when PAF got Mirages originally what was their role?
Interception
did it change to dedicated strike role later?
For some of the fleet
what made it so special?
Nothing, almost everyone was retiring them so were available cheaply and french were ready to customize avionics for us in ROSE...
Please spare me this crap, I have no love lost for previous governments. But those you support has thrown us in a frightening mess, what to talk about financial doldrums even strategic 'understandings' with our friends, built over years with so much hard work, are now up in air. You can keep...
This is a useless debate and thread, for a growler like solution you need a set of pods as good as growler which is not possible in current circumstances. What is more important is to have ARM capability with platforms which have good RWR and ECM capability to help them hunt out hostile...
A good overall analyses, I'll just add that IK is not only not a good politician but also not a good leader/ruler, we all had put our hopes and bets on the wrong horse..
Now when I look at IK, I remember Yahya, his frank and forthright style was quite disarming but he was a disaster..
Problem is...
I am not an expert in nuclear technology what I remember is that it was a small reactor given for research and did help us in acquiring expertise in nuclear field. I think it was still running a few years back but not sure now.
First reactor Pakistan had was given by USA under Atoms for Peace deal during Eisenhower's Presidency. Second was I think built at KANUP by Canada. France did not give us any nuclear plant, they reneged on the agreement to build a processing plant.
They are trying to cover up their humiliation.. their air defence went bonkers.. it was ADS of the very base which shot down the helicopter flying from base on SAR mission after the interceptors had flown away..
i do not think PL-15s induction will be for issues in SD-10, it is for enhancing specific tactics.
There was a reason Modi mentioned Rafale, one of the cue to you is 'fire and forget' ranges in BVR.. that was an 'eye opener' for them..
I'll stand by what I have said..
Because of various reason such as shielding datalink communication from brute force jamming, this is not possible unless US and China work together to bring out a solution.
Aircraft which are stable tend to go 'nose down', unstable ones are able to go 'nose up' this means a more rapid alpha in degrees per second till the permitted AOA.
Lower AOA for any aircraft has nothing to do with stable/unstable design, more to do with alpha where it can/tend to get in a spin...
Now french will milk them more, and some in IAF and politicians will grease their palms.
Mirage 2000s were already outclassed by both F-16 and JF-17, they should have known this. the real surprise was Su-30..
But are they forgetting something.. before firing a missile whether long ranged or...
did anyone else too picked that this section of this article does not even mention Su-30 which Indian trolls used to sing praises on this forum..
France - Pakistan , Avionics & possibly Plane deal revival, Post cancellation of MRCA