like Swerve and I said already- what RAAF purchased is of no concern to the IAF. the IAF will evaluate a fighter and based on what costs, ToT and sanction proofing the supplier can give it, will give its recommendations. then the GoI will make its decision the RAAF purchase of 24 interim SH’s is of the least significance to the IAF or the GoI unless it means a reduction in the price of the SH by a significant amount- highly unlikely as well.

Garry, MiG-27s dont hav Gatling cannons. they have Gsh-6-300 6 barrel cannon. and they can carry the R-60MK which should be more than adequate to tackle Zlins for now. for the future, SLAAF needs to evaluate whether it really needs to spend much needed resources on an Air Defence platform along with its associated equipment. would make a lot more sense to get MANPADS and a couple of 3D radars near their main airbases..

would like to add to what Nick said about IAF aircraft with EW pods- MiG-21 Bisons carry the Elta El-8222 pod as well..

😡 after F-14 now Jaguar:confused: its regrettable

hey ! the Jag still serves and so does the F-14 ! the day that IRIAF stops using its F-14s will be the day that the fighter’s era will truly come to a halt..as for the Jag, its future with the IAF is secure for another 20 years at least.

which could then well be said about all American AESA radars brochure specs as well..nevermind.

yes Hyperwarp. thats taken from this very video.

yes, the Captor is a very capable radar by all the reports that indicate that- yet, so is the phased array Bars of the MKI- even the earlier generation N001 cassegrain array radar on the Su-30 K/MK could detect F-15s earlier than F-15s could detect them in Cope India..so with an antenna diameter of 1 m, the Bars is a radar that could detect a fighter sized target at ranges easily approaching, if not surpassing, the Captor’s.

so assuming] that the Bars and Captor both have similar detection ranges, and assuming that the Typhoon has an RCS 1/4th smaller than that of the MKI, the Typhoon would detect the MKI first, out at 150 km. whether it gets a positive IFF at this distance or not I dont know..anyway, its too far for it to be able to take a shot with the AIM-120C- so the Typhoon will essentially try to get into a good position for a shot. in the meantime, the MKI with a dedicated WSO, will detect and start tracking the Typhoon around the 80-100 km mark (assuming that the Typhoon’s RCS is around 3/4th that of the MKI), which is still at the outermost limits of the engagement envelope for either jet- so the only advantage that the Typhoon has at this time is the fact that it started jockeying for a better shot earlier.

apart from that, how does it matter if the R-77 has a lower PoK or is kinematically not quite as good as the AIM-120C ? the Typhoon pilot will not try to test it out and merge when the MKI has launched a salvo of R-77s at it- whichever guy shoots first, the other gets his lock and fires a shot back- at such ranges its safe to say that they’d have enough time to do so before having to engage countermeasures. so, basically at this stage, both jets are going to engage in heavy evasive maneuvering, countermeasures deployment and jamming. here again, the MKI has a dedicated WSO to do that, improving its chances of escape- whereas, for the Typhoon the chances are that its a single seater, with the pilot having to deal with it. definitely not an easy situation for the single seater Typhoon pilot.

in all likelihood, the MKI would be MORE THAN competitive against a Typhoon and even more so against the Rafale due to the MICA’s shorter range.

anyhow, hopefully we’ll get some information on the Typhoon-MKI matchup soon when the RAF and IAF exercise..

Do the MKIs have an internal EW suite or is everything carried on pods? Also, are there any pics of the MKI carrying the el8222?

What about the chinese MKK? do they have internal self-protection or pod mounted?

Joey: Whats the status of SIVA. The specs look good. Is it operational or in trials mode?

Kaduna, it was seen on a MKI during Exercise Sindex. here’s a link to a small clip taken during Exercise Sindex

mms://media.mindef.gov.sg/26oct04_EXsindex_hi.asf

at one stage during the clip right after a Mirage-2000 lands, the Su-30MKI is shown with a El-8222 on a wing pylon.