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And make that 3 on every Super-Su without any changes at all. Very few people notice it, even fewer talk about it. We will be buying all 2000 Brahmos to be made because our own requirements will balloon, with time.

Some people actually say that the SCB that we already have, too, were sourced by way of TOT. During the time the overpriced western deals were being gifted away at the country's expense. And the S-70B deal cost us USD 1 billion for 16 examples to be supplied and 8 in options fee. That too for a...

RCS reduction is a very wide wish list. You could off course try to turn it into a Su-35S. But that would be almost like creating a new aircraft. In any case the Su-35S got made because the Russians wanted to transfer the tech to other people who could not be given the PAKFA tech transfer or...

Surprising! you know the real worth. :devil: Anyhow if all you lovers of western kit can get that deal you mention, I promise tum logon ko shagun ki daru mein pilaunga. Nehla dunga. Tumhari Cars mein bhar kar tum logon ko, duba-duba ke................ duba-duba ke ...............duba-duba...

Some things are meant for the Archives. Here's one: :hail: The Stratfor daru party had some desi Tharra served there. And Matheswaran sahib, this is for real - Nitish Kumar has backtracked on banning Taadi (Indian Made Indian Liquor in those parts of India).

Production rate of Su-30MKI by HAL is now 20 per annum. If the IAF managers cries about numbers now, just get the licences extended.:devil:

I don't think Kaveri can ever be scaled up into a AL-31 type engine. AL-31 maintains a much higher BPR and a significantly higher OPR. Kaveri has a much lower BPR and maintaining fan pressure would be difficult if its scaled up. The fan is driven by the low pressure turbine. If you try to...

Apparently the Russian proposal ten years ago was to appoint Sukhoi as the single supplier for the servicing the Su-30MKI fleet and the Russians were willing to `guaranteed' 75% availability. Off course people both in the IAF and in the MOD just slept over it.

Exactly. While flying away you know the metal is going into the element it is made for. But while landing you know you have to rely on the one practice you get the least number of hours on. Making the wheels touch the ground. This inherent change of elements forces SOPs which ask the pilots...

Good but so far as pure piloting skills are concerned, I personally rate this as the best. Though it could also lead to difficulties if something goes wrong, either with the machine or the man:

You have to first ask why did Boeing call this modification a stealth design? Stealth is highly over-rated. A sensible person would never absolutely never expect a cooperative target. And with this presumption as the working rule will come up with solutions and attack plans that fit into this...

But they could have tried Enclosed Weapons Pods. It would fit snug in between the two engines on the lower side. Like this. For Air to Air low observability capability, this solution should have been good enough. I don't doubt the rationale regarding extra weight due to canards though, to...

Merging discussions from: http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/su-30sm-flanker-d.57809/#post-1075125 I don't think this has anything to do with usage hours. I don't know which one of the Sukhois was last designed with a positive static stability. But since nearly all of the modern jets...

Hilarious conclusion. The conclusion is always a given on the net forums. Logic gets invented only after that point.

Those black nuggets should be the antenna for the Multiband-RWR part of the EW suite. I think I see, there 2 antenna towards front and 1 towards rear. LWR and MAWS should both require transparent/translucent apertures. My guess is these black nuggets are small radomes for the antenna set inside...

I am afraid, Su-30MKI is not going to be the superior weapon you are asking for in next 10 years while an upgrade will bind you for next 20+ years. PAKFA/FGFA is the next superior weapon. Su-30MKI is the next Mig-21 - the potent and unpredictable filler in your force structure.

What is the hurry for the Super Sukhoi. Nobody around is inducting anything that constitutes a compelling reason for upgrading Su30MKI. Talking of upgrading. I wish they decide in favour of comprehensive upgrades whenever they do. Though I admit different upgrade packages for different batches...

About 16 Su30MKIs are made per year. At least they have the installed capacity to make that many. By Components: By Values: Fairly high percentage is made in India now. Something that we will never get with western stuff.

IAF pilots do all the gimmicks. Most of these air show routines are crystalized and purified forms of real life maneuvers. Seen a Su do a Pugachev's Cobra over populated township at probably 500 meters. Back in 2005/2006. Actually with post stall maneuvering you are less taxed then with the...

Ability to point using TVC coupled with the ability to shoot with Helmet Mounted Sights has done a lot to iron out the difficulties with bigger planes. If on top of that you get a separate WSO then that would make things that much more relaxed for the guys on the hot seats. Sometimes I wish we...