IAF's Vayu Shakti Firepower Demo This Month

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IAF's Vayu Shakti Firepower Demo This Month​

In a first ever display of its precision strike capability by night, a mammoth fire power demonstration (FPD), codenamed ‘Vayu Shakti-2010’, showcasing the operational capabilities of IAF by day, dusk and night will be held at the sprawling Chandan Air-to-Ground Range, Pokharan on February 28.

The FPD will demonstrate the day and night employability of air power by frontline fighter aircraft of the IAF including Su-30 MKI, Mirage-2000, Jaguar, Mig-21 and Mig-29. The transport aircraft include AN-32, Embraer and IL-76, while Mi-17 1V and Mi-35 attack helicopters will constitute the rotary wing ingredients.

For the first time AWACS will be used to monitor the mammoth exercise while an unmanned aerial vehicle will stream live video images of the target destruction. In addition to the 65 aircraft participating from all IAF Commands, 30 standby aircraft in air and an equal number on ground will make it one of the biggest participation by IAF aircraft in any such FPD ever.

Mock radar sites, tanks, marshalling yards, terrorist camps, runway, BMP (infantry fighting vehicles), blast pens and convoys are among few of the targets that pilots will seek to destroy. Para-drop and troop insertion of Garud - IAF’s Special Forces to neutralize a terrorist camp will also be on display.

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[DavyJones]

interesting - is that an AN-32 being used in a bombing role ?
India needs Backfire or Blackjack bombers to replace the Canberras in a strategic bombing role.

 

[DMLA]

strategic bombing role

for what? Missiles are cheaper and more effective!

 

[sancho]

interesting - is that an AN-32 being used in a bombing role ?
India needs Backfire or Blackjack bombers to replace the Canberras in a strategic bombing role.

I don't see a real need for bombers, but if in future wars we would need such a capability, I think the P8I will be used for it.
P8I will have a radar that can detect ground targets and is said to use PGM, stand off missiles, besides torpedos and anti-ship missiles. So a P8I armed with SLAMMER and JDAM could be used as a bomber too.

 

[SEAL]

Pokharan i think the same area where two SU-30MKI crashed last year.

 

[Dark Angel]

Pokharan i think the same area where two SU-30MKI crashed last year.

nice try looser ....The Chinese have lost 5 Flankers, of which 4 are Su-30s. At least this much has made it to the public domain, owing to China's secretive nature and they are operating only 76 of them and India operates 120

 

[SEAL]

nice try looser ....The Chinese have lost 5 Flankers, of which 4 are Su-30s. At least this much has made it to the public domain, owing to China's secretive nature and they are operating only 76 of them and India operates 120/QUOTE]

nice try loser but i wasn't talking about Chinese flankers.

 

[Kavin]

nice try looser ....The Chinese have lost 5 Flankers, of which 4 are Su-30s. At least this much has made it to the public domain, owing to China's secretive nature and they are operating only 76 of them and India operates 120

Do you have any link?

 

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[sudhir007]

interesting - is that an AN-32 being used in a bombing role ?
India needs Backfire or Blackjack bombers to replace the Canberras in a strategic bombing role.

we have 4 Tu-22M Backfire longer range bombing at supersonic speed.

 

[Laughing Buddha]

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[Laughing Buddha]

One of the missions mission

3 SU-30MKI
3 Mirage
5 MIG-21 Bison
3 MIG 29B
2 MIG 27
2 Jaguar
2 Tu-22M3 bomber
1 AWAC
1 Battery of UAV's
1 Battery of S-300 SAM (Range more than 180KM) and Support Radar
Backed by ground based Advance Pine Radar (Range more than 300KM) and Satellite communication

 

[BlackSonic]

Is this going to be telecast on Doordashan live? If yes then what timing?