sancho
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I am just amazed at how you "hope" that Russians will actually sell A grade FGFA to India and even more amazed at your "hopes" that you can simply make up a shopping list, go out buy 5th generation avionics [US has a monopoly - No other EU country makes them right now -], come back integrate them in FGFA and then call it "Indian" and then how you "hope" that the FGFA will be more advanced than PAK-FA. So dream on...
First of all, there is not even a single reliable report that would suggest that we get another AESA radar, IRST, or downgraded engines as the Russians. It's even the otherway around, Russians had offered us to co-develop the NG AL 41, so when you "claim" we would get something different, isn't it on you to show any proof for it?
Secondly, you are highly mistaken about 5th gen systems, because especially Rafale already has them too. Be it Supercruise , passive detection and targeting, or advanced jamming capabilities, AESA techs for radar and EW systems, precise geolocation and so on.
Europe had made several stealth fighter tech project in the past too, which shows that they are technically more than capable to do it, but since Europe includes many single countries and the US gathered most of them into F35, there was never an interest, or a suitable budget available to develop a stealth fighter. Instead, they prefered to develop the most modern 4.5 gen fighters and intends to couple them with stealth UCAVs. Just look at how many stealth demonstrators were already developed and tested there and you will see how capable they are in techincally terms.
Not to mention that we have access to Israeli techs too, which even the US constantly ask for joint developments, be it HMS, LDPs, EW and missiles systems.