Now, India turns to Russia for mega defence deals

[anant_s]

you will be looking at 11 Phalcons.

Sir, does such a large fleet leave scope for Indian AESA AWACS for which Airbus A 330 was supposedly chosen?
Phalcon is a mighty capable system and 10+ number should be sufficient to cover surveillance requirements on Eastern and Western border.

 

[MilSpec]

Sir, does such a large fleet leave scope for Indian AESA AWACS for which Airbus A 330 was suposedly chosen?
Phalcon is a mighty capable system and 10+ number should be sufficient to cover surveillance requirements on Eastern and Western border.

Maybe the roadmap is not just covering our borders... (no "sir" please)

 

[surya kiran]

Sir, does such a large fleet leave scope for Indian AESA AWACS for which Airbus A 330 was supposedly chosen?
Phalcon is a mighty capable system and 10+ number should be sufficient to cover surveillance requirements on Eastern and Western border.

Depends on the tempo of operations and the theatre in question. If you are going to have 24/7 hyper tempo for 1 week, you will need at-least 3 AWACS for one theatre of ops + 1 on stand by for loss.

1 on station, 1 on ground undergoing maintenance and 1 replacement. In case of a loss, the stand by kicks in.

As for the Indian AWACS, yes, there is room. In a joint ops theatre, you will need air borne assets for monitoring troop and armour movements, co-ordinating communication, providing relays not to mention co-ordination of air assets.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Thoda thoda har kisi ko baato

Indian foreign policy.

 

[randomradio]

Sir, does such a large fleet leave scope for Indian AESA AWACS for which Airbus A 330 was supposedly chosen?
Phalcon is a mighty capable system and 10+ number should be sufficient to cover surveillance requirements on Eastern and Western border.

We need 20+.