Su 30 + Rafale + LCA + M2k + Jaguar + PakFa + AMCA…. Hum…

If you are going to put M2K in there, then add MiG-29UPG…

All in all an absurd diversity. I suspect AMCA will take a long time and Mirage and MiG-29 will be close to retirement by the time it enters squadron service, but nonetheless, quite the mix. Adding yet another type to that, from yet another supplier…dear lord.

What else is that second seat for? Everyone else is comfortable with single-seat A2A even for heavy aircraft like F-22, Su-35, PAK FA, J-20. What makes India different? And it’s not like the second seat comes free.

They want mostly single seat airframes. And the second seat doesn’t change the fact that the airplane (PAK-FA, or the FGFA variant) is designed number from the ground for A2A. Ground attack potential is clearly there and intended, but strike centric? Not seeing it.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?99988-Russian-Photos-%28updated-on-regular-basis%29&p=6005123&viewfull=1#post6005123

Huge resolution pics of Satan’s Ducklings by Vitaly Kuzmin. New background material IMO.

Huh? Eurofighter was offering the F-22?

😮

Finally Rafale gets its first export, and the MMRCA saga can rest in peace.

Nice!

http://www.armstass.su/?page=article&aid=103090&cid=25

S-400 deliveries to Belorussia and Kazakhstan will begin after 2015.