why are we adding so many a2g weapons like brahmos or nirbhay to su 30mki which is basically an air superiority fighter..... doing strikes should be the job for mmrca or mirage 2000, right??
Or maybe they want to convert the mki to a truly multi role platform, knowing that the winner of the...
Are you saying that the french or british dont have air superiority??
the whole point of getting air superiority is so that you can do a2g missions without interference from enemy fighters..... and you wont find a single libyan fighter in the skies....
advanced shoulder launched missiles like javelin can easily destroy a tank..... they attack from the top where armour is weakest ( No ERA tiles there).....
even the older missiles can immobilize a tank, and on a battle field a stationary tank is a dead tank
yes, the eft has only dropped a few lgbs in libya but anything more would have been an overkill.......also what most people here are missing is the fact that the eft's being used are the tranche 2 ones while we are offered the tranch 3 which will have much better a2g capabilities- like...
actually the euro radar will be technologically more advanced with higher range than the rbe 2 aesa .... Also the production variant of the rbe2 might also be using american t/r modules (like the td was using)......there has been noo news that thales has developed its own t/r modules...
the development will take some time - in the meantime we need to buy more and more atgm's(hopefuly around 15k javelin) as we have only about 44k total as compared to sanctioned number of 82k
we didnt go for tender, this was throught fms
globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20654
though exact number is not specified- it says large which should indicate well into the thousands
instead of su 30 ( which will be needed along chinese and pak border along with rest of the frontline aircraft), we should place the lca over there.....if i am not wrong the lca will get the exocet missile and will thus be capable of anti ship operations
What's the point of getting both su 27 and j 11, they're both virtually the same....... Also I doubt whether mig 35 will go beyond the tech demonstrator stage, Russia doesnt want it, India doesnt want it, China doesnt want it, if you guys do then you'll have to pay for the development
Last I heard of akash mk 2
Livefist: EXCLUSIVE: Akash Mk-II SAM To Fly In Two Years
hopefully as there has been no news of any delays it will be ready by next year
Overall- the rafale is a better option for today- but if the eurofighter fulfills all its promises for the future version (t3b), and it will if india joins the program and funds it then it will be the better option for the future
ok seeing the two of them together - I'd have to go for the rafale cockpit as well..... eft's cockpit looked great when seen independently but comparing , it just doesnt match up to the rafale's