Get in line, been waiting 4 years! Lol.

I’ll have grand kids by the time mmrca comes to iaf.

But the production rate could be varied to counter it which ever way it goes.

I agree. with the Pakistanis being able to build the JF-17 themselves except for the engine, radar, and weapons.. it forms a good low end back bone while the J-20 is the silver bullet that will be needed to deter high end IAF and Iranian Fighters.

Yes a 50-100 J-20s will give the PAF the much needed shot in the arm when IAF acquires FGFA/PAK FA.

Kaveri engine flight testing successful

New Delhi: India’s indigenous aircraft engine, Kaveri, was successfully flight tested at Gromov Flight Research Institute in Moscow, the DRDO saidon Wednesday.

The test was conducted at the Flying Test Bed at Gromov, with the engine running right from the take-off to landing, flying for a period of over 1 hour up to an altitude of 6,000 metres yesterday, it said in a press release here.

The engine helped the IL-76 aircraft test bed fly at speeds of 0.6 mach in its maiden flight, according to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

“The engine control, performance and health during the flight were found to be excellent. With this test, Kaveri engine has completed a major milestone of development programme,” it added

During the coming months, further 50 or 60 test flights would be carried out to mature the engine in terms of reliability, safety and airworthiness, it said.

If I could buy 100s of fighter planes with next day door step delivery and a device like that of Matrix movie to program 100 pilots in a second and in a similar fashion raise an amphibious assault capability I would probably say this scenario is feasible.

But since it is not, any announcement of the purchase of Su-30s or J-11 will trigger an alarm bell in Britain that would allow Britain to be prepared even before the first J-11 lands on the door step.

I am not sure whether such a high profile defense deal could be hidden under wraps without letting the wind take the fragrance all the way from Asia/South America to Europe

JMT

Makes me remember of an IOC/FOC official statements on a different thread, do not know if the wisdom can be universally applied :diablo:

If they do not test tactical BM due to Air Safety reason they would not test a SAM for the same reason in Rajasthan and Punjab which is not the case , the civil air traffic has a narrow corridor while most of airspace is in control of IAF.

These test can be conducted in many areas which are not populated and over different ranges , that is how IAF-IA conducts exercises in those areas without killing any civilian 😉

The only reason why all the Agni and Prithvi test are conducted at ITR and not at their deployed location or exercises is political , something better to done away with.

Would it have anything to do with closeness to the border, a BM test may be misinterpreted?

Only hope for Europe will be a scandal allegation 🙁

I think no one will launch nuclear missiles at a possible launch by enemy, unless the enemy fired a whole lot of ICBMs at them.

For such events a nuclear launch would happen after impact, the conventional warheads displayed for Prithvi missile point towards that.

Not if all the missiles are targeted at your nuke storage facility especially as you may no longer have a retaliatory capability.