Should PAF get Su-30 for $10 million each... Which is cheaper than JF-17!

[TOPGUN]

Well TOP GUN Sir we do need it but no way in the hell that we are going to spend 10 million dollars on INDIAN REJECT not even one $




Yes definitively not. I would rather buy brand new SU 30

Well my friend that is what i meant i didn't even think it was worth my while explaining why not .. but glad you did the work.

 

[yyetttt]

India will cry to Russia and beg to stop...

 

[Edevelop]

18 fighter jets sounds perfect. What is that 1 squadron? .... This should be great for the Navy....
Off course Indian pressure will always be there but realistically the Russians are businessmen and they also have their eyes on Indian-U.S relationship. Putin is expected to visit Pakistan shortly. Lets hope if Pakistan can play a smart card here...

 

[Crypto]

On a lighter note, lets all PDF members throw in some cash and buy one of these babies
We can share it around

 

[Saleem]

since the are unable to defend the aerospace---disband the airforce and spend the mone of education and research---

 

[Edevelop]

It maybe worth 10 million though you are forgetting that to accommodate this, we need to develop the whole infrastructure plus the spares which will increase the cost manifolds but not at the cost of JF-17.

Not really. You can get spares from China. They already possess a look alike called J-11...

 

[Mech]

Not really. You can get spares from China. They already possess a look alike called J-11...

That would work....if it were simply a question of getting spares. There is a lot more to it than that you know. Integrating a new platform into an air force is not like buying a new car and making sure you have the right spares.

Not to mention is excessively prohibitive costs involved in maintaining the su-30 platform.

IAF has even rejected SU-35 after experiencing with SU30.

There is no other reason.

India operates the MKI not the base su-30.

PS: Hey, these are Indian rejects ! Why are you guys even considering it ?

 

[Edevelop]

That would work....if it were simply a question of getting spares. There is a lot more to it than that you know. Integrating a new platform into an air force is not like buying a new car and making sure you have the right spares.

Isn't that an SU-30?
There seems to be interest here don't you think?

 

[killerx]

we will buy from china SU if we want mate JF17 is better then tejas get over it

 

[muse]

Mods should delete such threads - these kinds of threads don't contribute to our understanding of issues, in fact they obfuscate and trivialize issues and criteria for procurement.

 

[MastanKhan]

And for maintenance infrastructure we will utilise the "Chota" from the corner mechanic shop.

When you go shopping for trousers do you buy anything that is cheap and then worry about fitting and the occasion to wear it or do you buy the one which fits you well, suits you well and is appropriate for the occassion? Process is moe or less the same with jets if you are able to understand..........

Hi,

Well---it is a sort of a bad example----we gettin used F 16's as well---we got used passenger aircraft as well---we get re-conditioned cars.

 

[Nishan_101]

I am sure that PAF might not be interested in buying Su-30s if we had some money as well as excess then we might gone for 30-50 Block-52s in 2003 along with the 24 from Venuezvela along with the 31+28 F-16s for upgrade in Turkey in 2004-2010. So this will make a fleet of:
50 Block-52s
83 Block-15s MLU-3s

Which might going to replace about 70-90 Mirages from the fleet easily which are like old, too much.

 

[Edevelop]

Hi,

Well---it is a sort of a bad example----we gettin used F 16's as well---we got used passenger aircraft as well---we get re-conditioned cars.

Also wasn't Pakistan looking at UAE's used Mirage 2000s and Norway's used F-16s?
Those haven't been sold to anyone. Have they?

 

[SP!TF!R3]

Isn't that an SU-30?
There seems to be interest here don't you think?

these are Su-27 i guess..Su-30 is upgraded version of these.

 

[SBD-3]

these are Su-27 i guess..Su-30 is upgraded version of these.

These are SU-30 MKKs.............

Also wasn't Pakistan looking at UAE's used Mirage 2000s and Norway's used F-16s?
Those haven't been sold to anyone. Have they?

AFAIK, Nowegian Flacons deal was dropped. UAE's Mirages would be of little use given JFT offers the same capabilities.