He also claimed atleast 1 mk2 unit will be rolled out late this year or early next year...says left over funds were enough to produce this one but will take time to produce more units..lets see what AI holds in store ...if bad news comes ill go to lm or saab to look for sponsorship
Rafale is covering up netra from this angle and only antenna of netra is visible and it seems like antenna is coming out of rafale so a joke from hvt sir.
Yes after mk2 fiasco I have lost all trust from saurav jha
Heck their satellite images on Google is also very clear
imo if this is true that means a rafale deal is in the works ...same goes for the renewed american interest for engine jv
lol @ F35 in IAF.
Gov won't waive off national security to Lockheed system admins. The F-35 is out of the question simply for the reason how much control America retains on it's products.
These are the same people ( both civilian and military) that went for Ak 203 without any trials.
Source:-
www.google.com
We do operate American aircraft already C-17, C-130, Apache, P8i .how bad can it be?
Depends upon the agreement
Check 1. AUKUS: angered the French by snatching the Australian submarine deal... & in consolation asked its pets UAE & Indonesia to go ahead with substantial rafale orders (80+42) booking the production line for next 5+ yrsCheck 2. The most stringent Sanctions on Russia before & after the Ukraine conflict preventing IAF from acquiring aircraft from It's topmost supplier... (the deals for additional mig-29s & sukhois are almost dead)... IAF condition becomes more precariousCheck 3. Not letting PAF lose steam: Support & enhancement package for Paki F-16s last yr
And dropped 5 billion USD on S-400 without any “ToT” or industrial offsets.
I don't!! We need a second reliable source of supplier that will not sanction us. That is the only way to control our costs.
IIRC we get local manufacturing of the missiles.
I don't care anymore if it's checkmate or notIndian Airforce: inching towards a Checkmate
The IAF is one bad news away from a US Checkmate forcing it to buy an American fighter
How I see it?
I don't look at it in economic sense... it's not that without the IAF deal boeing/Lockheed won't survive...
It's the strategic sense... creating Indian dependence on US for military needs... till today we have acquired a variety of equipment from US but govt/IAF has played safe on fighter procurement
How the US is maneuvering to achieve it?
(Yes I am taking the "everything is a conspiracy line")
(Another bad news of our own creation... delay in Tejas MK2... I have no doubts somehow they orchestrated all this... delayed fund allocation)
Now sudden news of F-35 offering by Lockheed... earlier Boeing replaced F-18 with F-15 in its offering for IAF
With each of the above events... IAF's situation became thin... it needs fighters today... the only supplier that can now ensure timely deliveries at a higher rate is the USA
(The French will do assembly/manufacturing in India only for a large order... & small repeat orders will take greater than 4 years to begin delivery)
What's next?? CHECKMATE!!
