Western Propaganda. The reason why MiG-29 came with 2 engines was because of Russian Avionics and not because of the engines. Russian Avionics at that time was very bulky & heavy, and required more power consumption than the western counterparts. All this cannot be given in a small space...
Swamy is a publicity hungry politician with an ego whose size dwarfs that of the Qutub Minar. The guy is also very shrewd and often puts out statements which the majority of people want to hear. Whatever he does, he is doing it for the benefit of himself, not for the country. He also gives out...
Sindhuratna: With Saints like Antony, give me a sinner anyday
Says dumbfuck fanboys and sensational DDM morons.
This is the right direction forward. In the short term there will be undesirable sideeffects because this corrupt practice has been institutionalised and perfected to extreme levels...
The Angolan Air Force will receive 12 ex-Indian Su-30 fighter jets from Rosoboronexport and not 18 as was previously reported, with deliveries scheduled to take place from next year.
On Wednesday Irkut Corporation president Oleg Demchenko told Interfax that the contract for the sale of the 12...
@janon
Defence Industry Daily is not a source. It just takes compiles articles with data from other news sources, which is especially true in this case as they have mentioned it explicity.
Ria Novosti is the official media outlet for Russian Armed Forces, and the Russian Defence Ministry. It...
There is no such thing as Super Sukhoi. The deal was scrapped. The last 42 Sukhois will be the usual Su-30s supplied as knock down kits by Irkut to HAL for assembly each costing 38 million dollars without the assembly cost.
Super Sukhoi designation will be applied to MLU'ed Sukhois, which as of...
Something unheard of in Indian politics. He couldnt fullfill his promise and hence resigned. Selfless-ness, standing up for ideals of anti-corruption and social upliftment. Hats off to a ideal leader.
No scum in BJP and Congress would let go of this opportunity to make millions in 5 years. BJP...
Something unheard of in Indian politics. He couldnt fullfill his promise and hence resigned. Selfless-ness, standing up for ideals of anti-corruption and social upliftment. Hats off to a ideal leader.
No scum in BJP and Congress would let go of this opportunity to make millions in 5 years. BJP...
@Superboy
Please see the average power output of the radar.
There are 3 ways you can increase the range of your radar. Increase its power, Increase its diameter, Increase its Signal Processing capability. There are other ways as well with which you can increase the range(type of antenna...
@Oscar
Oh ok. I said fans not fanboys, specifically because of the couple of knowledgeable posters in this thread. : ) We are all fans. Fanboys however are different breed.. a cross between fans and just immature boys.
And by Think Tanks I was referring to Sipri. They publish some of their data...
http://www.selex-sas.com/EN/Common/files/SELEX_Galileo/Products/GRIFO_FAMILY.pdf
My bookmarks point to this link. But it seems they have taken it down. And I dont have a backup.
@Oscar
You are trying to connect the dots. Ok. Lets just agree to disagree then.
And apologies if my words were insulting. I normally write like that in debates, did not mean any disrespect. Apologies again.
@Oscar
You are the who is claiming a capability exists in the first place. The burden of proof is on you, not the other way around. The default position what anyone would assume is there is no such a capability because a capability is something which is gets put into a plane. F-7s doesn't get...
F-7PG's advantage is its double delta which gives it better low speed maneuverability compared to the razor thin delta wing of the Bison. Which translates to tighter turns in dogfights.
It will also perform in Bombing missions better, IF assuming it has the same Air-Ground guidance avionics...
Basically when the Soviets were in the process of transferring the MiG-21 F-13 Blueprints to the Chinese for a license assembly, the Ussuri river battle took place and thus ended the friendly relations between the Russia and the China. Along with incomplete blueprints and some planes the chinese...
Congress = Highly Corrupt & anti-national, but smart, cunning and experienced.
BJP = Corrupt, anti-national, dumb, incompetant & shameless liars.
We all saw during the Vajpayee years how more congressi they were than even the Congress. Terrorist friendly, Pakistan loving, Bus diplomacy...