sancho
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Of course it will be a help and honestly I wish we would go to even more co-developments, or JV, but it won't double the thrust of Kaveri, neither will we suddenly develop a great radar. It will be good steps in the right direction and it's not like that, that we wouldn't want Russian radar and engines! I think we agree that the Bars radar and AL31 engine of MKI are more than good and IAF is happy to have them and as long as we can produce the next AL41 in India too, I don't see a reason why we shouldn't take it.Don't take foreign help that lightly. I have seen first hand how just a little initial help speeds up the development. Also, the govt has now shown sincerity towards the program, pumping in lot of money.
Russians had to reinvent the wheel. Hopefully, we will not have to.
Personally, although I like the idea of Pak Fa/FGFA having 360° radar detection, I hope more for an NG EWS and IRST, because I think they are more important than the radar in future!
FGFA will be stealthy and will have an edge over any actual enemy fighter of PLAAF and PAF and even if China develops an 5. gen fighter, the radar won't be a big help anyway. So no matter which gen fighter the enemy is, any tech to detect IR signatures, or other signals through passiv detection, could be a bigger advantage.
That's also why I hope for Rafale to win MMRCA, because I think it will give IAF an edge, especially with radar turned off and guided by AWACS, or by using OSF and Spectra.