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Looking at how Rafale was fit with F404 in 1990s when M88 was not completed yet, it is possible to fit different sized engine in a plane by minor modifications. So, the 110kN engine can be and will be bigger than F414.

Any evidence that DRAL can assemble Rafale? Why does India need additional fly away Rafales when India can get made in India Rafale in MMRCA2? Baba stated only 114 additional planes (total 150) but you make it 200+. Any basis of this?

Do you know anything at all? Why do you irritate everyone around? People don't need 1 lakh fighters unless there is a need for action. Explain to me the following: 1) How is Su30 as good as 2 squadrons (40 planes) of WW2 planes? Each WW2 plane could carry 4ton of bombs and drop them in certain...

You are missing the centre line tank of tejas delibrately. The total payload comes to about 2x800kg + 2+500kg + 2x100kg = 2.8 tons. MToW of Tejas is about 14tons. Fuel + empty weight is 9tons. Pylon is about 500kg. So, additional payload of about 1 ton can be carried in addition to this...

This is a microwave pulse and is only in development. Its effectiveness and power consumption needs are not established. It is likely to end up like rail guns

There is no PGM that emits EMP. No country has such PGM. EMP is mostly limited to hollywood movies and I have not seen any news about EMP bombs. Nukes emitting EMP is known but only EMP is exceedingly rare

India makes PESA radar for Su30 MKI. Tejas will have AESA radar and that has completed ground testing and is in flight testing as of now. About engine, Kaveri will e flight tested next year. Al31F is one generation behind, something like M53 class and is already available in India for that last...

India makes al31f in India. India imports spare parts because india does not have license for manufacturing them in India. It is like a shopkeeper buying original harry potter book when he could dimply print it himself. It is a matter of trust, not technology

Super Sukhoi is about upgrading the engine to Al41F and upgrading radar to AESA. India does not want that as India is making Al31F fully in India and Al41F will have to be imported a Russia is not giving the license of it. Also, Su30 avionics is being upgraded regularly by India and recently...

Su30 MKI has MToW of 38.5tons and empty weight of 18.5tons. The fuel capacity is 9.5tons. So, remaining about 10tons is payload. About PGM and standoff missiles, India can integrate its own PGM and standoff missiles as per its wishes. Su30 MKI is made in India and India has the codes to...

In today's scenario, airstrike has become very simple due to PGM and laser designation pods. So, air superiority is what matters the most. Airstrike has become trivial that any plane will be able to handle it. Moreover, the payload capacity of Su30 is about 10tons. I don't think that Su30 would...

You are trying to say that 10 Su30 is equal to 3 Mirage 2000 and 1 Rafale? It is one thing to be proud o one's country but it is another thing to simply assume that only one's country has intelligent people while other countries like Russia have all fools as scientists and engineers. Do you know...

Won't the CFTs add weight to the plane and make maneuvering difficult in case of enemy missile strike? There are several issues with CFT- 1) If enemy missile is locked on at early stage of take-off, the plane can't drop the tanks and the tanks would weigh significantly as it will also contain...

Qatar and ISrael do not make defence deals. Elbit is a defence company of Israel while QEAF is Qatar Emiri AirForce

I think you are unaware of Russian EW or Indian EW derived from studies. Russian EW is one of the best in the world and India too has derived its EW after observing Russian ones and hence it is also state of the art. Russian IRST is also of high standards and absent in Rafale. The BARS radar of...

That is what is called offsets and ToT. France is giving significant ToT and offsets in terms of providing training to engineers, providing tooling, assisting in making of small spare parts and also stationing a supervisor in DRAL to help in the 7 year guarantee period. The above is not about...

The 2 billion dollar for making an airbase is absurd. India is not a useless state that can't build a hardened bunker for aircrafts. Also, things like 7 years of guarantee is not costing less than 2 billion dollars. The investment and offsets involved also have to be considered. This number is...

India already makes Hawk-i and the engine of 25kN is also being developed. India will order that too. But, hawk is easy to be take out be even ground AAA artillery fire. So, more robust planes and the technology to make them is needed

The Su30 MKI was the foundation of Indian aerospace. It gave India the much needed technology to develop the infrastructure. Things like powder metallurgy, turbine blade manufacturing etc were all larnt in this process. Even the avionics and radars of Su30 have been indigenised and thus added to...

Explain to me why 72 planes are important? How did you come to 72 and not 720? or 5000? Can you tell me how can India win war with 72 planes? Don't you think that enemy can use SAMs and attack bases with missiles to take out aircrafts? In such scenario, can 72 planes win wars at all or do they...