Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon

[Immanuel]

Don't post that Ajay Shukla garbage, he is a paid shill to bash the MKI and anything that isn't the F-35. Your most recent source says it is only 60% and I just told you it is up to 63%. The availability during an exercise has nothing to do with fleet wide availability... I already told you so get it through your head. I don't like repeating myself.

Does't matter about Shukla, that CAG report is from 2014, recent source is from last year Jan and there has been an increase of 7-8% every 8 months. As said, availabaility of the MKI is 75%, unless you have more recent sources citing otherwise, until then suck on it. Gagan Shakti was not a mere excercise, it was simulated mobilization based on achieving a set benchmarked peace time availability across the fleet and to push all platforms to max possible war time avalability for MKI that was over 90%, others like Mirage, Jags and Mig-29s had consistently over 85% availability in this 3 week long operation.

 

[Armand2REP]

Does't matter about Shukla, that CAG report is from 2014, recent source is from last year Jan and there has been an increase of 7-8% every 8 months. As said, availabaility of the MKI is 75%, unless you have more recent sources citing otherwise, until then suck on it. Gagan Shakti was not a mere excercise, it was simulated mobilization based on achieving a set benchmarked peace time availability across the fleet and to push all platforms to max possible war time avalability for MKI that was over 90%, others like Mirage, Jags and Mig-29s had consistently over 85% availability in this 3 week long operation.

Who says it has increased EVERY 8 months? Who says it is 75%? You are just spouting garbage with no facts. Rafale had a 99% availability over Libya which was far more than any exercise... it was combat. That certainly wasn't the fleet wide availability, only the high readiness fighters tasked for the war. Same applies to MKI during any exercise. That makes three times I have to say it. Do you understand now?

 

[BON PLAN]

Rafale doesn't carry this weapon and therefore cannot meet the need.

Why not?
It already carried annd fired ASMP A. So a free fall idiot bomb.... piece of cake !

 

[BON PLAN]

Since, the process will be delayed, the cost of the F-35 will even be lower when the deal is finally struck.

In the LM dreams.

The later LM dreams were a plane cheap, F16 like agile, reliable, supercuising, stealth.

At the wake up only remain stealth. And some said that US has already declared it not as VLO but LO, and all the non first rank ally (ie GB, Australia) will have less stealthy planes....

 

[BON PLAN]

Costs of the F-35 will be lower or on par with the Rafale & EF and F-35 will win on price quality.

just wait the first US news about the non commitment to the original target of quantity.
As all the other customers.... It's just a question of time.

 

[Immanuel]

Who says it has increased EVERY 8 months? Who says it is 75%? You are just spouting garbage with no facts. Rafale had a 99% availability over Libya which was far more than any exercise... it was combat. That certainly wasn't the fleet wide availability, only the high readiness fighters tasked for the war. Same applies to MKI during any exercise. That makes three times I have to say it. Do you understand now?

Over the last 3 years there have been a good amount actions taken by both IAF, HAL to get this availability to roughly 75% during peacetime with ability to hit 90% during 3-4 weeks of intense combat. With several contacts working at key air bases, HAL, I am fully aware of the progression.

Gagan Shakti availability of 80% was Air Force wide in this like combat scenario with MKIs, LCA scoring over 90%. IAF mobilized all it's fighters in it's active inventory barring those aircraft undergoing overhauls and upgrades. Seems like you didn't understand the point of this excercise. Having 99% availability of Rafale in combat with a couple of squadrons is quite nice but Gagan Shakti was a whole different ball game, one where two formidable enemies are dealt with over high tempo Ops spread over 3 weeks and where the entire active inventory of helos and aircraft are mobilized.

 

[Immanuel]

Why not?
It already carried annd fired ASMP A. So a free fall idiot bomb.... piece of cake !

Yes, but it will cost an arm & a leg for Belgium to integrate on the Rafale, US won't allow it's nukes to be deployable from a competitor's aircraft. Are nuke ASMP-A available for deployment in Belgium? No, so that's a mute point. F-35 will carry it by default.

 

[Armand2REP]

Over the last 3 years there have been a good amount actions taken by both IAF, HAL to get this availability to roughly 75% during peacetime with ability to hit 90% during 3-4 weeks of intense combat. With several contacts working at key air bases, HAL, I am fully aware of the progression.

Gagan Shakti availability of 80% was Air Force wide in this like combat scenario with MKIs, LCA scoring over 90%. IAF mobilized all it's fighters in it's active inventory barring those aircraft undergoing overhauls and upgrades. Seems like you didn't understand the point of this excercise. Having 99% availability of Rafale in combat with a couple of squadrons is quite nice but Gagan Shakti was a whole different ball game, one where two formidable enemies are dealt with over high tempo Ops spread over 3 weeks and where the entire active inventory of helos and aircraft are mobilized.

Quoting the availability of high readiness aircraft during a three day exercise doesn't tell you anything about their readiness for war that lasts longer than three days. Rafale over Libya were in combat for 240 days and maintained much higher availability rates than MKI that only flew thirteen days. 240 > 13... 99% > 75%... that also includes Rafale M from the CdG. The Tejas had 8 aircraft in which 2 suffered technical problems bringing it down to 6 running 6 sorties per day so that availability was 75% and MKI was quoted as the same 75%. That 75% doesn't include aircraft down for maintenance but only aircraft that participated in the exercise.

 

[BON PLAN]

Yes, but it will cost an arm & a leg for Belgium to integrate on the Rafale, US won't allow it's nukes to be deployable from a competitor's aircraft. Are nuke ASMP-A available for deployment in Belgium? No, so that's a mute point. F-35 will carry it by default.

A ASMP A equipped squad Rafale can be deployed in Belgium. Just half an hour to an hour of flight !

The real question is : ASMP A is a NATO weapon? Not so far. But imagine France "giving" half of its ASMPA fleet to NATO... Here we are. There is at least one solution. And you agree with me ASMPA is more effective than a free fall bomb (a 1950' weapon), except for the yield.

 

[Alfalfa]

Just placing this out here!
- Luftwaffe has just 4 combat ready aircraft as of today! Wonder what their pilots fly?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...mbat-ready-eurofighters-pressure-builds-weak/

 

[Sancho]

Unconfirmed, but interesting news reports

 

[Sancho]

Beautiful shots

 

[WolfPack86]

Airbus has confirmed that they will pitch Typhoon fighter jets for MMRCA 2 to get the contract of supplying 110 fighter jets for Indian Air Force. Whereas according to some media, Dassault yet to offer Rafales for this new global competition , instead they are waiting for follow on orders.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TeamINDRA/photos/?ref=page_internal

 

[BON PLAN]

Airbus has confirmed that they will pitch Typhoon fighter jets for MMRCA 2 to get the contract of supplying 110 fighter jets for Indian Air Force. Whereas according to some media, Dassault yet to offer Rafales for this new global competition , instead they are waiting for follow on orders.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TeamINDRA/photos/?ref=page_internal

The MMRCA2 is tailor made for Rafale.
You can be sure Dassault will answer, with a strong and ready industrial package thanks to the offset phase of the 36 Rafale contract.
Dassault, with its Reliance co enterprise is nearly 3 years ahead of any other west potential supplier in term of MII delivery lead time (because when it will be inked, IAF will need its planes for yesterday !)

It's another Rafale victory. The sole unknown is when will it be inked.

 

[Sancho]

Awesome pics of RAF Typhoons

 

[WolfPack86]

Choose one Dassault Rafale F4 EUROFIGHTER Typhoon P3E Centurion Yet to be announced if will be offered to #IAF #Rafale #Typhoon
https://twitter.com/indiandefencera?lang=en

 

[Sancho]

How The Typhoon Is Being Made Future-Ready
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https://www.forces.net/news/how-typhoon-being-made-future-ready

 

[Sancho]

Great video of RAF Typhoons and Croatian Mig 21s training together.

 

[Sancho]

Aero Mod Kit

 

[Sancho]

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