:emot159: now thats what i call an aircraft....hopefully it wont take as much time as the LCA as now we have the basic infrastructure....we will also gain some experience by assembling the FGFA PAKFA in india under the transfer of tech from russia,, and we already have considerable experience in radar absorbent paint used in our stealth ships,,when the MCA will be ready , it will be serious competition for the US F-22 to tap world markets of developing nations as it will be very cheap compared to that, by 2020 we will have LCA-mak 2s, MCA, PAKFAs, SU-30s,,,LCHs , may be even a stealthier version of LCH , our airforce will be superior to the chinese..hopefully
Buddy, we can never gain numerical superiority to Chinese which should also not be the aim. The aim should be to train an IAF pilot in such a way that he alone is capable of downing a dozen enemy fighters and for that, trainers are essential in basic, inter and advanced stage. Now that IAF has woken up to the lack of trainers in the air force, hopefully we can be as lethal as the other IAF in Asia--Israeli Air Force.
Apart from AMCA, FGFA/PAKFA, MRCA and Tejas, we need to make sure that our fighter pilots are trained to the blade's edge in both old-school dogfighting as well as BVR combat. Apart from this, it is important to ensure that low level flying below the radar coverage is also mastered for rapid ground assaults on enemy columns or airfields, to distinguish between dummy and real fighters parked, to train and be aware of how many stationing points the enemy has and how to make him bleed enough before he enters Indian territory so that it is an easy kill.
No offense to either Chinese or Pakistani members, but this is a pure tactic that I am explaining here.
With regards to China, the hostile terrain and airspace of Tibet offers a buffer zone for the PLAAF: it means that in order for IAF to bomb Chinese key military installations and cities, we'd have lost considerable fuel and pilot's energy in crossing Tibet. Aerial fueling tankers can only enter once the potential aerial threat from enemy side has been weakened. While if PLAAF has to strike us, their missiles can simply move into Occupied Aksai Chin and simply target Delhi which would save more cost.
Losing Tibet and inefficient strategic planning
was the biggest blunder Nehru committed while forming India. Had Tibet remained an independent country, we would have had the advantage of a buffer zone as much as the Chinese would have.
China's strongest point is that it has ballistic missiles deployed right next door while our missiles have to do considerable maneuvering and traveling before they can strike Chinese cities in the even of a war. Our short-sighted civilian politicians (not required in defense planning matters) seem to have as usual, callously over-looked this.
About Pakistan, there's no such issue since there are no natural boundaries for IAF or PAF to assault each others' territories except man-made SAM batteries and resources how each side uses. This is where AMCA's and PAKFA's stealth come in handy to soften enemy aerial offense or even obliterate enemy airfields in the forward areas to let the conventional fighters and the Army wreak havoc.
