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They are offloading the Mirage because they have Rafales now.

IN and IAF literally shared radio conversation between incoming Rafales and INS Kolkata when the former first arrived. IN and IAF in joint exercises have had land targets detected by Phalanx and engaged by Brahmos. they have exercised joint air dominance WE DONT HAVE NET CENTRIC CAPABILITY...

Aakash hai bhai.

No shit. the OLS30 is ancient by modern standards.

https://hushkit.net/2024/01/01/the-10-most-beautiful-indian-aircraft/ a rather fun read

tejas's auto low speed recovery is essential for a pure Delta like Mirage that can easily go into flat spins during ACM

CCIP magic

The MIG21 would make a terrible training platform because of how demanding it is of the pilot. It would make a fantastic missile though if one bothers to unman the thing.

expect substantial portion of the budget to be in the form of groundwork for upgrading the MKIs. as in all the other birds in the fleet.

The USMC insistence on VTOL fucked its aerodynamics. It should have been a simplified F22.

Arreh inki brief hai to keep shit simple. The MiG29 has a top tier EW suite. That more than anything makes it an excellent platform for the theatre.

They had very poor service and maintenance by the end. AS it is, the P8I will serve the same role if needed.

Aye - they are being done in coordination with IN maritime domain awareness center.

Exactly. What shit is this. Bravado is one thing, trust is another, training and adherence to RoEs is entierly alag

Not RADAR, EOIR

Oh the COPE series of exercises with the IAF, have been termed as the MOST LEARNING exercises ever - for the USAF. And there's good reason why IAF does its best to exercise from USAF, FAF, Israelis,and now the JADF too. Now that i think about it, theres good reason why all three services...

Aye. F16 getting gunned by Su30K

Tbh Vayu magazine's photos are epic too

It has MAWS. Have seen the modules myself. MAWS is part and parcel of your EW defensive suite.