well glitter please educate us why you dont like the idea.

problem with buying up RN harriers is they differ in their avionics
being far more advanced with blue vixen, better avionics and what not. they wont be cheap. Unless its a large block of 30-40 purchased it doesnt make sense to maintain 10-15 oddities in a already small fleet. Stuff like pegasus engines, extra spares etc could be laid in…they setup a pegasus engine overhaul facility in
Goa last year.

imo they will continue to use the current Sea harriers for a while
and probably just integrate a new ECM kit(borrowed from iaf)
and a new aam (whatever the IAF chooses for Jag/Mig27…most likely python4).

its medium-light.

I believe the MirageIII was the last of dassault deltas with the hard ride issue. the FBW in M2K probably solves it with automatic and constant minor adjustments ? I guess it involves heavy usage of the hydraulic actuators and they need to be really best in class ?

how many KA-31s have been delivered to IN and how many remain?

word from bombay is the integration of Talwar class to this helo
has worked out well. I guess the ground consoles are mounted
inside the Talwar class ships, with AG and ADS to have it later.

so for first time ever indian SAGs have a OTH warning
capability now. some kind of radio data network is necessary to distribute the picture to other ships.

Use by the host country and a couple of external reference accounts are both necessary to make an impression on potential
export customers.

So in that sense having it used by Israel is quite useful. It doesnt
matter at all whats the motive behind the deal – IDF has high standards and wont like putting the lives of their top brass in jeopardy if the product aint good.

this is also the first big india made aerospace product thats going
to a tier-1 AF (not mali,mauritania or mozambique :))

Tying up with IAI for marketing and mission avionics pkgs
was a masterstroke.

Yawn airpower, old photos.

> fly and fight your Mig-29K against Rafales, Typhoons, Gripens, J-10’s, Su-35’s, F-35, and yes even F/A-22’s.

J-10 — yes it should be able to hold its own.

SU-35 — again a yes, though the SU has to find the carrier first
and has a advantage in loiter time

Rafale/Typhoon — no immediate plans to invade the UK/France 🙂
on the “to do” list

Gripen — if it enters PAF yes, otherwise N/A.

F35 — no plans to invade EU, singapore etc.

Raptor — ah I see the 30,000 ships massing in mumbai harbour
for the invasion of alaska 🙂