Matured in terms of -
Weapon Integration - Integration with AtoG weapons is ready and available unlike EF which i believe has only Brimstone to count as a single AtoG weapon.
Radar - AESA radar ready & tested. Productionized by 2014. EF - i think we will see this by 2018 (optimistically...
KS,
I think both EF and Rafale are good in their own terms ..the one thing that is absolutely going for Rafale is - it is a matured and proven platform and by virtue of a single country behind it - is less bureaucratic. Consortium has its own challenges.
Also looks wise , i think i like...
Kinetic ,
i would highly doubt the 2015 time frame - I am with Fateh on this. Its 2012 now - we have just floated the hull. You can yourself the amount of work remaining ! Ramp, control tower is all missing. Optimistically speaking - lets say IN pulls out all stops and we can have these...
Ahh freaking perfect but i have some gripes with the way this pics were taken...The pics should have been more blurry, preferably taken from cell phone ..it must have been shot from behind the bushes....And some anonymous guy should have released it , making claims that it was shot under heavy...
Thanks - Saw that , makes sense. Looks kinda small, but i believe that was the plan. This pic should be old, since there was a recent news of they floating the hull
You perhaps misunderstood me - i am not questioning this programme, infact very proud of it.
However fact of the matter is - we have not tested this programme with multiple incoming missile trajectories, we have not tested whether our fire and control is capable of tracking multiple incomming...
Thats not the correct analogy..a 12th pass with 4 - 5 years of experience in a BPO can anyways earn more than what a Indian army officer will earn..It is lifestyle , thrill and respect that counts..
But i thought its still a work in progress ! There were more number of tests scheduled before this was going to be operational. Till date i dont believe DRDO has conducted tests where multiple missiles are being engaged and negated - which most likely will be the practical scenario !!
Anyways...
You are assuming the fact that India will not place a follow on order- which might not be True since India has time and again demonstrated the propensity to place follow up order. Also you are assuming the fact that there will not be any new tenders in coming 5-6 years which France will not win...