Chinese ASRAAM…. Official PL-10

as hard as it is for you to swallow, the Tejas is going to enter service. And, the Indian Govt. is wholeheartedly supporting the program because it knows that money spent on R&D within the nation is not money spent badly instead of spending it on getting Russians, Europeans or Americans more jobs..200 light fighters would be another $10-15 billion if the IAF has to source it from abroad. for about half that price, the IAF will be able to buy 200 odd Tejas’, and the country will benefit from all the technology that has been or is being developed for it.

What Indian shall do,is to first develop a fighter aircraft within its ability and only gain enough experience and capabilites then they shall take the next step of producing a far more advance and ambition projects.

For example, currently Indian has no way produce a engine like Kaveri indigneous and they set themselves such high standard due to nationalism…

Only when u send yr first man to space by yrself then u talk abt landing man on moon…

Swerve… the USAF built the C-17 to replace the C-141, NOT the C-130.

Yes, the C-17 has a wider/taller cargo compartment than the C-141, and has better tactical T/O-landing-ground handling performance, but it is still exactly that… the C-141 replacement.

The C-130J is the replacement for the older C-130s.

They even has a C-130J 30 version which is lengthened(additional spaces) and Payload increase to nearly 20tons

Rafale – why so expensive? LeClerc – why so expensive? :diablo:

wouldn’t Eurofighter price be worse?

Yawn!! If PRC generals are actually stupid enough to think US would be thinking of Wal-Mart of all the things if Korea is threatened then china needs to be very very worried. (That was how the topic started right?).

USA is a capitalist country. Do i need to say more? U simply think US can just go into war without thinking of ecomomic senses???

General will not be thinking of wal mart but US president will think more than general. Isn’t this thread from korea war simply turn into China just a cheap labour country that its ecomomic supply line to US can be easily switch overnite to another country in case of war??? 😉

Are u dreaming?

Yes, and ants generally get crushed.

I would be surprised if you seriously expect Iran to attack the USN. Short of a nuclear strike, only a massive, sophisticated conventional attack by aircraft and/or naval units would stand a chance of damaging as US carrier battle group, with its naval air wing, missile and anti aircraft defences and submarine screen.

The very notion that the Iranian military is capable of inflicting any significant harm on a US/Allied fleet in the Persian Gulf is, imho, ridiculous.

Why suggest Iran attack on sea where Iran navy among the three forces is the weakest?

With US forces rooted in Iraq,isn’t it most feasible to attack on land,isn’t it?

40 rafales will not hold up against 300 Su-30’s even if its only the MKK version. The J-10 will only help bolster the numbers that ROKAF will face. If things sour between the two expect US to intervene with F-22’s. I seriously doubts malaysia or indonesia’s capability to take on RSAF. 18 Su-30’s even if they are MKM cannot hold up agains nearly 200 F-16 blk 52’s supported by E-2’s. Indonesia has what 6 Su-30’s? Anyway if I understand right singapore has some sort of defense pact with both US and India.

Where the hell RSAF got 200 F-16?

In a scenario of SK war with China will most result in a small scale border or sea clash. Individual dogfight skill and plane performances are critical..

:22/10/07
SOURCE:Flight International
South Korean F-15K deal may close by end 2007
By Siva Govindasamy

South Korea has begun price negotiations with Boeing over the purchase of 20 F-15K fighters, with industry sources saying that a deal is likely to be reached by the end of 2007.

Boeing emerged as the sole bidder in both rounds conducted by South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Programme Administration, the country’s arms procurements agency.

Seoul, which awarded a contract for 40 F-15Ks to Boeing in 2002, was keen for a contest in the 2.3 trillion won ($2.5 billion) K-X programme to dispel claims that it is biased towards US military hardware.

However, manufacturers such as the Eurofighter consortium and Dassault chose to stay away, with industry sources saying that they were wary of taking part in a competition that could be weighted against them.

The Dassault Rafale and Sukhoi Su-35 were offered in the 2002 competition, when the F-15K was chosen, even though the Rafale came out tops in the technical evaluation.
A contract for the new batch of 20 fighters is to be signed around February 2008 and deliveries are likely to take place in the 2010-12 timeframe.

Industry sources say that South Korea could open a tender for another 20 fighters around 2010, although some speculate that Boeing could get a single-source contract as the service will be keen to have the same type of fighter.

South Korea is also keen to get access to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme in the next decade. It is also contemplating the indigenous development of a stealth fighter through its KFX programme, and studying a proposal from Korea Aerospace Industries for the F/A-50 – a light combat version of the T-50 advanced jet trainer.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/10/22/218740/south-korean-f-15k-deal-may-close-by-end-2007.html

Sad to say people don’t appreciate good things and prefer outdated stuff becos of political reason… 🙁

F-15 is no way matching Rafale in terms of performance except range and payload.