back. There will be more Jf 17 going down in drain over the years.

Their leaders claim they have atomic bombs that target only non muslim too. Jokes aside our fleet is 3 times bigger than theirs. They barely fly 30-40 of those F-16s, rest are in hangars .

Ka 226 as a capability itself much better than our LUH that is why we are getting them. Coaxial rotor isn't just tech but based on designing the heli for that purpose from the beginning. Chinook is somewhat based on that. Benefit is while it saves the loss of power in tail rotor it lets you...

Lol By studying Meteor you will develop Astra mk2 ? You think after spending time effort on developing Astra we will reverse engineer Meteor? Astra 3 SFDR joint project with Russia is meteor equivalent from India. Astra mk2 is going to use dual pulse solid rocket motor propulsion. Just...

T-14 isn't selected due to our own FMBT. T-90s is apparently manufactured here fully except some parts and royalty to be paid majority of the amount invested comes back. Though due to high license fee and imported items we use the cost is high. Aren't we getting another batch of 33 Russian...

1. Yes Russia and India are probably in discussion to.upgrade atleast 4 squadron down from 200 earlier planned. 2. Al41 is actually a much i.proved engine problem is we have already paid for license production of AL 31. And the engine is basically an upgrade of the same. But still they want...

There are two types of MICA IR and RF versions. Both aren't in same missile. Ideally to eliminate a target both IR and RF are launched together if distance is medium range. For CCM IR missiles are preferred choice. Perhaps MICA NG may get dual mode. It will be pretty expensive to operate...

We are already doing that SFDR and Astra mk2 these long range advance missiles are the answer to current problems we are facing. Next is upgrade of Su mki.

A fighter aircraft ain't your Chinese toy you can simply operate using a remote out of the factory. Nor their is situation of life and death for airforce they have ample resources to use right now. But you can continue your trash talk.

No actually the reason is we already have license to produce Al31FP while the other engine Russia is offering under new name is improvement over the same engine with new names AL 31 f, AL35 AL37f and AL 41 . While IN wanted to retain the name and produce it here without paying the license fee...

Russia design different fighter for different role. For e.g they have Mig 31 Sukhoi and Mig 29/35 series . Then they have heavy bombers like Tu series .

Derby ER has nothing to do with engine here. We were in process of buying longer range a2a missiles but the deal fell through with Ukraine and Russian fallout. Russia offered some off the shelf one. We may have a very small arsenal of those. Anyway now the problems are cleared out and they are...

Spice + Sukhoi Done deal Derby ER also in consideration. May be to get better deal for longer range Russian missiles.