keysersoze
what am i quoting that hasn't arrived? the 30 mig-29k? actually they will arrive in a few months and they already set up a base to maintain them and they expect them soon.
the 70 lca by 2015?
well they already ordered 20+10 trainers, there's 30 by 2012 already is it really that hard to make 40 more in 3 years? and lets not get into lca is failure discussion, remember what happened with brahmos? 1st test failure blah blah blah, 2nd test success and u still say failure, 3rd test and everyone shuts up. and let me tell u in 1st test and 2nd test the target was factory sized building, 3rd test was just a small target with 2 mirrors and it was hit dead on.
40 mrca?
contract signed in 2010 deliveries begin in 36 months aka 2013 in 2 years they would have at least gotten 2 squadrons(40).
fulcrum and mirage upgrades already done by 2015
240 mki's done by 2014 and production will change over to mrca and m2k and mig-29 upgrade lines are used for lca production.
and lets be honest, even if aim-120c5 has arrived, only the f-16 can fire them and they're outnumbered by the mki's 2:1 not to mention m2ks and fulcrums. and the chinese bvr... it cant be integrated with the mirage III, but maybe it can be integrated with the j-7s?
also the procuring policy... yes that does take years, but...
-they ordered Hercules in like 3 months?
-they ordered p-8 pretty fast too
-they got the trenton fast as well
-they're about to order the airbus tanker as well
-they ordered 2nd phalcon batch
-they ordered spyder even though company was black listed
-they ordered MRSAM even with kickback allegations
maybe its the real weapons that take so long (fighters and ships) because u need to find the best.