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C-130J's for IAF under assembly at marietta :). IAF is soon going to place a follow on order of 6 (in all likelihood as per recent reports) link: http://chhindits.blogspot.com/2010/04/c-130j-super-hercules-with-indian.html Pics are from the recent journo visit to the lm plant. I...

New RFI for smart shells for army LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: Indian Army Scouts For Smart Shells

"m2k" was never used by the third world at large. I guess Egypt is the only nation among m2k users who are looking at the jf-17 and it is "NOT" to replace m2k. I am sure jf-17 will find many takers in the third world. And I would also assert that "french avionics/ weapons" are not what they...

Can you provide a source for the R530 range? AFAIK, it has a maximum range of 10-11 miles. thanks in advance

To be honest, even mesma would have similar fire related issues considering the close proximity of ethanol and oxygen. I agree that the french refused the possibility of fitting brahmos on scorpene but I believe that it was wrt the scorpenes which are a part of the current 6 (specifically the...

Barak 8ER has 130+ km intercept range. Barak 8 has 80km intercept range. P-15A (3 ships) & P-15B (4 ships) are to be fitted with these respectively. Also, P-17A (7 ships) will get the Barak-8 SAM's. However, I believe this is going offtopic and people should talk about the delayed shivalik...

Here are a few pics uploaded from BRF website from the chennai launch. The last pic also shows other ship getting outfitted. From R to L is P-15A Kolkata, P-17 Sahyadri, P-15A Kochi, MSV. Chennai being tugged in. Source: Indian Navy | Launching of P-15A Yard12703 Chennai...

I believe that these ranges are not disclosed by any country. What they do disclose are some broad numbers of detection or tracking. EL/M-2248 has an auto track range of 250+ km (detection has to be much higher). SPY-1D(V) has a track & intercept range of ~ 300 km. IMO, it would also depend on...

I haven't followed this thread but is it me or people here are comparing an Anti Submarine Warfare frigate with an air defence destroyer? IN has decided on the barak 8ER version for its fleet air defence. This would equip our P-15B destroyers which are in design stage at this point. Also...

with regard to heat seeking missiles, I presume you are talking about manpads. The big issue with manpads will be adequate reaction time. Brahmos provides the adversary with very little reaction time. Most manpads have a range within 5-6 km. This would imply a reaction time of 5-6 seconds...

It was supposed to be 2030. Frankly, I don't see any reason why that can't be achieved as far as SSK's go. I, however have my doubts about the SSN/SSBN fleet numbers. Looking at the platforms coming out now, we can expect the first 6 scorpenes to be in service by 2020. If IN exercises the option...

I believe one major reason was the apparent issues with U-214 (including the small customer base) when compared with the scorpenes. I am sure IN did its research before going for scorpenes. I have my doubts about the possible N-propulsion angle. Frankly, the deal wasn't that costly considering...

It was not "NEW" K-8's. The article talks about egyptian air force K-8's which if IAF desires could be made available for training as an "interim" solution. I still fail to understand why we are discussing this issue at such length!! What should have been discussed in the original thread is...

Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I know, Pakistan had nothing to do with the Egyptian contract which was signed with CATIC. Moreover, the aircrafts were built under license in Egypt with parts supplied from China. How is Pakistan dictating its use? I would assume that such reservations...

I would plead you to not judge any party without knowing the ground realities. Without such kowledge, our assumptions often lead us onto harbouring wrong notions. Who or what all is at fault is a complex question with no "right answers" from us common folk. We can never understand the workings...

The chances of France getting the second sub deal is nil IMO. That's precisely the reason why they are flashing their toys to pakistan. They know very well that we would decide on exercising the 6 optional subs in all likelihood and thus an all french SSK fleet is unlikely. With problems...

MF-STAR (EL/M- 2248) To be used with IN barak 8 as well as IAF LRSAM requirements. Naval version: Variant for smaller vessels and land based Barak AD system:

Upgrades are a costly affair. Looking at the Turkish F-16 upgrade plan from 2005, the cost came to about 10 million USD each and it was an avionics upgrade (without radar). The mirage upgrade which is much more exhaustive with new avionics, weapon systems, complete structural upgrade, engine...

Well it is not about IAF buying the aircraft. The Egyptian diplomat made an offer to the IAF (informally) of sending egyptian K-8's to help India with stage-1 of pilot training being our good friends. What he or the reporter who has written the original article may have forgotten is that the...

I guess this has been discussed to death before (upgrade package). Though there may have been some recent changes, the deal is pretty exhaustive and has been reported by shiv aroor (as linked by lt. prateek). In order to help save some time, I will post out all the relevant information here...