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Chinese product? Is it that famous in China too? :D

That actually is a strength for India - no matter how amusing you find it. In every way, having strategic allies and suppliers willing to sell to you is a good thing. Look back and you will find that thorughout the last 200 years, countries which have had larger supply and strategic partners...

Is there a front-on Closeup of the PAK-FA latest prototype? I would like to see how much of the engine show up through the inlet ...

Actually a one piece canopy (F-22, F-35) IS better for stealth than a two-piece regular canopy (F-15). A two-piece canopy with the frames/ edges made up of composite (F-117, B-2) is almost as good as a one piece canopy. However, a one piece canopy is also good for all round visibility which is...

Is that a rear facing radar sticking out between the engine exhausts of the PAK-FA? Also, what's up with the 2-piece canopy still?

One of the best technical assessments of the PAK-FA I have found till date - http://www.slideshare.net/AmicusCuriae/sukhoi-t50-pakfa-assessment And an interesting blog about USAF response to the PAK-FA -...

That number of ~220 is the current "count" as per IAF - right? But that only talks about the first batch. If the PAK-FA are going to replace all MKIs and maybe even some of the other types (naval, Mig-29Ks etc) then there should be even more ones - I read somewhere that the estimated numbers...

Well, IMHO any ABM shield with ANYTHING less than 100% effectiveness is not a great defense at all when you are facing the Pakis. If Pakis fires 10 nuke-tipped missiles and Indian ABM has 80% effectiveness, it means at least 2 missiles will get through. Can you imagine the devastation that 2...

According to congressional committee and GAO assessment, the Patriot missiles (V 1) had a success rate of less than 1% for the 1990s first Gulf War. Subsequently the Patriots were improved - mostly with the radars and the software.

Funny - consider this - we opened our economy 15 years after the Chinese and are still about a third of the Chinese economy in size. Also our defence industry has very little "beg-borrow-steal" experience like the Chinese do. So, our making a 4.5 gen fighter ready by the time the Chinese have a...

No - I doubt the Russians will pay you, Rouble or otherwise (Russian "Brides"). What you have is a late late onset of cold war infection - it's like the phantom limb syndrome - you feel it even when it's not there. :P Anyway, I do support the Russians for some things, as I do the French or the...

Hmmmm - so you mean to say that every time a forum member mentions that Russians are not professionals in many of their decisions, it is your moral duty to jump in? Again - why? I live in the USA and even then I do not jump in most of the times to correct anti-USA slants. I only do it when I...

No, you would not call him a liar - it is just a case of "marketing up". However, that does not answer the question about how or why you are SO pro-Russian. I remember the time when Ru Navy bailed on IN warships for a joint exercise, you were the only Indian on DFI still supporting Ru Navy. :D...

I saw all the discussion between Archer and P2Prada about LPI - here's what it is ... Modern multimode radars may incorporate "low probability of intercept (LPI)" features that prevent the radar from tripping off alarm systems in a target. LPI features include: Generating a narrow beam...

Still no single piece canopy in the 3rd prototype?

AFAIK - they have ...

Really? The J-20 will rival the JSF? A company with no experience in stealth will rival LM who have created the ONLY stealth fighter in existance? Hmmm - here's what I think of how good the J-20 will be -

Even regular spray-paint is "nano" coating. :D Use of carbon nano-particles in paints/ material production is one of the most common "nano-technologies" being used.

That's Radar absorbent materials and coating - old method - not Plasma stealth. Plasma stealth is more like a EM cloak - somewhere in between a jammer and a RAM coating.

Yeah - at ~$100 million a piece, the PAK-FA will be expensive for MOST countries. For less than half that price, countries can get a Mig-35 ($40 million) or a Su-30 MK++ for $50 million. Big, scary, enough stealth for survival, but enough presence for neighbors envy too. What do most countries...