Both Hal rudra and light combat helicopters are toothless says Indian Army chief Rawat

[RangeMaster]

Yes of course and your MIGs are yours. Mirages are yours.aircraft carrier is local. Your Tejas is 100% Indian and even your helicopter have nothing French or Belgian in it and of course you army chief is talking Shit and you know more than him.
Fact....Your military doesn't want tejas. Doesn't want Arjunk
Doesn't want helicopter
They have more foreign parts than any other indigenous product in history yet when it comes to.operations more hole than Swiss cheese

You forgot open defecation and Sur gi cal Strikes.
These are also indigenously developed Indian products.

 

[Praise Kek]

Yes of course you know more than your army chief so I trust you. Another toothless Indian


But our tanks jets and ships all work. We are even selling them abroad. How many Tejas or arjunk or the toothless helicopter have you sold......Oh I stand corrected you sold some helicopters to a south American country and they have grounded them all as they kept falling out of the sky. DRDO is the best friend pakistan has

No they don't.
In the past six years PAF jets crash rate higher than IAF.
PN has 40 year old frigs.

 

[RangeMaster]

The Myth Of Make In India
13/01/2016 8:27 AM IST | Updated 15/07/2016 8:25 AM IST
Sanjay Jha National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress party

AMOS CHAPPLE VIA GETTY IMAGES
Men working with an angle grinder as it sprays sparks inside a metalworking factory in the docks are of Mumbai.
The much heralded Make in India Week is due in February, wherein the leviathan propaganda machine of the BJP/NDA sarkar will be unleashed in all its razzmatazz and glory, befitting the rock-star imagery of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The celebrated Lion logo, paradoxically inspired by a Swiss bank emblem will walk majestically, never mind that manufacturing activity nosedived to a record 28-month low, exports tumbled down like Jack and Jill for 12 successive months and private investment remained as flat as a table-tennis table. And this appalling gloom pervades when global oil prices have crashed to approximately US$35 a barrel! So is Make in India a myth or a reality? The reality is that it is a myth.

Exactly 20 years ago, petite singer Alisha Chinai's song "Made in India" mesmerised us, and became an Indipop chartbuster. By repackaging the UPA's rather sombre-sounding New Manufacturing Policy with glittering branding , Modi has appeared to position himself as the pop-patriot of the manufacturing sector, which contributes 17% to India's GDP on a Napoleonic scale. Periodic blandishments from NRIs who throng his organised concerts abroad seem to reinforce to Modi that he is on a galloping stallion. But slogans, shibboleths have a temporary dazzling effect; they end up reflecting wasted monies and dashed expectations.

[E]ven Modi's own Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel has been outsourced to a Chinese foundry. This is grotesque double-speak.
Reportedly, 2.3 million people applied for 368 positions as government peons in Uttar Pradesh, many of them postgraduates and PhDs. It is thus apparent that job creation was expected to be a key objective of Modi Sarkar. But where are the 25 million jobs per annum in the promised land? Incidentally, even Modi's own Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel has been outsourced to a Chinese foundry. This is grotesque double-speak.

Have we already forgotten the macabre, tragic episode wherein Gajendra Singh Rathore, a devastated farmer from Rajasthan, committed suicide on live television? Of course we need manufacturing, but what are our concomitant priorities, such as protecting and boosting the livelihoods of small-marginal farmers and landless labour? What about delayed MNREGA pay-outs, drastic cutbacks in health/education expenditure, displacement of tribal populations and destruction of natural assets, while we continue juggernaut-like with our mindless obsession for physical capital. Eighteen of 29 states face drought conditions, while well over 2000 farmer suicides have occurred in Maharashtra alone in 2015. Indian agriculture that supports 70% of India's population, directly or indirectly, grew at a woebegone 0.2%; bad monsoons and unseasonal rains have become forceful headwinds.

The global trend to boost domestic jobs (a political hot button) has made both Make in USA and Make in China a reality, based on the comparative advantage theory. Even the formerly Dark Continent has a Factory Africa mission. Also, employment-creation is a mammoth challenge, as merely setting up massive production facilities does not guarantee jobs. Assembly lines are becoming capital-intensive and technology-efficient, making labour-absorption difficult. Also, Southeast Asian nations such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc are becoming cost-effective on real wages. Robots are fast-replacing the blue collar workforce in Japan. Our favorite sales pitch on the "demographic dividend" advantage could easily become an onerous liability with an ill-equipped work force, hampered by poor health and inadequate knowledge and skills exposure. Let us remember that 1.5 million of our young die before attaining the age of five years.

Our favorite sales pitch on the "demographic dividend" advantage could easily become [a] liability with an ill-equipped work force, hampered by poor health and inadequate knowledge and skills exposure.
Digital broadband and Facebook free basics dominate discourse, but in the short-term, for the impoverished farmer, that is a puerile debate. Modi Sarkar's rather naïve belief in the trickle- down growth theory propounded by Columbia University professors in its think-tank has clearly boomeranged. Mere astronomical growth does not alone lift poverty levels; they need to be accompanied by a structured strategy for income redistribution, especially in an emerging market with accentuated economic inequities. Thus, even the US is anxious about flagrant income inequalities. In India, 1% of people have 53% of its wealth, and we boast of the third highest number of Forbes billionaires. As Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty have correctly pointed out, inequality hinders growth. The red flags are out. Even 35% of urban India is below BPL, so much as we blow the trumpet on proposed Smart Cities and the inevitable urban migration, the fact is that we are struggling with the provision of basic public amenities that need government expenditure.

In India, 2015 was unofficially christened as the Year of the Cow. A fractured society living on the precipitous edge of communal tensions cannot give you mind-boggling growth figures; in fact, it will derail the planned expansion. Artificial intelligence is clearly no match for natural stupidity; Love Jihad, Ghar Wapsi, Award Wapsi did incalculable damage to Brand India. We ignore the rising intolerance of right-wing fundamentalists who are fast metastasising into monstrous proportions at our own peril. In fact, it will not be an exaggeration to say that the cottage industry of bigoted fanatics has seen the most burgeoning growth rate under Modi Sarkar.

Short-sightedness can be self-destructive when you are supposed to be in the driver's seat. The passengers get hurt too.
Under UPA, the inclusive growth model saw a near-optimal manifestation -- 140 million people moved out of poverty on accounts of its "rights-based " approach that sought empowerment, even as higher FDI/private investment and public spending led to the second-fastest growing economy in the world (after China) at nearly 8% average GDP growth rates. And this stupendous accomplishment happened during the worst global crisis since the Great Depression.

Modi Sarkar needs to do a drastic course correction. The holistic Human Development Index seemed a low-priority, as "ease of doing business" overtook the government's agenda. Both are important, but the latter seemed to be more headline grabbing. Thirteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India; forest rights, green accounting and water security are barely being addressed by an essentially growth-driven government that sees reforms as merely opening up gateways to foreign funds. It is myopic. But short-sightedness can be self-destructive when you are supposed to be in the driver's seat. The passengers get hurt too.

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[Trango Towers]

No they don't.
In the past six years PAF jets crash rate higher than IAF.
PN has 40 year old frigs.

PAF crash rate is higher than Indian air force.......lol that's the joke of the decade.

But then again you people even contradict you army chief that he knows nothing about the indigenous helicopter and you people know more.

 

[P@nThEr]

stop lying hindu i have just searched for your claims and F type was no where near the top selling cars.

lol you have to be an idiot to think a sports car would be the 3rd highest selling car in the UK or the world wherever you are going on about. all the top selling cars are cheap priced cars like hatchbacks.

lying indian

can't deny the fact TATA makes shit cars


you are an imbecile, i have got a better understanding of the english language then you could ever have.

Phele make a scooter engine then come back..
A Paaaki! with big ego bubble & foul mouth easy to be found..Most are victim of Indian paranoia & busy justifying Indian claims to save itself from humiliation as usual..
Your verbal diarrhea worth less than a drop of sweat from posterior..Keep in mind you are a Pakistani roaming around in UK with Indian identity..
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/2016-best-selling-super-cars-in-sa-20160912
http://www.therichest.com/luxury/auto/best-selling-exotic-cars-of-all-time/

Everything is Indian.....
Even jf17 is thought of and designed in Delhi.
Indian chief of army talks Shit.
Only your know what you are talking about.

I am so happy that you are producing such amazing machine with total confidence of your military. Keep up the good work.

Pakistan's best defence is the advancement of Indian military industry

These kind of replies are always expected when asked about Pakistani contributions..You yourselves are paranoid.

The Myth Of Make In India
13/01/2016 8:27 AM IST | Updated 15/07/2016 8:25 AM IST
Sanjay Jha National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress party

AMOS CHAPPLE VIA GETTY IMAGES
Men working with an angle grinder as it sprays sparks inside a metalworking factory in the docks are of Mumbai.
The much heralded Make in India Week is due in February, wherein the leviathan propaganda machine of the BJP/NDA sarkar will be unleashed in all its razzmatazz and glory, befitting the rock-star imagery of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The celebrated Lion logo, paradoxically inspired by a Swiss bank emblem will walk majestically, never mind that manufacturing activity nosedived to a record 28-month low, exports tumbled down like Jack and Jill for 12 successive months and private investment remained as flat as a table-tennis table. And this appalling gloom pervades when global oil prices have crashed to approximately US$35 a barrel! So is Make in India a myth or a reality? The reality is that it is a myth.

Exactly 20 years ago, petite singer Alisha Chinai's song "Made in India" mesmerised us, and became an Indipop chartbuster. By repackaging the UPA's rather sombre-sounding New Manufacturing Policy with glittering branding , Modi has appeared to position himself as the pop-patriot of the manufacturing sector, which contributes 17% to India's GDP on a Napoleonic scale. Periodic blandishments from NRIs who throng his organised concerts abroad seem to reinforce to Modi that he is on a galloping stallion. But slogans, shibboleths have a temporary dazzling effect; they end up reflecting wasted monies and dashed expectations.

[E]ven Modi's own Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel has been outsourced to a Chinese foundry. This is grotesque double-speak.
Reportedly, 2.3 million people applied for 368 positions as government peons in Uttar Pradesh, many of them postgraduates and PhDs. It is thus apparent that job creation was expected to be a key objective of Modi Sarkar. But where are the 25 million jobs per annum in the promised land? Incidentally, even Modi's own Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel has been outsourced to a Chinese foundry. This is grotesque double-speak.

Have we already forgotten the macabre, tragic episode wherein Gajendra Singh Rathore, a devastated farmer from Rajasthan, committed suicide on live television? Of course we need manufacturing, but what are our concomitant priorities, such as protecting and boosting the livelihoods of small-marginal farmers and landless labour? What about delayed MNREGA pay-outs, drastic cutbacks in health/education expenditure, displacement of tribal populations and destruction of natural assets, while we continue juggernaut-like with our mindless obsession for physical capital. Eighteen of 29 states face drought conditions, while well over 2000 farmer suicides have occurred in Maharashtra alone in 2015. Indian agriculture that supports 70% of India's population, directly or indirectly, grew at a woebegone 0.2%; bad monsoons and unseasonal rains have become forceful headwinds.

The global trend to boost domestic jobs (a political hot button) has made both Make in USA and Make in China a reality, based on the comparative advantage theory. Even the formerly Dark Continent has a Factory Africa mission. Also, employment-creation is a mammoth challenge, as merely setting up massive production facilities does not guarantee jobs. Assembly lines are becoming capital-intensive and technology-efficient, making labour-absorption difficult. Also, Southeast Asian nations such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc are becoming cost-effective on real wages. Robots are fast-replacing the blue collar workforce in Japan. Our favorite sales pitch on the "demographic dividend" advantage could easily become an onerous liability with an ill-equipped work force, hampered by poor health and inadequate knowledge and skills exposure. Let us remember that 1.5 million of our young die before attaining the age of five years.

Our favorite sales pitch on the "demographic dividend" advantage could easily become [a] liability with an ill-equipped work force, hampered by poor health and inadequate knowledge and skills exposure.
Digital broadband and Facebook free basics dominate discourse, but in the short-term, for the impoverished farmer, that is a puerile debate. Modi Sarkar's rather naïve belief in the trickle- down growth theory propounded by Columbia University professors in its think-tank has clearly boomeranged. Mere astronomical growth does not alone lift poverty levels; they need to be accompanied by a structured strategy for income redistribution, especially in an emerging market with accentuated economic inequities. Thus, even the US is anxious about flagrant income inequalities. In India, 1% of people have 53% of its wealth, and we boast of the third highest number of Forbes billionaires. As Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty have correctly pointed out, inequality hinders growth. The red flags are out. Even 35% of urban India is below BPL, so much as we blow the trumpet on proposed Smart Cities and the inevitable urban migration, the fact is that we are struggling with the provision of basic public amenities that need government expenditure.

In India, 2015 was unofficially christened as the Year of the Cow. A fractured society living on the precipitous edge of communal tensions cannot give you mind-boggling growth figures; in fact, it will derail the planned expansion. Artificial intelligence is clearly no match for natural stupidity; Love Jihad, Ghar Wapsi, Award Wapsi did incalculable damage to Brand India. We ignore the rising intolerance of right-wing fundamentalists who are fast metastasising into monstrous proportions at our own peril. In fact, it will not be an exaggeration to say that the cottage industry of bigoted fanatics has seen the most burgeoning growth rate under Modi Sarkar.

Short-sightedness can be self-destructive when you are supposed to be in the driver's seat. The passengers get hurt too.
Under UPA, the inclusive growth model saw a near-optimal manifestation -- 140 million people moved out of poverty on accounts of its "rights-based " approach that sought empowerment, even as higher FDI/private investment and public spending led to the second-fastest growing economy in the world (after China) at nearly 8% average GDP growth rates. And this stupendous accomplishment happened during the worst global crisis since the Great Depression.

Modi Sarkar needs to do a drastic course correction. The holistic Human Development Index seemed a low-priority, as "ease of doing business" overtook the government's agenda. Both are important, but the latter seemed to be more headline grabbing. Thirteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India; forest rights, green accounting and water security are barely being addressed by an essentially growth-driven government that sees reforms as merely opening up gateways to foreign funds. It is myopic. But short-sightedness can be self-destructive when you are supposed to be in the driver's seat. The passengers get hurt too.

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Come on Sanjay Jha...
Their party won less than 40 seats in Lok Saba(Worst performance in history of Congress)..They are suppose to spew such bs..

 

[Praise Kek]

PAF crash rate is higher than Indian air force.......lol that's the joke of the decade.

But then again you people even contradict you army chief that he knows nothing about the indigenous helicopter and you people know more.

As per data from aviation-safety & ejection-uk since January 2012 there have 26 crashes of IAF fighter jets whereas PAF has seen 20 fighter jet crashes i.e. a ratio of 1.30:1.
Now taking into consideration the fact the IAF is 1.8 to 2.0x the size of PAF, PAFs crash rate is significantly worse than IAF's.

 

[Trango Towers]

Phele make a scooter engine then come back..
A Paaaki! with big ego bubble & foul mouth easy to be found..Most are victim of Indian paranoia..
Your verbal diarrhea worth less than a drop of sweat from posterior..Keep in mind you are a Pakistani roaming around in UK with Indian identity..
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/2016-best-selling-super-cars-in-sa-20160912
http://www.therichest.com/luxury/auto/best-selling-exotic-cars-of-all-time/


These kind of replies are always expected when asked about Pakistani contributions..You yourselves are paranoid.

Honestly you have got to be one of the stupidest Indians on the planet. Is there a factory where they produce you low casts. Rupee a dozen

As per data from aviation-safety & ejection-uk since January 2012 there have 26 crashes of IAF fighter jets whereas PAF has seen 20 fighter jet crashes i.e. a ratio of 1.30:1.
Now taking into consideration the fact the IAF is 1.8 to 2.0x the size of PAF, PAFs crash rate is significantly worse than IAF's.

You don't crash at all. You merely land differently. We in PAF crash. I think your source is incorrect. I would tell them if I was you.

Getting back to the topic.


Why does the Indian chef think.HAL produced helicopters are toothless?

Is he just stupid
Is he delusional
Is he a traitor?

I mean clearly people like p@nther and Praise kel are better informed.

Should he be forced to resign?

 

[P@nThEr]

Honestly you have got to be one of the stupidest Indians on the planet. Is there a factory where they produce you low casts. Rupee a dozen


You don't crash at all. You merely land differently. We in PAF crash. I think your source is incorrect. I would tell them if I was you.

More non factual BS..
Is there any indigenous Paaaak! aircraft,submarine,tank or ship ever produced?
BTW Pakistan crash rate is higher in compared to India.

 

[Sully3]

Phele make a scooter engine then come back..
A Paaaki! with big ego bubble & foul mouth easy to be found..Most are victim of Indian paranoia & busy justifying Indian claims to save itself from humiliation as usual..
Your verbal diarrhea worth less than a drop of sweat from posterior..Keep in mind you are a Pakistani roaming around in UK with Indian identity..
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/2016-best-selling-super-cars-in-sa-20160912
http://www.therichest.com/luxury/auto/best-selling-exotic-cars-of-all-time/

dirty dirty lying Indian
why are you posting articles from south africa. do you want me to embarrass you and paste the list of the actual best selling cars in the world. your dirty tata cars are no where near on the list

you indians just lie lie and lie

and about me living in UK with indian identity lol mate i would clean my *** with the indian flag if someone ever dared called me a bloody indian.

get off our forum you sad sad person

 

[Trango Towers]

More non factual BS..
Is there any indigenous Paaaak! aircraft,submarine,tank or ship ever produced?
BTW Pakistan crash rate is higher in compared to India.

I say you have got to be one of the stupidest Indian on the planet and look at your reply. Point proved

 

[Sully3]

Phele make a scooter engine then come back..
A Paaaki! with big ego bubble & foul mouth easy to be found..Most are victim of Indian paranoia & busy justifying Indian claims to save itself from humiliation as usual..
Your verbal diarrhea worth less than a drop of sweat from posterior..Keep in mind you are a Pakistani roaming around in UK with Indian identity..
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/2016-best-selling-super-cars-in-sa-20160912
http://www.therichest.com/luxury/auto/best-selling-exotic-cars-of-all-time/

1. if you ever called me a P@ki too my face id slit your throat

2. you are indian on a pakistani forum. do you know how sad you look, you indians are so desperate you have to make accounts on a pakistani forum. i rather kill myself then go on your dirty indian forums

sad sad freak

I say you have got to be one of the stupidest Indian on the planet and look at your reply. Point proved

hes an imbecile, his posts are being reported by everyone

only a matter of time till he's banned. imagine how sad do you have to be to be an indian and then come on a pakistani defence forum. a nation full of freaks

"indians make shit cars, shit fighters jets and shit helicopters" COAS Rawat

your own pig is calling your army equipment shit.

make in india my @ss

 

[P@nThEr]

dirty dirty lying Indian
why are you posting articles from south africa. do you want me to embarrass you and paste the list of the actual best selling cars in the world. your dirty tata cars are no where near on the list

you indians just lie lie and lie

and about me living in UK with indian identity lol mate i would clean my *** with the indian flag if someone ever dared called me a bloody indian.

get off our forum you sad sad person

I provided two links man....

Btw you can say whatever the shiteee you want but you are still a self glorifying hollow Paaaak! who pretends to be Indian on while abroad.Well I see in US & I see such so many...

Also you said europeans tend to hate Jaguar now days..

you are indian on a pakistani forum. do you know how sad you look, you indians are so desperate you have to make accounts on a pakistani forum. i rather kill myself then go on your dirty indian forums

I don't care if somebody reports or not.
Also You don't represent whole Pakistan..Cause Pakistanis are filled up in Indian forums too..
You are a special case who is desperate to run fetid mouth in normal conversations..

1. if you ever called me a P@ki too my face id slit your throat

Still I am not offended to report you

 

[RangeMaster]

BTW Pakistan crash rate is higher in compared to India.

Why the Indian Air Force has a high crash rate
........
4 June 2015- RAKESH KRISHNAN SIMHA-
........
In the backdrop of the sixth Sukhoi crash in six years, here’s a look at some factors that contribute to the IAF’s high crash rate.
........
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TAGS
AVIATION, SUKHOI, INDIAN AIR FORCE
........
The IAF’s fleet strength is currently down to 34 squadrons or around 600 warplanes. Source: AP
More than 200 Sukhoi Flankers currently form the core of the Indian Air Force’s strike element, for a planned force of over 272 Su-30 fighter-bombers. India received the initial batch of Sukhois in 2002. The first of these aircraft crashed in 2009, and since then five more have crashed.

Now let’s look at the Sukhois in other air forces.

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has 150 Flankers of Russian origin and 229 Chinese knockoffs. That’s a total of 379 aircraft, for an eventual figure of 400 Russian made Flankers, derivatives and illegal copies. And yet the PLAAF has lost fewer Sukhoi in crashes. Are the Chinese Sukhois better maintained, better built or are Chinese pilots simply playing it safe? More on that in a moment.

The Russian Air Force has a total of 438 Flankers. Again, the Russian Sukhois don’t tumble out of the air at a rate close to the IAF’s. Similarly, there have been no reports of Flankers of the Vietnamese and Indonesian air forces being involved in crashes.


India proud to be armed with the Su-30MKI fighter – Indian Minister
Why the Flanker force matters

The IAF calls the Su-30 its “air dominance” fighter for a good reason. The arrival of the Sukhoi has decisively tilted the balance of power in favour of the IAF in the region. The Flanker’s super-maneuverability, its armoury of advanced beyond visual range missiles and extraordinary range of 3000 km (extendable to 8000 km with aerial refuelling) are aspects that make it the wolf of the skies.

The Su-30 is also equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which gives it greater long-range reconnaissance capabilities. Armed with the SAR pod, the IAF Sukhois are known to engage in aggressive patrols along the China-India and India-Pakistan borders.

Considering the Flanker’s hunter killer reputation, anyone who questions its capability is clearly living under a rock.

So what explains the loss of six IAF Flankers in crashes? Let’s go into the various probable causes and also dissect the theories floating out there.

Crash No.1: 30 April 2009

The first ever Su-30MKI crashes in the Pokhran region, Rajasthan. The IAF’s Court of Inquiry establishes Wing Commander Vishwas Munje mistakenly switched off the warplane’s fly-by-wire system.

Crash No.2: 30 November 2009

Sukhoi crashes near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, after a fire warning. An IAF investigation attributes it to accidental ingestion of a foreign object in the engine intake.

Crash No.3: 13 December 2011

Aircraft crashes 20 km from Pune. IAF says the crash is due to a malfunction in the fly-by-wire system.

Crash No.4: 19 February 2013

Aircraft’s right wing explodes over Pokhran, shortly after completing a training mission.

Crash No.5: 14 October 2013

Fly-by-wire system malfunctions yet again and the Sukhoi goes down near Pune. Russian experts blame pilot error but the IAF says the Court of Inquiry is yet to pinpoint exact reason.

Crash No.6: 19 May 2015

Su-30MKI flying from Tezpur in Assam develops a technical snag and the pilot is forced to abandon the aircraft. Cause is yet to be established.

Now that you have a good idea of what exactly happened in those six crashes, let’s look at the possible reasons why jet fighters crash in India.

 

[P@nThEr]

Why the Indian Air Force has a high crash rate
........
4 June 2015- RAKESH KRISHNAN SIMHA-
........
In the backdrop of the sixth Sukhoi crash in six years, here’s a look at some factors that contribute to the IAF’s high crash rate.
........
Facebook92 Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp
TAGS
AVIATION, SUKHOI, INDIAN AIR FORCE
........
The IAF’s fleet strength is currently down to 34 squadrons or around 600 warplanes. Source: AP
More than 200 Sukhoi Flankers currently form the core of the Indian Air Force’s strike element, for a planned force of over 272 Su-30 fighter-bombers. India received the initial batch of Sukhois in 2002. The first of these aircraft crashed in 2009, and since then five more have crashed.

Now let’s look at the Sukhois in other air forces.

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has 150 Flankers of Russian origin and 229 Chinese knockoffs. That’s a total of 379 aircraft, for an eventual figure of 400 Russian made Flankers, derivatives and illegal copies. And yet the PLAAF has lost fewer Sukhoi in crashes. Are the Chinese Sukhois better maintained, better built or are Chinese pilots simply playing it safe? More on that in a moment.

The Russian Air Force has a total of 438 Flankers. Again, the Russian Sukhois don’t tumble out of the air at a rate close to the IAF’s. Similarly, there have been no reports of Flankers of the Vietnamese and Indonesian air forces being involved in crashes.


India proud to be armed with the Su-30MKI fighter – Indian Minister
Why the Flanker force matters

The IAF calls the Su-30 its “air dominance” fighter for a good reason. The arrival of the Sukhoi has decisively tilted the balance of power in favour of the IAF in the region. The Flanker’s super-maneuverability, its armoury of advanced beyond visual range missiles and extraordinary range of 3000 km (extendable to 8000 km with aerial refuelling) are aspects that make it the wolf of the skies.

The Su-30 is also equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which gives it greater long-range reconnaissance capabilities. Armed with the SAR pod, the IAF Sukhois are known to engage in aggressive patrols along the China-India and India-Pakistan borders.

Considering the Flanker’s hunter killer reputation, anyone who questions its capability is clearly living under a rock.

So what explains the loss of six IAF Flankers in crashes? Let’s go into the various probable causes and also dissect the theories floating out there.

Crash No.1: 30 April 2009

The first ever Su-30MKI crashes in the Pokhran region, Rajasthan. The IAF’s Court of Inquiry establishes Wing Commander Vishwas Munje mistakenly switched off the warplane’s fly-by-wire system.

Crash No.2: 30 November 2009

Sukhoi crashes near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, after a fire warning. An IAF investigation attributes it to accidental ingestion of a foreign object in the engine intake.

Crash No.3: 13 December 2011

Aircraft crashes 20 km from Pune. IAF says the crash is due to a malfunction in the fly-by-wire system.

Crash No.4: 19 February 2013

Aircraft’s right wing explodes over Pokhran, shortly after completing a training mission.

Crash No.5: 14 October 2013

Fly-by-wire system malfunctions yet again and the Sukhoi goes down near Pune. Russian experts blame pilot error but the IAF says the Court of Inquiry is yet to pinpoint exact reason.

Crash No.6: 19 May 2015

Su-30MKI flying from Tezpur in Assam develops a technical snag and the pilot is forced to abandon the aircraft. Cause is yet to be established.

Now that you have a good idea of what exactly happened in those six crashes, let’s look at the possible reasons why jet fighters crash in India.

Do a crash ratio to total aircraft in service count..
You will get answer..

 

[Sully3]

I provided two links man....

Btw you can say whatever the shiteee you want but you are still a self glorifying hollow Paaaak! who pretends to be Indian on while abroad.Well I see in US & I see such so many...

Al

lol this guy is a proper moron, he thinks pakistanis call themselves indian here in the UK. donkey of the day
now you can carry on saying the same thing but it just makes you look like an imbecile that your are. indians will always be the butt of all jokes. this guy is testament to that