Yes, we cannot respond to you very detailed question, but I can say you something about Al Dahafra: the stories about the Rafale vs Typhoon are unjustified and unfair representations.

See You(instead of your) very detailed question and the lack of ‘to’ between say and you. I doubt Eurofighter guys have such poor grammar skills.

Just to be clear, the SwAF have/will reduce it’s fighter fleet to 100 fighters. Otherwise, I fully agree.

A twin engined stealth fighter doesn’t suit the Swedish needs. At least not today.

SAAB is offering to co-develop the MCA with India if it wins the MRCA. A long shot but perhaps the best route.

Lets see if it happens in February if so I will apologize and eat my words.

Another delay?? This sounds more and more like a bogus project. :confused:

do not listen to him, he said it will be out in December when the news papers were saying january.

He wants to act smart and like an insider. 😀

Hmm anyone posted any pics of the PAK-FA I might have missed it in the noise of the strange debate about Brahmos.

India makes a missile that too as a JV with Russians and now Brahmos is world beating missile that even the Russians cant compare against? seriously?

Anyway any photos or dates of first flight yet?

Yes Seriously, because of the new Indian Seeker. Russians like Rahul said can do it as well but at the moment they have not. 😉

The seeker is there to hunt down ships
The seeker is there to hunt down ships
Against ground targets GPS-inertial computers

Is more/less what happend with the tomahawk, it did not gave any seeker, then for multirol pruporses they fit a seeker (anti ship)

Yeah you know better than the scientists who designed the seeker.

“The new seeker is unique and would help us to hit our targets, which are insignificant in terms of size, in a cluster of large buildings. India is now the only nation in the world with this advanced technology”

:rolleyes:

So, you think that India would buy a non-US aircraft then put AIM-120 on it? Why not Meteor? Or Astra? And why would Gripen have Python, but Typhoon IRIS-T? IRIS-T is integrated on Gripen: Sweden’s bought it.

AIM 120 because it is cheaper, and every missile has a certain shelf life and hence it is not as prone to sanctions and embargos like aircraft.

Meteor looks like a game changed but it will not be available by the time the MRCA enters service and it is bound to be expensive, I expect it being procured in smaller numbers. Astra is likely to be integrated in the case of Gripen (they have already said they would do this) and MiG not sure about the others.

Gripen may go for Python and even Derby because of Indo-Israeli ties more than anything. The Israel lobby is big and strong. Python 5 is atleast equal if not superior to IRIS T.

What better seeker? GPS guidance against fixed targets?

Both missiles are primary anti ship, i don’t know if the russians felt the need to fit the GPS guidance.

For their primary mission, how do you know the brahmos seeker is better?, no, you don’t know.

There are two variants of Brahmos the land attack variant is unique and has an improved seeker better than any in Russian inventory.

The latest test conducted on 29 March 2009, was successful. The missile took two and a half minutes to hit the target with precision.[21]. According to official sources, “The new seeker is unique and would help us to hit our targets, which are insignificant in terms of size, in a cluster of large buildings. India is now the only nation in the world with this advanced technology” [22] After the third test, Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj, said that the Indian Army wanted the BrahMos to achieve high standards of accuracy and congratulated the scientists on behalf of the Indian Army.[23] The Indian Army confirmed that the test was extremely successful and the army is absolutely satisfied with the missile. The development phase of the Block II version of the missile has been over and it is ready for induction.[24]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos

It is wiki but see the citations 🙂

Block II LACM versions of missiles being supplied to the Indian Army feature an active seeker with an ability to discern a designated target from amidst multiple.

http://knol.google.com/k/brahmos-missile#

Who are you to define the primary mission of the Brahmos, eventually the Army orders may even surpass the naval ones.