What you have not achieved is accepting that YOU ARE WRONG! Call other people names is your “forte”. Keep it up. Besides, according to your understanding Su-30 MKI is an INDIAN aircrafts What else is left, you have going to the moon how about the sun??

Oh, harry and party of know everything, check Jane’s ATWA 1976-77, it also says the same thing I wrote from Jane’s ATWA 1988-89. So, who is the flamer now? Now everything!

Get over this childish behavior of whatever came out of your own Indian publication has become the word of truth whilst everybody else, including Jane’s and FI are bogus.

Again, Jaguar was equiped with overwing AAM prior to any deals with India, that’s word from the get go. India “might” have got another “licence” to improve certain missile e.g. R-555 II but RAF/BAe were already using the overwing pylon.

Having said the above, according to Janes ATWA 1988-89 pp 133 under SEPECAT Jaguar International, “Jaguar International is the export version, first flown on 19 August 1976…Other customer options include overwing pylons compatible with Matra R.550 Magic or similar dogfight missile; multi-purpose radar such as the Thomson-CSF Agave;”

Same page under Armament: “Jaguar International can also carry two Matra Magic air-to-air missile on overwing pylons,”

Try using a hard book with real pages for once for your source rather than being an addict to BR for the “real” numbers. 😉

The designs and mods for the same were supplied by HAL to BAe, the overwing modifications were first carried out by engineers at ASTE, IAF.

Rubbish! I remember seeing photos of Jags with over wing R-550 in 1976.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avjag.html

Weapons carriage was also generally similar to that of British Jaguars, with several customers buying the BL755 cluster bomb as a prominent store. The Jaguar International could be fitted with the overwing pylons, mentioned in the previous section, for carriage of heat-seeking AAMs, allowing all underwing pylons to be used for heavy stores. The usual overwing munition was a Matra Magic AAM, though the Sidewinder was also qualified eventually. Although it might seem that overwing launch would have led to problems with stores separation, it apparently was no big deal.

This line up for IAF is majorly flawed. First, there is a big difference between Dash 9 & 5 M2K because of this IAF will not buy two different version of M2K. Second, no where it says that LM F-16 E/F are on the table for IAF. Third, Gripen will not be sold to IAF until it is cleared for sale for Pakistan. Fourth and last point, IAF will buy none other than Mig-29 along with assembly line.

Pakdef wishlists aside, are there any indications that AMRAAMS will be released to the PAF? If not, and given that US acess for source code assistance to integrate the SD10/SAfrican BVR AAM’s etc will be well nigh unavailable- why the preference and continued insistence upon the F16? Move on, people!

Nitin,
Read my post with an open mind and eyes. Where the hell did I say any thing about “source codes”?

If you always want to flame and or instigate flame than move on.

Russia plans new military aircraft sales to China

.c The Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia plans to sell a host of new military jet fighters and transport planes to China in 2005, arms export officials said Friday, and foreign sales of Russian weaponry and equipment could exceed US$5 billion next year.

Yury Krylov, who heads the air force division of the state agency Rosoboronexport, said that his agency and Chinese Air Force expect to sign several new contracts for Su-30MK2 multifunctional jet fighters, according to the Interfax news agency. Pre-contract work on supplying Il-76 Candid military transports and Il-78 Midas aerial tankers were almost finished as well, he said.

“We are planning to conclude a series of new contracts, in particular, for the supplies of SU-30MK2 planes to the Chinese Air Force,” Krylov was quoted as saying by Interfax.

Defense analysts say Su-30s cost about US$35 million (euro26 million) each. India bought several dozen Su-30MKI jets in the late 1990s for US$28 million each.

China has become the Russian arms industry’s No. 1 customer, and is expected to buy weapons worth some US$2 billion (euro1.5 billion) this year to modernize its arsenal and back up frequent threats to invade Taiwan.

Krylov also said Russia is also considering continuing to supply parts for SU-27SK Flanker jets to China, where they could be assembled under license.

The Sukhoi Su-27 – a similar twin-engine design to the Su-30 -has been in service since 1985, and has the NATO code name “Flanker.” Its speed and maneuverability made it one of the key planes in the former Soviet air force, and it resembles the U.S. F-15 Eagle fighter with two rear stabilizers and twin engines.

Rosoboronexport Director General Sergei Chemezov told Interfax the agency had signed more than US$5.5 billion in contracts in 2004 and China and India would remain priority countries for Russian arms exports.

He said naval contracts are expected to grow, along with upgrading planes and helicopters, missile and artillery armaments, communication systems and other technologies.

12/24/04 13:59 EST

Absolutely. That is why India is building them or paying for them with their own cash.

They are not asking them as freebies in return for “arresting terrorists” :rolleyes:

Okay, for once you have made your country’s true intentions exposed in public! Attack and destroy Pakistan!

Please delete your second sentence.