Dillinger
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But @Dillinger why go for this turbofan powered outdated peice of hardware??
These days you have multirole platforms that can do most of the above. The Mig-29Ks can do a lot of what your were saying as well as being incredibly exceptional strike a/ c and dogfighters. No doubt the future a/c the IN will get ie RAFALE-M/ F-35 C/N-FGFA etc will all be just as good and better in many ways.
Bro the Fulcrum can't operate as an AEW/aerial tanker (it has buddy refueling pods but those only go for a certain length, the point is to have organic long range long endurance AEW and ASW capabilities for your CBG itself). This is meant as a replacement for the Kamov (instead of say the V-22) and not as a replacement for the Fulcrums.
Btw the design and platform is far more contemporary than say the E-2 Hawkeye.
There is no connection between a F-35 or Rafale's role and the role of such a prospective platform- they fall under completely different capability and operational spheres.
@Abingdonboy I primarily meant this :-
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