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WTF are you even saying. N-armed Brahmos is already deployed on the MKI and till recently IAF maintained a good set of nuke gravity bombs to be dropped from Jags. By no means has this leg of the Triad been given up and SFC does have such assets. Using nukes in general are last resort.

I never said IN wanted more Mig-29K, I am just shitting on your claim that it was ordered blindly without any thought or pretext. Upgraded Mig-29s both of IAF and K variant of IN are formidable fighters and are more than capable of taking on any threats in the our region. 1 crash happened...

Read the first link I posted previously Straight from Admiral Landa who confirms it's at 70% already in 2018, the low availability was in 2016 since. IN wants SH or Rafale as they bring more advanced technologies to the table, better range, better payload flexibility etc...

Madamji, you're spewing non sense Indian Navy Expresses Confidence in MiG-29K Naval Fighters; Jets to Deploy From Carriers Vikrant and Vikramaditya (militarywatchmagazine.com) Indian Navy | Black Panthers MiG-29K Induction [www.bharat-rakshak.com] Govt takes note of Su-30MKI's poor...

Can you please share a source for the supposed IAF claim that the Rafale is twice as capable as the MKI? Rafale is great platform but in the Indian context, it will take atleast another 5-7 years before it can match the weapons flexibility of the MKI

Actually we shouldn't sign any fighter deal next till 83 LCA MK-1A is inked.

MMRCA 2.0 is a waste of time, the smart move would be secure more Rafale ideally F-4 version with increased local assembly. There is no reason why 36-54 aircraft can't be ordered without wasting time.

no worries, it's an opinion piece. On that thought, it would be lovely if the 21 new Mig-29s on order can be converted to Mig-35 with MKI version with AESA and all the new bells and whistles. That alone would make rest of the IAF fleet of Mig-29 UPGs much better. Eventually existing Mig-29 UPGs...

give or take 3 years or so. For IAF this whole excercise is not needed, just order 114 Rafale more. I doubt others have an edge when it comes to sunk costs already incurred during purchase of first batch.

I am not advocating (never have) for the F-16 in IAF but for Bulgaria is perfectly fine.

200 million per aircraft including weapons, spares and logitics, training etc. is a pretty good price considering it comes with AESA and other updated gizmos.

Well, best way to bridge production gap is if the SPORT variant is ready within a year then to oder 100 of them 3 sqds for IAF and 2 for IN which allows for LIFT trainer while MK-1A & 2 get ready. Along side Combat Hawk. These stage 3-4 trainers can be used as an air national guard. Based at key...

Rafales aren't meant for SFC, they are meant for deep conventional strikes. For now the SFC will have 42 MKI to fill that roles. Keep in mind ISE Rafale will be the last to be delivered from the first batch of 36 and FOC on the ISE variant will only be given around 2023, they won't have nuke...

Souped up cockpit and situational awareness, interesting but ah..no Only real choice here is between Rafale and F-18IN, IMO

If BJP wins, it will be with a far narrower majority. The vote bank comprises of the poor who sadly have had their lives worsened due to Demon. and GST. BJP winning won't solve this. Even so, NDA was ok at start, now it's pretty inefficient as well.

That's assuming Rafale will get 2.0, first elections have to be won.

And where do you get this from? It's clear trials are going to be held around mid 2020.

They should turn it around and ask for F-35 with local assembly or at least the F-18 SH Block 3, not the F-16.

Rafale being L-1 is farce, it never was MRCA 1.0 proved it was actually more expensive than the EF's bid, French marketing promise of FULL TOT fell into the ditch and their refusal to provide guarantees on HAL's local assembly etc. (knowing fully this was Cristal clear in the RFP) Screwed it up...

#Fake News 2 or more GE F414 INS6 engines have already been delivered to HAL for Tejas MK-2