Balance Of Air Power In South Asia

Zain Khan & Air Marshal (R) Masood Akhtar | Tactical Talk

Amin!!!!

addition of J20 will give PAF the much needed edge

Comparing parity of 270 Su-30MKIs with 18 F-16 Block 52 (and 40 odd MLUs) is delusional, and MKI boasts much better Radar and datalink than Block 52.

Rafale will be made in collaboration with Reliance Defence, F-16s will be made with LM along with another Indian conglomerate.

GDP Adil Khan Niazi said:

Zain Khan & Air Marshal (R) Masood Akhtar | Tactical Talk

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1116808918373907

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Can you post the highlights of the discussion?

El_Swordsmen said:

addition of J20 will give PAF the much needed edge

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J-20 is for plaaf only J-31 is the option Pakistan have.

Skull and Bones said:

Comparing parity of 270 Su-30MKIs with 18 F-16 Block 52 (and 40 odd MLUs) is delusional, and MKI boasts much better Radar and datalink than Block 52.

Rafale will be made in collaboration with Reliance Defence, F-16s will be made with LM along with another Indian conglomerate.

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If you produce f-16 which rolenthe tejas will play..
Right now south Asias air power balance is totally in Indian favore. In near term not seeing any hope Pakistan will bring say me parity.

monitor said:

If you produce f-16 which rolenthe tejas will play..

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Tejas Mk1 will mostly have the role of interceptors, and will be deployed in forward areas. We have missed the train with Tejas, and it will never be a front line fighter.

F-16 will be a true low cost multirole, occupying a position below MKI and Rafale. I hope MII Rafale deal will be signed within a year or two. There are requirement for 300-400 front line jets to maintain the required squadron strength. As we will be retiring 300 (Mig-21 and Mig-27)jets by 2020, and another 150 by 2025 (Jaguar)

And we will be aiming for 50+ squadron of fighters in near future.

Skull and Bones said:

Comparing parity of 270 Su-30MKIs with 18 F-16 Block 52 (and 40 odd MLUs) is delusional, and MKI boasts much better Radar and datalink than Block 52.

Rafale will be made in collaboration with Reliance Defence, F-16s will be made with LM along with another Indian conglomerate.

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Right now you don't have 270 MKI 's . You can boost about that when you have them .

Khan_21 said:

Right now you don't have 270 MKI 's . You can boost about that when you have them .

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There was 240 MKIs at the middle of 2015, I guess the production line was closed for the last two years. If not, then with a production rate of 12 aircraft per year, there will be 255 MKIs in service.

Skull and Bones said:

There was 240 MKIs at the middle of 2015, I guess the production line was closed for the last two years. If not, then with a production rate of 12 aircraft per year, there will be 255 MKIs in service.

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Whatever the number, only some 60% are operational.

Windjammer said:

Whatever the number, only some 60% are operational.

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That makes 150 of them available at any given time. And even considering 80% availability of Blk 52 and MLUs, only 45 is available at any instant.

Parity restored.

Skull and Bones said:

There was 240 MKIs at the middle of 2015, I guess the production line was closed for the last two years. If not, then with a production rate of 12 aircraft per year, there will be 255 MKIs in service.

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Email your air chief as to how many of them can actually fly? I know the percentage and its not good.

Skull and Bones said:

That makes 150 of them available at any given time. And even considering 80% availability of Blk 52 and MLUs, only 45 is available at any instant.

Parity restored.

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Sure keep on dreaming . in 2008 your government couldnt invade us because your air chief said IAF lacked the depth to launch an attack .

Khan_21 said:

Email your air chief as to how many of them can actually fly? I know the percentage and its not good.

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A 2010 CAG reports says 60%, does your air force even disclose these data of operational readiness?

So according to the video, F16 blk 52 is better than Su30 MKI, and it was the right decision to go for it. fair enough. So why aint PAF purchasing more of F16s? AFAIK the Congress did not put any ban on its sale, they only cancelled the subsidy or the aid. So now the air chief talks about Su 35, is he expecting a similar type of military aid from Russia?

Khan_21 said:

Email your air chief as to how many of them can actually fly? I know the percentage and its not good.



Sure keep on dreaming . in 2008 your government couldnt invade us because your air chief said IAF lacked the depth to launch an attack .

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And I guess all this info was emailed to you by the air force chief, right?

Press Reporter said:

Good as of if we are not ahead of India then at least it is balanced.After jf17 block 3 we will have upper hand against India.it is not about money only but about strategy also which completely lacks on India part.

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WTF are you smoking

Skull and Bones said:

That makes 150 of them available at any given time. And even considering 80% availability of Blk 52 and MLUs, only 45 is available at any instant.

Parity restored.

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Yup, with not even a single kill to their name but since the IAF has them, they have to be Raptor of the East as the Indians like calling them.