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Great article https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2021/08/a-successor-for-the-amazing-c-17-globemaster/

It’s not just MANPADS, semi active radar guided missiles like AIM-7, R-27, IR guided Mica-IR, Sidewinder, python, ASRAAM all will not be “seen” on RWR. Against modern optronics (IRST) coupled with longer ranged IR guided missiles, RWR is useless and DC-MAWS is a must have. That is quite...

How does a heat seeking missile have any signal on RWR. Agree if it is an active radar guided missile like AMRAAM, RWR will go off in terminal phase. However, RWR should be already going off because you have a primary FCR lock.

Sounds like DRDO, the maker of D-29 is wrong about its own system not having MAWS. The author of the first article is also wrong, since you have “seen it yourself” and your expertise on the topic trumps theirs.

You are mixing DC-MAWS with EW. Both are very different. Please read the article. “D-29 is an integrated EW system for Radar warning and jamming that encompasses RWR, ECM, ESM functions and utilizes state-of-the-art active phased arrays for selectively jamming the multiple threat radars.” It...

https://forceindia.net/feature-report/sukhoi-upgrade-poised-takeoff/ Interestingly, to this day, Indian Migs or Sukhois do not have MAWS! “….the evident criminal negligence displayed by the MoD, DRDO and DARE since the previous decade has only ensured that the IAF’s MiG-29UPG and Su-30MKI...

F-35 is cheaper to acquire and significantly cheaper to maintain compared to all 4th generation fighters. Read this: In what surely must be a hard thing for Lockheed’s competitors to read, the Swiss Federal Council says: “The F-35A also has the lowest operating costs of all of the candidates...

Yes, agree. F-35 clearance requires serious commitment from both sides which I see lacking.

Lockheed is a vendor and has to say what needs to be said. Moreover, LM is not dying for orders with stellar success of F-35 and resurgent F-16. No one thinks that F-21 is going to India. It would be a nightmare to deal with clearances and never ending evaluations. It is much easier to sell...

F-16 deliveries near resumption, as Bahrain’s lead Block 70 jet takes shape Craig Hoyle8 November 2022 -FLIGHT GLOBAL Instead of dying out as Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II scoops up an increasing number of international orders, the manufacturer’s older F-16 is enjoying a...

Not the final assembly. Certain par manufacturing yes.

Do you know the size of the current order-book for F-16? The estimated value of future orders is $50 billion. With resurgent market for 4th generation fighters, F-16 and others will see considerable demand. In its current avatar, F-16 can outclass majority of potential adversaries. It already...

If you want to make $10 billion first spend 5. Seriously, why would LM bother, otherwise?

Best bet for India

“We’ve got the JV with TBAL in Hyderabad that is making Apache fuselage, which is for the export customers……So now, for example, we just got an order for 96 Apache out of Poland. Those Apache fuselages are coming out of India. That will be then part of the Apache product, also in Poland.”...

The Biden administration has decided to send more AGM-88 anti-radiation missiles to Ukraine, as the Ukrainian military appears to be successfully employing them to neutralize the threat of Russian air defense systems. The fact that the HARM missile has managed to disrupt the S-400 system -...

Appears that pipeline for Russian arms to India (and others) is running dry. Push would be for quick sales to generate cash any way possible.

There are no naive questions here: The IAF variant of the Chinook does not have mid-air refuelling capability and uses additional fuel tanks instead. IAF lacks air refueling capability for slower aircraft.

I don't know the price details of F-15EX offer to Indonesia. However, here is the USN acquisition costs for F-18 E/F: https://news.usni.org/2017/06/13/navy-intends-to-buy-80-more-super-hornets-in-fydp-to-ease-fighter-shortfall "14 F-18 in 2018 for $1.25 billion , 23 in 2019 for $1.95 billion...

Which European option is cheaper than F-18? Current flyaway cost of F-18 block 3 is less than $80 million. All US weapons and sensors enjoy economies of scale and remain considerably cheaper than others. Absolutely not true. No other country allows more international integration than US. Just...