Bahamut
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Mig 29k is a new plane and it's serviceability is low because of the fact that engine have to be sent to Russia for repair, it is only recently that IN has started keeping RD33 engine in stocks like IAF keeps 4 engine for each MKI and in future Rafale.care to explain on what level i am wrong ???? so far MKI still suffer from low availability and mig 29k are jokes their availability as low as 25% a mig 29k and su 33 also crashed within a week aboard kuznetsov also
heard this from PARIKRAMA
"Hearing from different circles..
Rafale exciting news will be out soon..
Both for Make In India and a bigger surprise of Rafale M order from Merignac. And it's quite a big size number !!!
India has chosen the upgraded engine Rafale which is going to meet multiple requirements including deck ops at 14 degree ski jump.
The upgraded engine will curtail the limitation of MTOW which is present in M88-4E for marine version operating from STOBAR carriers. The other competitor to this SH but it's not considered by IN owing to even less compatibility for STOBAR ops.
Oh btw IAF need is now 400jets and IN need for deck ops is 80 and shore based is another 60+. And single engine requirement is again going super slow..
And most importantly the IAF and IN fighter must also be MII fighter and a substantial benefit in TOT in terms of manufacturing and repair & overhaul ecosystem.
Since navy won't chose single engine as of now, the chances dimmed for the other so called single engine need of IAF based MII.
Enjoy the Christmas and happy new year in advance.. good work is done behind by DA, France and India."
INDIA NAVY IS THINKING OF MODIFYING VIKRAMADITYA AND REPLACING THE ENTIRE MIG 29K FLEET CAUSE THEY SUCK SO MUCH WITH SHIT ENGINE AND RELIABILITY WITH RAFALE BOTH VIKRAMADITYA AND VIKRANT WILL BE SPORTING RAFALE WHICH I THINK IS FINE.
russia is not the same soviet union they hardly have money to spend on quality R&D still recycling old tech to make jets we should go with france to make new jets since they already are helping us with engine tech not to mention their engines are reliable i mean mirage 2000 is our strategic deterrent carrier despite being single engine.
i love MKI as every other one here but russian jets are hardly reliable and crude we need to buy rafale and then co operate with france on AMCA otherwise we will be spending resources on 2 5th gen programmes???
who does that are we that rich??? to waste money on recycled old tech
AMCA will be delayed if we buy PAK-FA so focus on AMCA and replace all the migs and old russian tech with homemade and french jets except MKI
Plus we do not have technology for engine manufacturing of the quality of AL31 or M88 from scratch. Even from lower version of RD 33, critical components are imported.