Infact they had an exercise in 2003 as well when they overflew CIS republics, Afghanistan and Pakistan to fly into the Indian ocean.

Tu-160s will be flying for an exercise in the Indian ocean soon …
http://www.nerve.in/news:253500152486

Any pics of bhutan air force

Yes.

So PAD = Programme Air Defence

No. Its the target missile.

What is the strength of Iranian air defence forces today – missile types and numbers?

ray it is wrongly reported; IIRC it is 80 kms.

From The Hindu, on third test

Might be kinematic range from static platform. 80 Kms should be max range from altitude and speed.

You gotta give credit where it is due.

Those guys flew 200 Km in night without visual cues without or minimal bombing experience, avoided detection, landed bombs in general target area, and made it back safely. They had a single engined civilian aircraft with no mil-spec sights for dropping payload.

And we are dishing them for bein unable to destroy protected/hidden hi value assets?

Has a winged feline character on the tail …. similar to Air India 😀

IMHO the biggest competitor to Su-34 customers outside Russia (India and China) is the Su-30. The only true advantage remains in range and comfort. We dont know the price viz-a-viz MKI either. Radar also remains an issue.

For a low level flight at night at near supersonic speed through a few ex soviet republics and through afghanistan to a target near the Pakistan border the Su-34 would probably be much better than the less manouverable larger aircraft the Russians have to hand, but on most other operations like supporting troops in action in chechnia I would prefer larger aircraft that could stay on station much longer with a relatively light load of guided weapons… a few of those new LGB-250s and maybe half a dozen 1,000kg or 500kg sat guided bombs could be carried internally on any of the big three (22M3, 95, 160).