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  1. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Both fighter aircraft and SAM systems are effective in air defence role but SAM systems are better in comparison to fighter aircraft because of several reasons. 1. An aircraft cannot stay into the air forever, eventually it will begin to run out of fuel and will have to head back to its home...
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    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    I didn't say that Russians make the best air defence systems. I said that they are world leaders when it comes to development of SAM systems, when I say this, I mean to say that they make some of the most potent air defence systems, there is a reason why India choose to go ahead and purchase the...
  3. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Correctly said! Russian technology is now getting outdated with time and the technological gap between the west and Russia is gradually increasing, there is a reason that the Indian Armed forces want more and more Indian/Western origin weopons over Russian options. From now onwards, we should...
  4. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    As much as I am a staunch admirer of the Russian Su-57 program and was one of those who in the past wished the Indian Airforce would have gone ahead with the FGFA program, I am anything but in support of it now. Just a while back, we had received an offer from the US where they would help in the...
  5. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Apologies if already posted before but still posting it here. "IAF's Netra AWACS."
  6. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    The irony is that I actually once came across this guy in a comment section. I got into an argument with him. He kept on trying to prove that HAL is inefficient and Also tried to say things like India should buy KAI-FX, India should privatise HAL and blah blah blah. Oh boy I have the...
  7. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    All of my points and assumptions are being on the basis of that article itself. There is no official confirmation that we are buying or leasing TU-160 from the Russians.
  8. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    I mean it is not like that we will buy these planes in large numbers as such. But still, regardless of that, the cost of 10-20 Airframes will be less than the entire cost of MRFA as we speak. Coming to logistics, Infrastructure, I think so that instead of developing all that, we can directly...
  9. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    I searched on the internet with regards to "per unit" cost of TU-160 and I have a few sources here quoting the cost of bombers ordered by the Russian Airforce. If in a hypothetical scenario we buy these bombers from Russia, then we will acquire them in fly away cost. So the per unit cost which...
  10. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    OK. So Basically you are trying to say that if Ghatak UCAV is successful then we can make a larger unmanned/manned bomber over its base design? I don't know how much payload such a design will be able to carry but looking at current situation, the TU-160 is a good option. The amount of payload...
  11. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Lately I have been hearing reports that India is interested in acquiring TU-160 bombers from Russia. IMO, the TU-160 is a very capable platform. TU-160 has the capability to fire Raduga Kh-55 series cruise missiles and AS-16 Kickback short-range nuclear missiles. AS-16 has an operational range...
  12. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    We should not depend upon the Russians for Super Sukhoi Upgrade, we should go for our own Indigenous upgrade package, with the exception of the Engine, we can replace pretty much all the components and sensors in SU-30 MKI with Indian origin ones.
  13. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    I am not sure about this bro but I do know the there were Articles/news on open sources which stated that the "Ruskies" were offering us Zhuk AESA Radar on SU-30 MKI as an upgrade package.
  14. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    If I recall, back in the day when we did not have UTTAM AESA Radar Ready, The Russians were offering us their Zhuk AESA radar for SU-30 MKI.
  15. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Technically Speaking, Pakistan doesn't really have a government. All the elements of society (be it Politics, National Interest etc) are under the control of the Pakistan Military. If their Military establishment wants to buy something new (be it ships, helicopters, Fighter Jets) than they will...
  16. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    I am very curious to see how these J-10C will Look in the Pakistan Day Parade's Flypast which is touted to happen on 23rd March. Pakistan was Negotiating for J-10 as far back as 2006 around during the Musharraf era. I always wonder though to myself :- "How the Heck did Pakistan manage to afford...
  17. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    What is Predator-B used for? Is it used for Combat or only for Surveillance? If these Predator B Drones which are supposed to bought by us and have been put on hold than I guess we can say Rustom-2 is the Indigenous Alternative for it.
  18. Super Flanker

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    All our Current LCA Tejas MK-1 use Israeli EL/M-2032 hybrid multi-mode fire control radar. Elta-2052s will be equipped with Tejas MK-1A version. Some Tejas MK-1A will have Elta-2052s and some will have UTTAM AESA Radar.
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