I meant the increased size..which doesnt seem to have happened.

Oh they definitely will increase the size of the intakes on the real Mk2 prototypes. It may well be such a small increase that to the naked eye it may seem the same. Even on the Gripen Demo that is powered by the F-414, the increase in the intake size is very hard to tell by just looking at it.

Not DSI…:p

Thank God ! I thought that you’d crossed over to the dark side ! :dev2:

About LCA Navy Mk2..pity they dont seemed to have modified the air intake?

LCA Navy Mk2 will get slightly enlarged air intakes and that’s about it..what modification are you referring to?

Not DSI I hope ! :dev2:

I think you mean single engine, not single seater, but yes.

I meant single engined..thanks for pointing out that obvious error. But the post didn’t make any difference in understanding to the person it was intended for

Engine blades contribute to at least 30% of frontal RCS. Thunder’s bumps hide the blades completely. No way Gripen’s frontal RCS can match Thunder’s IMO.

The Gripen (and most other single seater fighters with Y shaped engine ducts) actually don’t reflect much radar waves back at all due to their engine blades. They are relatively deeply buried and consequently, DSI or no DSI, it doesn’t matter at all.

Go fap to some gripen pics, will ya 🙂 its scientifically proven that if you fixate long enough on one particular thing/person/idea/object, it distorts your relative perception of the alternates.

unfortunately enough for him, the particular object he is so fixated on has not an iota of a chance of entering IN service..;)

video of the NP-1 taxiing..

India Today link

from the above link..

the later part was not really required. All do the first flight without retracting the undercarriage..

let me qualify it further..all new prototypes with new landing gear configurations do not retract their undercarriage. Once it has been validated, other prototypes retract theirs during their first flights..for instance, LSP-7 retracted its gear during its first flight itself, since they were confident that it would work fine and had no risk. But TD-1 didn’t retract its landing gear during its first flight being the first of its type. NP-1 will follow the same principle.

Ria Novosti is reporting that Ukraine and India are close to signing a deal for the supply of (surprise, surprise!) R-27 missiles ! Is there any truth to this or just a goof up? Why does the IAF need R-27 missiles for its MiG-29 and Su-30 fleet when it has them capable of using the R-77 and R-73E? Article states that Ukraine displayed an R-27 with an enhanced passive seeker with a range of 30 kms, but how effective is this missile?

Price mentioned (hundreds of thousands of $) seems to be ridiculously low, so could it just be that the IAF is getting new seekers for its existing inventory of R-27s? Or will they be long in the tooth and nearing the end of their shelf lives requiring the IAF to simply replenish its R-27 stocks as they are available at a cheap price?

link to article

Ukraine is close to signing one of its biggest ever defense deals for air-to-air missiles with India, according to Russian media reports.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta says the deal for R-27 missiles, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, is in the final stages and is waiting for approval from the Ukrainian leadership….

The missile comes in infrared-homing (R-27T), semi-active-radar-homing (R-27R), and active-radar-homing (R-27AE) versions. It would be fitted to India’s MiG-29 and Su-30 fighter jets.

While the deal has not been confirmed officially, the paper quotes a source close to Ukraine’s national security and defense council, saying both nations are sensitive to Russian concerns over the deal and want to make sure that it would not irritate Moscow.

Tensions between Kiev and Moscow could arise later because if the deal is successful, India may want to buy other weaponry from Ukraine, entering a market dominated by Russia, defense analysts quoted by the paper said.
Some industry experts believe Moscow would not oppose the deal as the Ukrainian company is the only manufacturer of these missiles, although Russian firms supply some components for R-27.
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Ukrainian R-27s displayed by the Artem and Arsenal companies at the Moscow air show in 2011 featured what the makers claimed were upgraded seekers. Arsenal said it had developed a new infra-red seeker for the R-27 extending its detection range from 18 km to 30 km.