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Does anyone have an approximate idea of the SU30MKI production rate?
Coz with the numbers stacking up I find it difficult to see how 270 aircraft will be built.
I attended Aero India 2011, Honestly I found Rafale more impressive than Eurofighter, SU 30 MKI was really a disappointment but one of the pilots around said it is not allowed to showcase all it's maneuvers since it creates high decibel sound that can even lead to deafness...
Rafale really won the show, at least I loved it, Eurofighter was good too but not as impressive as it is supposed to be.. Its name come with high standards which, I think, it couldn't showcase at Aero India..
In fact F 16 was amazing!! Very beautiful and agile bird, smooth and pretty silent.. F 16 was really mesmerizing..
Very good news for Indian airforce. With these proven jets, India has no need to buy any LCA and its antiquated design. HAL is under no pressure to come up with any jets in the near future and can focus on producing better planes for Indian in the distant future.
I think India should go for F-16 or F-18 as India can get even more advance systems in it. If India can get America's yesterday technology would be a better acquisition than India get tomorrow's Russian/European technology. As American technology is about 1 week ahead of Russia and Europe.
^^ Um no more sanctions you know why? Because if we become strategic partners with the US then that makes them gain an influx of capital from India and Frankly if Us and India ceome allies we will become their most important strategic asset in Asia which Us cannot afford to lose. USA is very smart even with not as much ToT as the European warbirds we get mores startgic benefits which counts. Take NATO for example. It is without the USA. . Europe depends on Americans as much as India depended on Russia and to some extent depends on Russia today. It evident when USA took off all defence and space orginasations off the export control list that they are serious about winning MMRCA. And this ToT all Indians keep on whining about just cecause the warbirds from europe look sexier.....their technologies are completely outclassed be USA. According to the RFPs and limits, offsets etc India said x amount of ToT needs to be there or no deal. Infact USA offers from ToT than India asks, thus satisfying requirments. And frankly becoming an ally and parter with US automatically means ally of NATO thus becoming allt of EU and european nations. You need to think realistcally that on paper things might not look good but the once you become friend of USA, there is nothing to worry about because then EU cant anymore against India. Plus on the side note SH has the most superior and matured AESA radar and engines avaiable to India right now. Then the International ROadmap Boeing is offering means HAL-Boeing will be in good company til at least 2020. EF to expensive, Rafale no future but incredibly sexy, Gripen basically F-16 and us technologies with Swedish flag, F-16 well no future because it is coming ti the end of its development and cycle-run+ Pakistan has it and US wont sell same aircraft to both countries, Mig-35? Well we just upgrading all out Mig-29s so no fear there + we have commitments with Sukhoi for 5th gen fighter programs. This may look biased but its true. ANd this MMRCA is nothing but India to gain some serious political ties with a country. If we are really interested in the future of IAF SuperHornet is way to go. We could've purchased EF if it was 126 units we would be ordering (still cost around 15 billion USD and MMRCA is/was 11 billion deal, with 260 units 25 billion USD). Unless we allocate more money then EF has chance to win.
^^ Um no more sanctions you know why? Because if we become strategic partners with the US then that makes them gain an influx of capital from India and Frankly if Us and India ceome allies we will become their most important strategic asset in Asia which Us cannot afford to lose. USA is very smart even with not as much ToT as the European warbirds we get mores startgic benefits which counts. Take NATO for example. It is without the USA. . Europe depends on Americans as much as India depended on Russia and to some extent depends on Russia today. It evident when USA took off all defence and space orginasations off the export control list that they are serious about winning MMRCA. And this ToT all Indians keep on whining about just cecause the warbirds from europe look sexier.....their technologies are completely outclassed be USA. According to the RFPs and limits, offsets etc India said x amount of ToT needs to be there or no deal. Infact USA offers from ToT than India asks, thus satisfying requirments. And frankly becoming an ally and parter with US automatically means ally of NATO thus becoming allt of EU and european nations. You need to think realistcally that on paper things might not look good but the once you become friend of USA, there is nothing to worry about because then EU cant anymore against India. Plus on the side note SH has the most superior and matured AESA radar and engines avaiable to India right now. Then the International ROadmap Boeing is offering means HAL-Boeing will be in good company til at least 2020. EF to expensive, Rafale no future but incredibly sexy, Gripen basically F-16 and us technologies with Swedish flag, F-16 well no future because it is coming ti the end of its development and cycle-run+ Pakistan has it and US wont sell same aircraft to both countries, Mig-35? Well we just upgrading all out Mig-29s so no fear there + we have commitments with Sukhoi for 5th gen fighter programs. This may look biased but its true. ANd this MMRCA is nothing but India to gain some serious political ties with a country. If we are really interested in the future of IAF SuperHornet is way to go. We could've purchased EF if it was 126 units we would be ordering (still cost around 15 billion USD and MMRCA is/was 11 billion deal, with 260 units 25 billion USD). Unless we allocate more money then EF has chance to win.