That's what happens when you have weak leadership...Any Tom Dick or Harry can come and show your place.... Seriously guys just give me a one good reason why Gandhi choosed Nehru over Sardar Patel to lead our country....
If you keep the junk(3rd Gen fighters) out then USN has more fighter jets in its inventory then all the airforces in the world except ofcourse of US airforce...
Kya kare Indian Govt can't let Indian People to eat Grass so that it can spend that money on IaF Fancy Fighter jet...
Nor do it want to have any all weather friend to finance all the fancy dream of our defence forces at the cost of our n sovereignty....
Forget about all this just ask them the difference between 3rd Gen Fighter jet and 4th Gen Fighter jet...Forget all that just them that which country produces Derby missile
a)France
B)US
C) Russia....or.
D) Britain...
All through I don't want our Govt to buy more then 36 rafale but at the end of the day you can't confirm that their will be no follow on order lokr in 1996 we ordered 50 Su 30Mk then on 2002 we ordered another 140 Su 30 Mki taking the order of Su 30Mki to 190 then in 2007 we ardered another 40...
That's because we need to invest on other areas also like ACC, Sub, Destroyers, Frigates not to forget our ISRO at end of the day we don't want to be dependent on any of our So Called All Weather Friend at the cost of our Self Respect and Sovereignty...
"History is written by the victors"
Walter Benjamin..
What I mean is you are saying what had been told to you by the people who came out as winners in Afghan war...
I don't know wetjer you know that or not but in forums when you reply in capital letters that means you are shouting..lagta meine tumhati Dukhti rag pe haath ralh diya hai.Tujhe mirchi lagi to mein kya karooo..
Ya Jf 17 is joint project between China and Pakistan with Romanian desiegn(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAR_95 ) Russian Engine and pirated Russian Radar..
Ya the missions you are talking about even our SEPECAT Jaguar or Two decade old MIG 27 will be more then capable enough to accomplish those SO Called REAL Missions....
Damm its look like foriegn companies are throwing alot of cash on these prestitutes....Btw can somebody pls explain to me how can induction of lca Tejas to replace three decade old Mig 21(flying coffin) or Mig 27 can weaken the airforce...
That because at present you don't have any other option...Let me explain since 2000 PAF has aquired
18 F16 Blk 52
+60 Jf17
and on the other hand IAF &IN has aquired
230 Su30Mki
+10 Mirage 2000
+45 Mig 29K...
Now you can understand why your Govt is investing so much in jf17....
Arre isse mujhe...