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Hammer comes with a propulsion kit . Other bombs u mentions dont have it . So fighter jet has to climb a required height to release them . And its nt easy as tibet already at a high altitude and long range air defence like s400 and other chinese systems deployed there . We need more fighter jets...

In a real war scenario figher jets fly in a formation . Fighter jet number and number of shorties ll matter a lot . One on one fair fight hardly happen . Things like topography in both lac and loc matter a lot due to himalaya . For exp how mig 21 was nt detected by f16 due pir panjal .. Any...

From below article Hammer does not need to be fired from a height; it just hugs the mountain features, zooms to a height when approaching the target and then destroys it top down at an ninety degree angle with the capacity of last minute target adjustments using three different guidance...

The real value of tejas program ll be realised whn CATS project becomes successful . Indigenous programming where you have ownership allows u the flexibility for such program . Imagine a twin seater tejas mother ship sending numbers of those stealth drone to hostile territory with air to air...

U want it or dont want it . Either 36 more rafale or 114 fighter jets which ever is coming to India . And indo france relation cnt be equated with Russo-France . They are in different dimentions .

Dependence on France makes sense Because it does nt have any stakes or any role in things concerning India . Buying aircraft from a country requires constant supplies and support .. We are already too much in to Russia .. How much more liverage u wld like to give them .

At such low operating cost IAF ll operate a fighter jet with AESA , EW system , helmet mounted display and unmatched weapon package like python v short range , astra family , meteor ( once uttam aesa integrated ) , brahmosh ng , spice 2000 and other indian bombs . Indeed a good deal .

Per hour operating cost of indian fighter jets . Tejas operating cost 2nd lowest at 4k $ which is above mirage 2k 2700-3700 $ . Probably mk1a operating cost ll be lower . Rafale highest at 16k $ . Followed by su30 ...

Yes .. astra is made in india .. integration in tejas mk1 is near completion . It ll be used in tejas mk1a as well . Further dual pulse version of astra and sfdr ll be integrated later .

The reason i said crisis is because IAF still operating aircrafts like mig21 and we had to reactivate mig27 whn faced with chinese threat ... We also went for emergency purchase of mig 29 which is nt so superior whn faced with chinese threat . Second without AESA , engine and other updates...

Thats why i was supportive of f21 deal in mmrca 2.0 initially . We wld have got 114 fighter jet in short period of time and local MRO facility of lockheed martin and probably AIM260 missile .. But people get emotional and start abusing 😅 .. Airforce rightnow is facing a crisis given...

mk1a ll look exactly like FOC or any different .. when can we expect to see the 1st mk1a

Tejas mk2 production ll start 2029-30 and that too it cnt be gurrentied as its a new platform whose prototype has nt been out yet .. Yet to see how impressed IAF ll be or wht extra IAF ll ask to insert later .. We need to get jets under MMRCA as soon as possible ...

Replaced with gan based aesa radar ?

No aircraft yet except grippen . Swedden not part of nato . That does nt mean countries does nt have gan tech like india . So far no plan to replace f35 radar as far as i know .

If u mean chinese fighter jets then not yet . Grippen till now only aircraft to fly with gan aesa radar last year .

When can we expect to see 1st tejas mk1a ?

Next big thing for airforce aftr rafale be i think super sukhoi program . Is there a timeline for that ?

Tejas has rcs of 0.5 as per publicly available figure.. i dnt knw whether its official or not.. which i think is goodbif true.. uttam aesa can drtect 2mt sq object frm a distance of 150km . So i think tejas ll be detected much later . If it can lunch bvr missiles like astra mk1 and mk2 ,sfdr...