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You should learn to read the source carefully before coming up with questions which make no sense! The article states that the range of detection was reduced by 50%- use the 4th square law and calculate, by what ratio the RCS would have to be reduced by. Its far more than 50%! And the Russians...

Titanium, please stop acting like a juvenile, and trolling all over the place. Its a wonder that Joey has responded patiently to you, without losing his cool. Only an imbecile would make generalizations the manner in which you have, not to mention the mocking tone in which you write with silly...

This is from 2004 itself. That the MKIs in particular have received LO modifications has been stated by an European defence analyst writing for the Journal of Electronic Defense in 2005.

Your disgusting behaviour stands testament to the futility of discussing things with you. Suffice to say this will be my last post to you, since you are more interested in asinine name calling versus information exchange. I request the admins to deal with this individual before he drags down...

If the Indians had got everything on a platter, they wouldnt have visited the windtunnel a few thousand times. Nor would the project have taken the time its taken. Fairs fair. I believe that this is a Pakistani forum, so some amount of Indian baiting and vice versa is inevitable, but the LCA is...

Had an interesting chat with someone involved in the LCA project on the user side. Cut a long story short, the IAF believes in it and will buy it- now that the ADA/HAL chaps have got their act together and are fast tracking it. Engine remains somewhat of a tricky issue- the Indians are ok with...

Current inventory. The Russians reduced the RCS of a MiG-29 from the 5Sq Mtr range and upwards to 1 many years back. Its now in production for serial MiG-29s, including MiG-29Ks for the Indian Navy. The Sukhoi has a RCS of anywhere between 12 -16 Mtr square depending upon the source. The Russian...

I think this is a very subjective view, which ignores the fact that Russian products are in service with many countries around the world, who routinely call a spade a spade, and hold the Russians responsible when the latter s*crew up. That apart, the first line doesnt really make much sense-...

Does it hurt you all to talk politely?

Thats only if the Sukhois (name calling an aircraft is rather silly, dont you think- its not like it makes the aircraft bad or good?) have not undergone signature reduction measures. Take a look at the ITAE conference papers at which the Russian unit describes what its achieved for the Flanker...

Incorrect. The MiG-29s have recieved new RWRs and the Mirages per reports recieved the ICMS. And per recent news, both are going to recieve comprehensive upgrades. That apart, almost all IAF aircraft have been seen carrying SPJs and there are at least 4 different types of modern SPJs in IAF service.

There were 10 engagements between the MKI and RSAF F-16 Block 50/52 at KKD during the RSAF-IAF exercise. The MKIs won all 10 of them. The RSAF did somewhat ok against MiG-29s and Mirage 2000s and better against the Bisons, which didnt pose such an upset as they had, as against the USAF at...

India has truly handed Pakistan a fait accompli over the JF-17. Seriously, what were the Pak-Chinese project managers thinking, by going for the RD-93? Couldnt they see the mistakes made by Indian PMs by choosing the Ge404 and the impact of sanctions on the LCA, to learn from it? This could well...

The F15C and MKI have comparable raw RCS. But the latter is RCS treated to bring it to the 3 Mtr square level. Frankly, India has handed Pakistan a fait accompli- no wonder the RD-93 was denied! Just look at the deals in question: Outright purchase: -40 Su-30 MKIs -340 T90S -80 Mi-17s...

All said and done, the IAF seems to have spun the F-16 threat well. Its: -Getting all its MiG-29s upgraded to the 29 MRCA standard -Getting its Mirage 2000-H's upgraded to the 2000-5 Mk2 standard, with a few more possibly purchased from Qatar and France -Getting 40 extra MKIs, in...

Who is kidding who? Hardly. The present situation re: orders has already been noted by me previously, and JDW notes, India may order 2 more Phalcons. Nor did India try multiple times to make \"there own AWAC\". There was but one project, which demonstrated entirely respectable abilities...

India is getting its first phalcon by 2007, and acc. to JDW will then order 2 more after the 3 get settled. It also has 3 local AWACs getting ready. So its 6-8.

First thanks to the Webmaster for laying down the law, the religious and personal abuse was getting intolerable. Nobody gives anyone a gift- as they say God helps those who help themselves, irrespective of which name you call Him/ Her by. Interesting statements, but quite off the mark...

Not just TVC, but the overall avionics structure and the key sensors are different. The MKI has an open architecture and the Bars radar, with key advantages over the MKKs slotted array radar, and lastly, its EW suite- RWR/ MAWS/ SPJ is much better than what the MKK has. The MKI has a better...

The actual orders are 20 (IAF Batch 1), 8 (IAF LSP), 9 Prototypes Thats 37 aircraft already on order/ in production