Sounds like it was India’s mistake rather than Dassult’s, all the IAF requirements could have been met by the Mirage 2000 and there wouldn’t have been any need for the LCA fiasco. Instead, India is now having to fork out for not only the LCA, which is less capable than the Mirage 2K in the first place, but also an additional platform to make up for the LCAs shortcomings. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

This is why it needs to drop the LCA as soon as possible, or only order a few units, and go full steam ahead with local built MiG-35s with full TOT. All the other contenders come with too many political and logistical strings attached.

Please go thru archive section to understand what MMRCA was all about ,it seems you have no idea what a re u talking about

Russian origin military plane violates Indian airspace

BY:PTI

A military cargo aircraft AN-124 of Russian origin carrying ammunitions and five persons on board on Friday night intruded into Indian airspace and landed at the international airport in Mumbai

Indian Air Force spokesperson Wing Commander T K Singha said the plane, which entered the Indian airspace at around 2000 hrs, did not have the permission to fly over the Indian airspace.

The plane was then asked to land at the Mumbai airport which the aircraft did at 2240 hrs, he told CNN-IBN.

Singha described as “untrue” earlier reports that the plane was escorted by Indian Air Force planes up to the airport in Mumbai.

IAF officials and central intelligence sleuths were questioning the people on board the aircraft.

IAF sources said the plane apparently belonging to the United States took off from Diego Garcia island, a military base near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and was headed for Kandahar in Afghanistan.

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it seems Rafale will be the first bird to be test flown in India and will be flying from Afghanistan ,if i am not wrong it will be tested in Jaisalmer ,Bangalore and leh like other birds will follow ,weapon testing will be done in the home country ,other test will be performed in India, is Gripen NG ready for flight evaluations ? and will lockheed bring F-16 block 60 from UAE like they did in Aero india 09 ?

Abhimanyu.. IAF is CONTEMPLATING enhancing the 126 MMRCA to 189.. 😀

Hope Abhimanyu doesnot start Hunger strike over this issue LOL :D, but i personnel donot want American Fighter in IAF inventory at least for now

Reports say that they were offered ,but i donot have much details regarding that

I always like types that share major Components like Engines. So, if the IAF must get the LCA MK2. I would like to see the Super Hornet, Typhoon, or possibly Rafale.

i donot think there was any aircraft in IAF inventory where Two different Aircraft shared Same Engine , Mig-27 and Jaguar have same Avionics Upgrade ,lot Taken from Tejas Program ,Tejas MK-II may share same Engine with MMRCA ,but till IAF decides which engine is good for Tejas MK-II it can be different engine for Tejas and Different MMRCA Aircraft

Guys this is Indian Space & Missile Discussion

35M for Su 30 ? last i heared it was hovering around 45M if i remember correctly there was re-negotiation on price for additional MKI ordered from Russia recently