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Fair point, but tell me your position if I say that we should invest in ship launched AShMs so that we don't have to launch a plane to sink a ship. Here is a scenario: You have an enemy destroyer within range of a Brahmos. Then why send a plane aloft? Similarly, should we send a plane to hit a...

This assumes that the stealthy TEDBF is being launched from a CATOBAR carrier. Not our STOBARs. Engine power will be bumped up anyway since the F414s are a stopgap solution until the 110KN class engine comes along. For anti ship missions there are ship based AshMs. For airborne anti ship...

A stealthier TEDBF with internal weapons should only be for a large CATOBAR carrier. Not the current STOBARs. VKD and VKN should only have the current TEDBFs.

For the 3rd carrier the TEDBF should be inducted in a Mk2 form with internal weapons and greater stealth features. This assumes the 3rd carrier will be CATOBAR and the TEDBF's evolution path is similar to KFX.

Then it only makes sense that IAC-2 avoid this corundum and it gets designed so that a Mk1A or even a Mk2 of the TEDBF can be made which doesn't have folding wings. But in all likelihood that won't be the case because of the space benefits of the folding wings

Folding wings are a proven technology. I hope that for IAC-2 and later they make a Mk2 version of TEDBF where STOBAR restrictions are junked and perhaps an IWB is added. TEDBF design from outside at least looks like it is taking KFX route which will have IWB in subsequent versions.

Can anyone tell if TEDBF has certain design compromises to be able to cater to IAC-1 and VKD?

They are less of a problem. RD-33 family has many reliability issues.

In dreamland I would love to see an IN MiG 29K do a Balakot like op inside Paki land. But I wouldn't trust an RD-33 engine on such missions. Its famous for conking out.

TEDBF wings are pretty Typhoonish. I thought they will probably be larger sized versions of the LCA's but apparently not!

The opera isn't over until the fat lady sings. Western sanctions can still derail our progress due to strong reliance on engines, chips, certain avionics, and materials. I hope planners are smart and are working on these.

Not an EOTS but DCMAWS. And DCMAWS will be a standard fit on all Indian and Russian origin aircraft (except the UPG I guess or the upcoming 21 MiG 29s). Also, Litening pod is being standardised across the entire IAF fleet. If the AMCA at all gets an EOTS, it will probably be a Litening pod whose...

I do not like the 8G/1.6M figures in the performance numbers. I believe it compromises some of the kinematics. In near future naval A2A engagement can be with PLAN J-16 types, which bring with them the natural kinematic performance of the Flanker line. And I am assuming that they will come with...

Oh ok ok. Yeah the wing looks straight out of a Typhoon.

Its neither stealthy nor a typhoon. Also the Typhoon has proper long arm canards.

Repeating myself again: Let the STOBARs continue with the MiG 29Ks. Build CATOBARs for TEDBF, Rafale, or anything else. At some point the STOBARs might as well be converted to helicopter carriers when we build a marine corps equivalent, or increase the amphibious numbers in the army. The MiG 29K...

Any advantages/ disadvantages of this design? Why was it rejected? Looks rather sexy IMHO.