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a realistic article/observations by the anonymous IAF officer. "joint development" was a misnomer. india would be at best contributing to the "composies", avionics including possibly EW system etc.. however what India would be aiming/gaining is - 1. by being an "equal partner" will...

0_0 you said - and i agreed. what is "narcissistic" about agreeing??

indeed it has improved by a notch. just a look at the Mig 29k vis a vis Mig 29s will suffice. but we still operate Mig 21Bis/M/MF/FL. these are much older ones. here is the fleet strength of IAF updated as of oct 19th 2009. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Units/Others/281-Fleet.html...

normally when a fighter's life is considered, the engine life is the major factor in determining it. airframe can even exceed 40 years provided they are well maintained with mid life stress analysis . case in point our Mig 21s which have already gone beyond 40 yrs. there was a recent article...

you are right. that $1500 figure was given by some fancy russian media guy "supposedly" quoting some russian source. it will be much much higher than $1500 though IMO less than the western 5th gen fighters because russians have not given sooo much importance to "stealth" as F-22. they have given...

it can't. and from your source - it is clear - either they will have to use catapults or STOBAR mechanism.

another fine post NIL. good work.

NIL, good work. a fine post. keep up.

PAKFA has more of F-22 wing influence. Armand the canted verticle tail fins have been kept small for RCS reduction. if this was a problem, do you think they will compromise on that?? will they be so foolish!! you are missing the point that - PAKFA will sport 3D tvc. this along with...

even carlo kopp in his article states an RCS of 0.0125-0.05 m2. this, he says is based on the statements SUKHOI people. i have pointed this out Armand in one of my previous posts. he goes on 0.5 m2 for i don't know what reasons!! ajai shukla's article mentions 1/40th of SU 30 MKI whereas...

capital may have been a problem for the russians. but indian involvement will address that to a great extent. one needs to remember the PAKFA which flew is only a prototype. initial tests would be basically to determine aerodynamics and stress factors and validation of the airframe and...

but sir, he has a sound basis for that. even a rand corp. run simulation puts down F-35. this became a contoversy. this also will help - http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?documentid=4370&programID=37&from_page=../friendlyversion/printversion.cfm kopp is specially talking the advantage of...

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2010-01.html

agree with you sir on that. invisible is impossible. may be she is just too enthusiastic about PAKFA's 'LO' signature. however there are things she writes about F-22 in that article. i asked you about that in my previous post. what truth is there to it??

i guess, they mean to say the system's sensors are so advanced, that - they come close to what can be humanly possible.

looking at the LERX and short take off capability and a natural high lift it obtains because of large delta wing, it seems, PAKFA down the line will have a naval variant - speculative though at present.

'Russian Stealth' may gain market supremacy in ten years' time 13.02.2010, 12.39 By Itar-Tass World Service writer Lyudmila Alexandrova The Russian defense-industrial complex has delivered a fifth-generation jet that is promised to be far less costly than its US rivals. The T-50...

@gambit sir i quote here from an article from ITAR-TASS (which i am going to post in full in the next post) - http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14819433 ofcourse the author is a columnist (not sure if she is an expert in the field) but still what amount of truth is there to it...

2 seat PAKFA sketch - frm the paralay.

An interesting article of Peter Butowsky appeared in the French Air&Cosmos Magazine. I put here the original text and the translation in Russian. From interesting moments could be noted a sentence that the light 5th gen tactical aircraft variant will be developed starting from 2012...