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But you don't realize that the same IAF has officially given specs for AMCA already to HAL. I think they don't want to draw attention to this along the lines of Arihant and that's why they're all so tight lipped about it. Who told you that world will be fielding UCAVs by 2025-30?
Wasnt it IAF which gave specs for LCA too, speaking on the same line, wasnt it IA which gave the spec for Arjun too. I will not go into negetivity, however giving specs and inducting a platform are two different things.
We have to be practical here as to who we choose as our partners for our projects, and IMO Israel and Singapore are not the ideal partners.
First its not just about choosing anyone, by being practical I will always say, Israel will be bad choice because and trust me MOD or GOI will not do it.
1. You know the level off relationship we have with Israel, which is basically at lower level in terms of defence and higher level in terms of intelligence. If you scrutinize the history of our defence projects with Israel you will get it.
I will give you a hint, for a 4th Gen planec like LCA we didnt choose Israel as our consultant did we, we rather kept it low to only RADAR, wonder why? We could have taken their assistance for Engine, Airframe design etc....but we didnt.
2. Singapore will be a good option but they are not good in these fields. They can be a financial partner and some level in techs, not in all fields, a big 50-50 with them is simply not possible. May be an 80-20 but still I doubt.
That just a fantasy now and those who think of it real so eaary are only dreamers. Tests would be in full swing but not application. The JSF are there till 2035-40 along with the F-22s in USAF and NATO AFs. PAKFA will be there for 10 more years roughyl with Russians and us and AMCA would be very much there for 20 more years than that. Let's be practical; UK's Taranis UCAV is just a stealth bomber and if other manned stealth fighters detect its presence, its mince meat in the air. The same goes for the French prototype bomber UCAV.
Manned fighters will be there always, it will take the world a hundred years to replace the man to a unmanned one if you go on replacing by fighter to fighter.However the point here is
1. IAF is getting PAKFA, IN will get PAKFA and any time they can get their hands on F-35 too. So you are secured and ensured that you are not lacking behind in modern warfare. So that part of worry is over. so you can cleanly develope the 5th Gen fighter yourself. You have already built an infrastructure which can support the developement, why will pair with anyone else?...
UK Tarinis is a stealth bomber, imagine you have a deep penetration strike, and you use these bombers which has very low RCS. they would have already bombed the place before your ground SAM and fighters detect them supported by your own manned fighters will create havoc.
So AMCA has as much better future as the PAKFA/FGFA.
Yes a future, but my whole point is we have stick to our capabilities and we can develope AMCA on our own. What we can do here is we need to collaborate with some one to develope UCAVs, we dont have a proper UAV yet and we shouldnt be lagging behind in tech. So partneship for a UCAV will make more sense than AMCA.
You're needlessly worrying dude. Every fighter being developed now is a new platform for the entire world. Doesn't mean we can keep worrying and sit with our eyes shut. We have try stuff.
Thats a generic statement, and iam not worried here. What Iam talking is what is practical and nothing else.
That's interesting, can you provide the link? Good to hear that he is not falling into the hype of ADA and HAL, which really should focus on LCA development now.
here is the link Sancho, it was discussed here.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/43723-indian-mca-special-news.html#post616248