Abingdonboy
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I think India should just do it ontop of MRCA but a.s.a.p, we need those planes!
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It is already expanded to 300. It will most likely involve 2 vendors (to maintain pace of induction as one vendor will not be able to supply the numbers within time). It will also include Indian navy's requirement for 40+ aircrafts.
300...yeh kab hua..?
Buying 300 of them will not be a wise decision..It will have huge implications on LCA and most likely IAF will start searching reasons to avoid inducting these...
Having said that i seriously doubt the no. has been increased..officially this is still 126...
And who will pay for all these multiple aircrafts being used?...the cost is not just the unit price but maintainence and spares and this will increase exponentially more the no of types of jets.
Why all of us so fickle, we like to grab everything that comes to our bag......
We need to take wise steps to secure the nation, Just sticking MRCA and LCA and PAKFA.....
Thats all, while all these are on track why worrying about depleting numbers?, we still have enough in our kitty to counter enemy....
My openion...
I understand your point.buddy do you think at the moment we have enough to counter PLAF??? Don't you think that we need modern fighters to cover up for the crazy number of fighter jets that PLAF possess....We can never match them in numbers but how about evading the numerical superiority with techincal????
i am tired of this mmrca competition !!!
when is saga going to end !!!!
They will select mmrca when all mmrca jets will become outdated.
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I understand your point.
But if I read it carefully then we need to acquire 500 fighters in next 1 year which is not possible, is it?...
The acqusition has a pace and it has to be wise. technically what advantage China has got over us?, First tell me that....what is there in Chinese kitty that cant be countered by India. DF 21??, they will send that and we will send Agni 3.Why so worried????....
Not really....We want offensive capabilities in both sectors....Unfortunately we concentrated on western border too much and for too long...Never the less we are catching up and that's why i would like to have best in our kitty....However you will at least agree that we are not sitting idle. There are plans on the run. If you look at the latest doctorine we want offensive capabilities in the east but defensive capabilities on the west.
yes you are right....However lot of work still needs to be done....The kind of infrastructure our neighbours have put in their side our forces have a very very challenging task....Mark my words friend....So India is actually raising mountain devisions, Su 30 bases, latest SAMs are deployed there.
I am sorry i do not agree....If i go by our doctorine i.e cold start there is no scope of just Army playng the role....Any case we need to modernize all three forces....Navy is doing a good job followed very closely by IAF and then Army....It will be an advantage for us to think a war from Chienese side, but I think it will be a mere border war and nothing more and for that you need more advanced Army than an Airforce...
Adding 40 rafales will help with what? you will send all 40 rafales to Chinese border?
Exactly...that's why what you field should be top notch...You might have noticed you are speaking my lines here....China has numerical superiority and we need top quality stuff to negate it.....In war its not faught with Numbers, if that was the case US would have own in Afganistan and Vietnam.
Agree to it...and that's what i am saying...not sure how you got the 500 number though....What Iam saying is if you cant acquire 500 fighters in a year then there no point in talking about it. We are left with some options and we should be happy that there are countries that are helping us come up with numbers.
but we should do what we can do best at the moment.
I am sorry i do not agree....If i go by our doctorine i.e cold start there is no scope of just Army playng the role....Any case we need to modernize all three forces....Navy is doing a good job followed very closely by IAF and then Army....
My thoughts,
Cold start doctorine i believe was very specific to Pakistan -- I dont believe it applies to China where we will be purely a defensive force (atleast for this decade). You simply cant be offensive against much bigger adversary , leaving your defenses to be picked by the enemy.