Nope, as I explained a carrier built in europe would be way too expensive. No thanks, I can wait for IAC-2 from CSL.

Both Rafale and F-18 need catapults and cannot be used on IAC’s. It will have to be N-LCA.

It is likely the best solution. Russians just return the money and keep gorky. It will cause some problems for IN initially but GOI can start work on IAC-II faster. I am not sure what happens to Mig-29k though? IAf could use another squadron of Mig-29’s.

Yup ASRAAM not AMRAAM. It might be meant to replace the magic matra 530’s in IAF service.

Well for starters, France operates no Mirage 2000-9, and its Mirage 2000-5 are not multirole.

I’d really like to see the details of the deal though, some up to date Mirages is always some good news!

Nic

I was under the impression M2k-9 is basically export variant of M2k-5 Mk-II?

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/01/28/221104/india-set-to-sign-mirage-2000-upgrade-deal.html

The contract is expected to cover upgrades to engines, avionics, navigation systems, mission computers, electronic warfare systems and radars. The work will bring India’s 51 aircraft to the Mirage 2000-9-standard operated by the French air force, says a source in New Delhi. The service hopes to add 20 years of life of the aircraft, which were introduced between 1985 and 1989.

Even Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMw8Jsqrnaw

Russian SSN’s have tracked it successfully. Nuke subs are still noisier than SSK”s.

The USA isn’t the only one of the two getting ready for elections…

Republicans are the only ones worried about the result. putin has absolutely no worries.