Yup. Early f 35 maneuverability was limited by the software. They didn't allow to fly the plane to it's potential. Subsequent software upgrades have allowed the F 35 to fly like it was intended to. The engine thrust on the F 35 is also more than most twin engine fighters, at 190 KN.
Best thing would be another vikrant class IAC1 type of aircraft carrier. Because if we went on buying xyz from other nations then our capabilities which have generated over the years will be lost. Whole infrastructure to build aircraft carrier will be lost. So government will not do that.
Then there would have been east Pakistan another bigger cancer for india. India used soviets for good and break the Pakistan. In 90s india and Pakistan was on same level and American interest was quite high with Pakistan because Pakistan was easy way to keep influence on Middle East. Pakistan was helping them to deal with Chinese. Pakistan was eventually keeping soviet proxy india in check.
Look at the upgrades and tell me which one country would have given all of it plus guaranteed the integration.
Indigenous one infact no harm if we take some more
Are you from Philippines ?
You look at that dude.. in 2020s we will be getting an upgrade with no AESA no meteor integrated
I my history is correcy Americans first approached India after WW2 when Cold War was starting. But Nehru was playing this pathetic holier than thou game. The Americans from Truman to Eisenhower to Kennedy courted India. Had India only earlier accepted American overtures the Pakistanis would not have been as more tfnatious as what it managed and would have been broken up much esrlier. China too would not have easily invaded Indian territory. But Nehru naively wanted to be above power politics not thinking that international relations is naturally power politics. So the Americans got the next best thing in South Asia, Pakistan, and China was bolder in acting against India. India on the other hand had no choice but to side with USSR.
That's how history works we cannot change it. But we can utilize the consequences of those choices correctly. India have come long ahead nehru era. Things are totally different. India's diplomacy is multi dimensional.
Do the french even have an AESA except the RBE2 AA? That is used on Rafale and was not functional when this deal was signed.
I think you should tell that to USAF and Navy F-4 and and F-105 pilots of the Vietnam war who were shot down by cheap, obsolete Mig-17s and Mig-21s flown by peasants from a 3rd world country. Ask the IDF if the
The deal was made around 2011 same time line when they offered AESA equipped Rafale to us.
The 100 series and succeeding fighters of USAF, USN and USMC were definitely more cutting edge than Soviet supplied Mig15, 17 and 21. But where the Americans erred in Vietnam was in that tactics and training. They simply were not trained to exploit their aorcrafts', sensors' and weapons advantage. Instead, they would engage in a turning fight with often older but more agile Russian fighters so they get shot down. Yet the US for es still has an impressive record over Vietnam.
If 100 series "were definitely more cutting edge than Soviet supplied Mig15, 17 and 21" but less agile, then why were the succeeding F-16, F-15, F/A-18, F-22, F-35 designed to be more manoeuvrable like the Migs? Why did they copy the inferior and obsolete aircraft for the next 40+ years and continue to do so?
Agility is only one thing. A Zero or P-51 would be more agile in a turning fight than either Sabre or Mig-15. But would you consider Zero or Mustang citting edge over Sabre or Mig-15?
In the realm of probabilities the figures of USAF is always closer to the truth than Soviet's.
Of course the US is entitled to withold support if a country is already using US weapons against American units, interesys or allies. It's called self-defense.
Soviet and now Russian wespons in general will always be behind its Western counterparts. The Soviet doctrine has always relied on quantity as quality. But Russia cannot afford that now. Unfortunately again for Russia, it cannot also rely on quality since the West has put an embargo on sensitive electronics that it has relied upon in its current military rebuilding. In the meantime wualified engineers are leaving Russia for greener pastures abroad (and some stayed behind gets incinerated by stupid ideas like nuclear powered cruise missile).
article de 2012.... c'était ce qui était imaginé, et puis.....
