Su-30 MKI

[natarajan]

f18 or f16 are just puppets against puppets of usa (pakistan) as we may face sanctions once war arose and even they may ask for inspection during war and look after so that their puppet are not hurt by their own weapons lol

 

[John]

no sanctions, we dont pose a direct threat to the US, our stand is clear against PAK and China. When Pak/China goes down the warpath with India, US wont support PAK. Pak is a financial burden to the US while we always have more economic value to the US than PAK and this wont and cant seize while we grow into the world's most populous nation within the next 2.5 decades. PAK is US tax payer expense. China is US' largest Debtholder, if push comes to shove and China decides to screw with us, US will join us in wiping out their debtholders.

The only reason why US tries to calm us down everytime Pak misbehaves is that in the event of a war, a few of those warheads might go missing arming those the US is trying to bury for the last few years. US is warming up to us and we are warming up to them. For the first time they allowed for inspections on our own terms (time and location of our choosing) , even Britain its closest ally has annual inspections according to US conditions. The day Pak crosses a line and launches a major attack on India, US will join us in double teaming them.

 

[Soham]

no sanctions, we dont pose a direct threat to the US, our stand is clear against PAK and China. When Pak/China goes down the warpath with India, US wont support PAK. Pak is a financial burden to the US while we always have more economic value to the US than PAK and this wont and cant seize while we grow into the world's most populous nation within the next 2.5 decades. PAK is US tax payer expense. China is US' largest Debtholder, if push comes to shove and China decides to screw with us, US will join us in wiping out their debtholders.

The only reason why US tries to calm us down everytime Pak misbehaves is that in the event of a war, a few of those warheads might go missing arming those the US is trying to bury for the last few years. US is warming up to us and we are warming up to them. For the first time they allowed for inspections on our own terms (time and location of our choosing) , even Britain its closest ally has annual inspections according to US conditions. The day Pak crosses a line and launches a major attack on India, US will join us in double teaming them.

No.
Like it or not, Pakistan is much more important to the US than India.
Without Pakistani co-op, their WoT would be lost, and all the resources and lives lost would be mere waste.
US is not going to go stand against Pakistan, till the point of them being "officially" taken over by the Taliban. As long as there is a single element of initiative against the Taliban, the cheques and weapons would continue to flow in.
If India attacks Pakistan : The US will support them.
If Pakistan attacks India : They'll be neutral.

 

[A.V.]

Govt takes note of Chinese incursions; Army Chief to visit Leh

su30mkis to be deployed in the andaman and nicobar isands ,this is a very important news considering the range of these fighters these can serve a very strategic function

another pin after the madives afreement to counteract the the chinese ambition of dominating the indian ocean region with its pearls strategy ,

 

[venom]

That takes Mig-35 out of MRCA....
Now The choice should be between Rafale & Typhoon....

 

[Arun thevar]

That takes Mig-35 out of MRCA....
Now The choice should be between Rafale & Typhoon....

Perhaps,even the F-18,but even i dont prefer that option & the reasons are well known,but no one can prejudge our politicians,or can we.the answer is a complete no.
Lets hope that the best wins the race.:connie_running::Laie_79:

 

[hit&run]

Govt takes note of Chinese incursions; Army Chief to visit Leh

su30mkis to be deployed in the andaman and nicobar isands ,this is a very important news considering the range of these fighters these can serve a very strategic function

another pin after the madives afreement to counteract the the chinese ambition of dominating the indian ocean region with its pearls strategy ,

Great News, su 30 MKI with Brahmos cruise missile on board is most suitable for A&N islands?

 

[AJSINGH]

why do people think that induction fo more MKI means that Mig 35 is out of the race from MMRCA competition.The two aircraft very different .avionics radar to some extent even the weapons they will carry will be different .Mig 35 and MKI will be assigned different missions.MKI is air superiority combat aircraft where as Mig 35 is "jack of all trades"

 

[thakur_ritesh]

more squadrons of su30mki are certainly on cards, whether prasun sengupta is to be believed or not is another thing, though the timing does come as a surprise if this announcement is to be made by this year end since this was expected for sometime next year (around the time mmrca winner was to be announced), though if that has to be done, then certainly the deal will get signed when the PM is going to be in moscow, and even with this possible deal of additional 50jets there remains room for 1-2sq, though that decision will take time.

if mig or the teens were to get the mmrca order, they would consider themselves way too lucky. with this deal, as and when it happens, india has killed two birds simultaneously. su35s are off the negotiation table, which would have never been a great decision, and also a possible split order for mmrca goes for a toss.

 

[AJSINGH]

more squadrons of su30mki are certainly on cards, whether prasun sengupta is to be believed or not is another thing, though the timing does come as a surprise if this announcement is to be made by this year end since this was expected for sometime next year (around the time mmrca winner was to be announced), though if that has to be done, then certainly the deal will get signed when the PM is going to be in moscow, and even with this possible deal of additional 50jets there remains room for 1-2sq, though that decision will take time.

if mig or the teens were to get the mmrca order, they would consider themselves way too lucky. with this deal, as and when it happens, india has killed two birds simultaneously. su35s are off the negotiation table, which would have never been a great decision, and also a possible split order for mmrca goes for a toss.

MMRCA wont be split .it was made clear at the very begning .Su 35Bm is upgrade of MKI .it would have been better than those 50jets would be SU 35BM

 

[RPK]

Sukhois? full complement in Tezpur by October

Shillong: A full complement of the MKI variant of the Su30 warplanes will be deployed at the front line Tezpur air base in Assam by October.

Dismissing reports that infrastructure at the air base was inadequate to deploy the Su-30MKIs, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command Air Marshal SK Bhan said, "the upgradation work at the air base has been completed and a full complement of the fighter jets would be deployed at the base by October."


"Su-30s have operated from the air base when the planes were formally inducted in the base on June 15," Bhan said.

Asked as to how many squadrons of the jets would be deployed in the Northeast, he said adequate number of planes depending on IAF assessment would be deployed in the region.

When four Su30s landed at the base on June 12 last for a symbolic induction, it was after a gap of more than a year that a fighter operated from the air base after the MIG fighters were moved out of the base.

Besides Tezpur, a full squadron of the fighter planes would also be deployed at the Chabua base in Eastern Assam subsequently. IAF was also contemplating deployment of another squadron at the Bagdogra air base in the region, an IAF official said.

Having aerial refueling capability, the Su30 MKI multi-role combat jets have a combat radius of 1,500 km.

At present, the IAF has five Sukhoi squadrons in two Sukhoi bases in Lohegan (near Pune), which is the home base for the aircraft where all squadrons are raised and rookie pilots trained, and Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

Air Marshal Bhan said once the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal would be through, the Air Force would deploy some of the squadrons in the eastern sector.

Currently, trials are being conducted with the aircraft of six manufacturers for 126 planes. The six aircraft are the French Dassault Rafale, European Consortium EADS' Eurofighter, US Lockheed Martin's F-16 Viper and Boeing's F-18 Super Hornet, Swedish Gripen and the Russian MiG-35.

 

[fulcrum]

Dismissing reports that infrastructure at the air base was inadequate to deploy the Su-30MKIs, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command Air Marshal SK Bhan said, "the upgradation work at the air base has been completed and a full complement of the fighter jets would be deployed at the base by October."

good news.

why do people think that induction fo more MKI means that Mig 35 is out of the race from MMRCA competition.

Some people are getting so desperate that they'd take anything as a reason to banish the Super Fulcrum.

nice 280 Su-30mki, this added buy of 50 more means we wont have any shortage of air superiority fighters, this is a major shot in the arm for the mig-35.

hahaha.. Do you know what 'shot in the arm' means? it doesn't mean getting shot. :Laie_46:

 

[Sridhar]

• Sukhoi-30 warplanes to be deployed in Tezpur by Oct

STAFF WRITER 12:25 HRS IST Shillong, Sept 13 (PTI) A full complement of the MKI variant of the Sukhoi-30 warplanes will be deployed at the frontline Tezpur air base in Assam by October.

Dismissing reports that infrastructure at the air base is inadequate to deploy the Su-30 MKIs, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command Air Marshal S K Bhan said, "the upgradation work at the air base has been completed and a full complement of the fighter jets would be deployed at the base by October."

"Su-30s have operated from the air base when the planes were formally inducted in the base on June 15," Bhan told PTI.

Asked how many squadrons of the jets will be deployed in the north east, he said it depends on the IAF assessment.

fullstory

 

[shankarosky]

by next year end most likely we will have atleast four squadrons of su-30 in north east -tezpur -mohanbari- bagdogra - jorhat covering arunachal essentially configured for air dominance /ground strike depending on contingency . Tezpur most likely will house a full wing by 2014/15 - my guess

 

[natarajan]

about su-30mki,radars etc

Assessing the Tikhomirov NIIP L-Band Active Electronically Steered Array
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter vs Russia's New Airborne Counter-Stealth Radars

 

[venom]

18 Su-30MKI's in Tezpur would be a great force......

 

[StealthSniper]

It would be great if we get 50 more SU-30 MKI. Honestly I don't see why we don't have around 350-400 of these fighters. They aren't really that expensive and they are pretty advanced and are already manufactured in India. I think a # of 350-450 would be a good number for the country the size of India and definitely help keep our squadron numbers high.

 

[ppgj]

It would be great if we get 50 more SU-30 MKI. Honestly I don't see why we don't have around 350-400 of these fighters. They aren't really that expensive and they are pretty advanced and are already manufactured in India. I think a # of 350-450 would be a good number for the country the size of India and definitely help keep our squadron numbers high.

sniper, mki's are two seaters. think how many pilots be needed to fly the numbers you are talking about. also mki's has needs of more maintainence compared to any a/c of iaf. 280 is formidable.

 

[AJSINGH]

well 230 MKI is good number , and in later years we will be getting PAK FAGA also so we have to leave some space for those aircraft also , i think 230 MKI is enough , but should go through regular upgrades

 

[shankarosky]

well 230 MKI is good number , and in later years we will be getting PAK FAGA also so we have to leave some space for those aircraft also , i think 230 MKI is enough , but should go through regular upgrades

- may be we are being conservative - considering our neighbors I would say we need close to 400 flankers - 300 for China and 100 for Pakistan /indian ocean region .Flankers have and will have a maritime strike tole always and also once in a while fleet protection duty