Mig-35 over F-35?
In 10 years time, there will be 100+ F-35s. Mig-35 on the other hand might only be seen in a museum.

It’s not the South Asian region that’s the epicenter of Islamist fascism, nor the Islamist terror export capital of the world or even the worst nuclear proliferator. It’s pakistan and Pakistan alone that is all those things. Don’t drag the region into the hole that Pakistan has descended into.

The most important skill for Indians to exercise is to build a good wall between India and Pakistan.

Frankly, don’t Pakistanis currently have enough problems at home to occupy their minds than Indian problems? I suggest, Pakistanis use their time and effort to solve their country’s glaring problems at home before calling the kettle black and offering advice to others.

As i always said, the LCA is proportionally too short

What makes one so sure that analysis of alternatives have not been done? Notice something familiar?

The learning curve is steep as India is trying to leap frog its aero industry by a large margin in trying to develop this plane so delays are natural. Also, skeptcism about India’s aero industry is justified because it doesn’t have what the Saabs and the LMs of this world have: A successful track record spanning decades in developing fighters.

But in order for India’s aero industry to get to the next level, this plane has to be developed, even if the road is tortuously slow.

Personally, I don’t see the project as viable anymore?

What platform would you suggest that can replace the hundreds of Mig-21s in IAF service at a reasonable cost while benefiting the aero industry?

may be sufficient to atleast suggest that the Tejas overall is a superior design to the Gripen.

It may not be wise to compare X with Y when Y has been in service for almost a decade and has multiple export orders and is considered one of the best aircraft of its time. While X is still under development and full commitment by the main customer is still not there.

It’s almost as asinine as saying that PAK-FA will be better than the F-22. Sorry, F/A-22 😀

I believe in the recent video on Scorpene construction in Mumbai, a P-17 was shown for cpl of seconds. The superstructure appeared almost finished.

Added later,

you can see the video here. Shivalik can be seen at 25 sec.

If you look closely at the mast, there’re no radars or other antennae to be seen. That is probably hull P19 and hopefully not P17. If it’s P17, then its induction is a ways off, not to mention the rest of the class.

Does anybody have a reasonable explanation for the lack of imagery?

Probably because there isn’t much to take pictures of. When was the last time a made in India capital ship (FFG/DDG) or even subs been inducted into the IN and at what rate do they get inducted? The Indian shipbuilding system, as it stands now, is broken. Maybe in 10 yrs after some of the newer private yards get to mature, the Indian shipbuilding industry will be worth taking pictures of.

So, let me get this straight:
Stating that the PAK-FA will not be as good as the F-22 is sheer speculation and wishful thinking.

But stating that the PAK-FA will be better than the F-22 is reasonable?

Wokay…

The next Russian carrier will be better than the CVN-78.
The next Russian HALE UAV will be better than the GlobalHawk.
The next Russian UCAV will be better than X-45/47.
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Nevermind that Russia has next to no experience building or operating anything of the sort even today. Kuznetsov not counting…

Why? Because Russia has better mathematicians than the US. :rolleyes: