^ Looks like the original 1970’s equipment. 🙁

And Gorshkov is off for trials… :

How about the following. Population of Australia – 22 million. Land area of Australia: equivalent to the continental US. Distances involved: east to west – roughly the same as Dublin to Moscow; north to south – roughly equivalent to Sicily to Murmansk. Could Australia really afford to implement an effective AAA/SAM/ground radar based IADS? OK certain locations could be hardened, but wouldn’t an adversary simply fly around those areas and/or attack them with JASSM-ER type munitions?

There arent that many places to bomb. Its the major cities and military bases which need coverage only – not whole continent 😀

Actually, IAF has had trouble securing parts for Il-76 and thus has had maintenance issues. AFAIK, currently only about 50% of the fleet is operational at any one point. This is why IAF issued a global tender for an Il-76 maintenance contract.

Also, it was rumored that some cannibalising had taken place already.

The infamous DSI & more composites replacing metal, & other details,
otherwise i’m dead certain that the new model is not the major redesign the SwAF wanted by 2025-30, (prototype)
they got this model as to coincide with Swiss AF etc.

Any CGI or model pics available of the Gripen NG with the infamous DSI and other mods ?

Maybe RAAF should go for some Su-35’s as suggested by carlo kopp. :diablo:

The other option being F-15SE.

the future looks cozy for Pilatus with this deal for 55 PC-21s and the IAF deal for 75 PC-7 MkIIs. Will keep their assembly lines humming for several years.

Seems likely that HAL will license build another 106 PC-7 MkIIs. HAL is always keen to license build aircraft.

About HTT-40? Well that is a paper plane.