Check the interview in the JF-17 section. Operational JF-17 can carry 2 BVR missiles. The option for 4 BVR missile is shelved because PAF wants to carry those hardpoints for drop tanks..which is diplomatic talk for JF-17's real low range!
The right question which should be asked is, is the J-11 crash ALLOWED to be shown on the tightly controlled chinese media?? Close your eyes, the whole world is dark.. ehh??? Nice pakistani logic!
50 fighters in 6 years, the mythical Block 2 hearing from 2012-2013.. now its 2015. And still...
^ Moving ahead and stable according to PAF statements, who pretty much are desperate for anything right now. And desperation tends to increase oneself to decrease their standards. God knows the real fine print on the performance of an aircraft which has not been bought by anyone and has not been...
That Saurav Jha is a Bharat-Rakshak fanboy. Where is his reference that it has achieved 26 degrees? There is a lot of "uncle-aunty in ADA HAL IAF DRDO" sources in that forum which is taken as fact.
And the brochure, is typical bullshit. You can see clearly that's the target which they are going...
Dont apologise. You did nothing wrong. All you posted was news. Although the sheep say A vs B is not allowed,its atleast connected to defence. Most of the junk in this forum has got nothing to do with defence or anything significant worth discussing anyway.
China has no intention of getting jf-17 because its a sub par plane made for a financially poor airforce. Last thing it needs is the likes of JF-17 to counter the likes of F-15ks and F-16s from South korea, F-2 and F-15Js from Japan and Mirage-2000s and F-16s from ROC.
PAF air chiefs were on...
^ well truth is harsh!
You just killed this thread. No way could they give you links stipulating operating and maintanance costs because for a simple reason that there is no Rafale in indian service. All they have is a theory and a guess work on numbers to arrive at a figure. And numbers from...
Wow.. these idiots are figuring this out what was deduced over 2 years ago! This whole Medium Multi RCA is bullshit was coughed up by IAF top brass to get western fighters. Fighters are bought for their capabilities, not their fuckin size. The amount of marketing bullshit churned out supporting...
Never imagined there would be such a thread on this forum populated by fan boys.
Just to give an idea, the number of brahmos required to strike a target with the same payload of a MiG-27ML is 16. And an upgraded MiG-27ML costs just 2 cruise missiles(upgrade costs and the basic costs combined)...
Hmmm... 835 crores for 200 jets equals less than 4.2 crores. Repair and maintenance would mean repairing/replacing damaged parts as well, which includes replacing engines whose service life is over. Assuming a jet flew 350 hours a year(a 2 pilot rotation...but ideally its more like 2.2 to 2.5...
^ And you were saying? ....
Nigeria to buy Russian fighter jets
Nigeria has reached a deal with Russian authorities as Western nations refuse to sell the country much needed weapons.
Update: 12:21, 08 December 2014 Monday
World Bulletin/News Desk
Nigeria will buy arms from Russia to...