IAF to acquire 450 fighter aircraft in future, says Air Force Chief RKS Bhadauria

[Robin rone]

35 years all IAF will be retried (except rafale which arent inculded in this count or may be the last built su30)..so my guess IAF will never go beyond 25 squardons/450 AC(that are truely active)....

This is what happens when you import everything ..now look at china..just j10s out numbers all IAF


With 22 squardons it cant even beat PAF...
PAF is hell bent on maintaining its 19 squardons ...
It will keep that by getting 250+ thunders and 100 odd f16 & than azm afterwards


I kinda hope india acquires 3 more aircraft carriers to strength of 6-10...as they dont have significance against pakistan

Wrong IAF always try to keep the aircrafts in number's, they will follow tejas family for replacement indication also MLU and super su30mki upgrade down the line will keep the strength in number's,only possible drawback will be induction of 5th gen fighter to their inventory, they either have go for su57 ( still improvement required) or f35 ( highly doubt full ) the amaca pr stunts done by DRDO and their PSU just a wet dream it never going to materialized, they talking abt a 1:1 mock-up for least 3 years still not able to build one.

 

[ziaulislam]

Wrong IAF always try to keep the aircrafts in number's, they will follow tejas family for replacement indication also MLU and super su30mki upgrade down the line will keep the strength in number's,only possible drawback will be induction of 5th gen fighter to their inventory, they either have go for su57 ( still improvement required) or f35 ( highly doubt full ) the amaca pr stunts done by DRDO and their PSU just a wet dream it never going to materialized, they talking abt a 1:1 mock-up for least 3 years still not able to build one.

Su30 upgrade will give su30 another 20 years if it happens but ultimately they will not last beyound 2050..
You dont exepect them to last beyond 40 years?
So IAF will need 800 aircarfts not 450 in next 35 years

 

[MayaBazar]

With 22 squardons it cant even beat PAF...
PAF is hell bent on maintaining its 19 squardons ...
It will keep that by getting 250+ thunders and 100 odd f16 & than azm afterwards

22 squadrons would be enough to defend against PAF.

 

[Tumba]

Su30 upgrade will give su30 another 20 years if it happens but ultimately they will not last beyound 2050..
You dont exepect them to last beyond 40 years?
So IAF will need 800 aircarfts not 450 in next 35 years

haha Indians will squeeze every single drop of juice from everything we buy so rest assured if a fighter is slated for 35 years India will squeeze 70 from it easily... haha

 

[ziaulislam]

haha Indians will squeeze every single drop of juice from everything we buy so rest assured if a fighter is slated for 35 years India will squeeze 70 from it easily... haha

lol mirages can't fly any more and PAF rebuilt them to death...and they ar eonly 50 years

22 squadrons would be enough to defend against PAF.

well current 30+ arent so come 22 will do...

 

[Armchair]

lol mirages can't fly any more and PAF rebuilt them to death...and they ar eonly 50 years


well current 30+ arent so come 22 will do...

PAF is / aiming for a 25 squadron air force. That's about 450 aircraft. I'd say 300 JF-17s eventually.

 

[Vergennes]

Actually this is a very good news for the Rafale. Expect other batches in the coming months or next few years.

 

[MayaBazar]

Su30 upgrade will give su30 another 20 years if it happens but ultimately they will not last beyound 2050..
You dont exepect them to last beyond 40 years?
So IAF will need 800 aircarfts not 450 in next 35 years

That was the original plan but we are not going to need those numbers as India no longer needs to fight a 2 front war. IAF just needs to defend against PAF.

well current 30+ arent so come 22 will do...

Yes. It would be enough as we would be defending.

 

[MayaBazar]

IAF cancelled its MMRCA and here you are with a new theory that you'll get f 35s why not add f22 too with s400 I doubt you'll get anything other than tejas and additional Rafael but only if you have money for that at this stage with the economy crumbling even getting Rafael for 7 8 billion usd is hard for IAF and you added f35 to the mix good job.

It would be F-35 + THAAD

 

[Fighting Falcon 01]

It would be F-35 + THAAD

Nice india has paid some amount for s400 so if you cancel the order Pakistan might get the s400 instead I would not risk my alliance with Russia for bugged and compromised f35 and thaad which are sanction prone

 

[MayaBazar]

Nice india has paid some amount for s400 so if you cancel the order Pakistan might get the s400 instead I would not risk my alliance with Russia for bugged and compromised f35 and thaad which are sanction prone

Unfortunately there are no 5th gen fighters that are available. US is not willing to sell F-35 if we buy S-400.

You have give something to get something.

Hopefully, we will buy something else from Russia.

 

[Fighting Falcon 01]

Unfortunately there are no 5th gen fighters that are available. US is not willing to sell F-35 if we buy S-400.

You have give something to get something.

Hopefully, we will buy something else from Russia.

India doesn't need an off shelf 5th gen fighter it will be more expensive than the Rafael what about AMCA is it worth nothing like tejas

 

[Trango Towers]

I'm unsure where you heard about the 40% cut in defence budget since majority of our budget goes for salaries and pensions leaving little to none for defence procurements and R&D.

Secondly, Su-30's line is stopped since HAL has built all aircrafts per the initial contract. HAL is asking IAF for additional aircrafts but IAF already has enough heavy fighters and want to procure more jets in the medium class. Due to cash crunch, IAF might opt out of the 114 jets tender per MMRCA 2.0 and go for additional LCA's and MWFs' in the long run but will most probably procure 2 more squadrons of Rafales as a stop gap

Regarding P8I, 8 are currently in service with 4 more which were ordered back in 2016 due to be delivered this july. Additionally, 6 more have already been cleared for acquisition

https://www.livefistdefence.com/201...ndian-navy-clears-decks-for-6-more-p-8is.html

To counter PAF's AIM-120, Rafales come with MBDA's Meteor and you can compare the specs if range was an issue. Astra has been recently inducted on multiple platforms across IAF's inventory which has a range of 100-110km in addition to the I-Derby ER which IAF ordered after Balakot


It's surprising to see pakistanis trusting Indian sources but I guess that only happens when it suits your narrative. What I'm saying is the writer poorly framed on how it's put out and it's absurd to see you claim 6 aircraft per year when HAL was building 8 per year back when LCA's production initially started

15 years 83 aircraft...
How many is that per year? Do the maths. Maybe you need a calculator. Your figures not mine. Just incuse you are confused.
83/15 so what do u get? On your calculator.

Regarding indian press we laugh at them and you Iranians that justify and beli e the nonsense

 

[MayaBazar]

India doesn't need an off shelf 5th gen fighter it will be more expensive than the Rafael what about AMCA is it worth nothing like tejas

Rafale is not 5th gen. Only 2 more Rafale squadrons will be procure. That's it.

We need help from US for AMCA and F-35 deal with US will bring in that help.

 

[Fighting Falcon 01]

Rafale is not 5th gen. Only 2 more Rafale squadrons will be procure. That's it.

We need help from US for AMCA and F-35 deal with US will bring in that help.

We'll see what happens with current economy india and Pakistan both will struggle to keep their indigenous r&d up and running I doubt any procurement will take place in next 2 3 years ( India cancelled MMRCA because it's just too expensive 14 billion usd) same is the case with f35 and thaad