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If the US needs to be rewarded for help vs China then buy more P8s and 100+ Apaches. Not SH.

Rafale gives higher strategic autonomy than the SH. For once I wish the MoD bureaucracy and political executive steps in and scuttles any SH procurement and goes for a further 4-6 squadrons of Rafale. The whip is already being cracked hard on the LCA Mk2. Having a plane zoo is not something that...

Probably to some extent. And we should use it to our advantage. From a strategic point of view India is needed now to deal with China. Later India will be a competitor. If thinking long term then our best purchases from the US should be support platforms, ELINT, COMINT, and other electronics...

No need for new type fighters to add to our plane zoo. IMO a staggered purchase of 6 Rafale squadrons is good enough for MRFA. By the time these materialise in 2025-26 as far as deliveries and inductions go(2 squadrons by 2022, 2 more by 2024, and 2 more by 2026), the MWF will be ready and 83...

I think IAF is hell bent for a Western platform or a Western influenced one. As Air Marshal Nambiar said in his interview to Shiv Aroor, even the LCA is Western influenced and is a mini Mirage 2000. Keeping this in mind I don’t think they will opt for Su-57. IAF has already voiced several...

Respectfully disagree. IAF is a big plane zoo from various sources already. No need to complicate it further. Order another 6 squadrons of Rafales and make that the last imported plane in the IAF.

In fact, LCA Mk1 and Mk1A will completely replace the MiG 21s and form our second line of defence along with the MiG 29s in the current decade, and be our dedicated second line from 2030s onwards. Once the Mk2 MWF fighters start rolling in, they will be used to replace the oldest Jaguars first...

Nope. Our current MiG 29 UPGs will not be in service post 2030 because the airframe life will be exhausted. In fact the UPG program was due to the delay in the LCA program. And the new MiG 29s that are coming in may serve till mid 2030s if they are of the UPG standard. UPG standard will get...