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Are you guys tired of this MMRCA drama?Me too.
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But apparently air force is not.
They need to understand that their budget is not going to see a massive boost in next 10-15 years.But we also need to have 45 squadrons to dominate the 2 front war.
The only solution is Rafale+Sukhoi(upgraded) and Tejas and its variants.
Cap Su-30s numbers at 270 and start upgrading them right away(they are already about 20 years old).Get the best radar engine avionics and missiles for it,this is going to remain our bread and butter for next 10+ years.
Rafale although provides us with supposed edge against pakistan and china is really expensive,we cannot afford to have 10 squadrons of Rafale as Air force wants to have in mid term.I said supposedly because i dont see how only 36 will arrest downfall in squadron numbers,do recon missions,bomb enemy territory and fight dogfights while also managing 2 different fronts.Best would be to purchase 36/54 more of this and be done with it.Its too expensive to purchase and maintain.
For Tejas,this is the only thing that can save squadron numbers.Go full afterburner on MK1A and MK2MWF.Order 400+ of this combined and bet big on MWF because it is in the same class as F-16,has the same payload somewhat less range but okay and good TWR and because its an indigenous product so we should be able to integrate whatever system we want on this thing.Plus as this is single engine so operating costs are dirt cheap and it can do shit tonne of sorties a day.
In the aftermath of 27th feb dogfight we should have immediately ordered 10/12 DRDO netra which performed their job exceptionally well but GUBBERMINT just sat on it and hasnt done much.
AMCA is still good 10-15 years away and we should be putting resources into it.It would be a fools gambit to assume that chinese 5th gen jets are joke.Lets be serious about it.
The rate at which chinese and even paki air force's are adding numbers,its only a matter of time before air force loses whatever edge it enjoys.
In 10 years time if things continue the way they are then we will be left with Rusted out MIG-29,Mirage 2000,Older than your parents JAGUAR,uber expensive rafale,outclassed Su-30s and undesired Tejas.While pakis will field 300 or maybe more F-16s and JF-17s and chinese will be able to muster similar or maybe more numbers of fighters against us.
Then there is problem of integration,we must step up on our SFDR missile and ASTRA missile for BVR.METEOR although a ground breaking missile may not be integrated on SU-30s and Tejas so we must have a local industry and capacity to develop equipment.
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But apparently air force is not.
They need to understand that their budget is not going to see a massive boost in next 10-15 years.But we also need to have 45 squadrons to dominate the 2 front war.
The only solution is Rafale+Sukhoi(upgraded) and Tejas and its variants.
Cap Su-30s numbers at 270 and start upgrading them right away(they are already about 20 years old).Get the best radar engine avionics and missiles for it,this is going to remain our bread and butter for next 10+ years.
Rafale although provides us with supposed edge against pakistan and china is really expensive,we cannot afford to have 10 squadrons of Rafale as Air force wants to have in mid term.I said supposedly because i dont see how only 36 will arrest downfall in squadron numbers,do recon missions,bomb enemy territory and fight dogfights while also managing 2 different fronts.Best would be to purchase 36/54 more of this and be done with it.Its too expensive to purchase and maintain.
For Tejas,this is the only thing that can save squadron numbers.Go full afterburner on MK1A and MK2MWF.Order 400+ of this combined and bet big on MWF because it is in the same class as F-16,has the same payload somewhat less range but okay and good TWR and because its an indigenous product so we should be able to integrate whatever system we want on this thing.Plus as this is single engine so operating costs are dirt cheap and it can do shit tonne of sorties a day.
In the aftermath of 27th feb dogfight we should have immediately ordered 10/12 DRDO netra which performed their job exceptionally well but GUBBERMINT just sat on it and hasnt done much.
AMCA is still good 10-15 years away and we should be putting resources into it.It would be a fools gambit to assume that chinese 5th gen jets are joke.Lets be serious about it.
The rate at which chinese and even paki air force's are adding numbers,its only a matter of time before air force loses whatever edge it enjoys.
In 10 years time if things continue the way they are then we will be left with Rusted out MIG-29,Mirage 2000,Older than your parents JAGUAR,uber expensive rafale,outclassed Su-30s and undesired Tejas.While pakis will field 300 or maybe more F-16s and JF-17s and chinese will be able to muster similar or maybe more numbers of fighters against us.
Then there is problem of integration,we must step up on our SFDR missile and ASTRA missile for BVR.METEOR although a ground breaking missile may not be integrated on SU-30s and Tejas so we must have a local industry and capacity to develop equipment.