Would be an easy application for the Su-30MKI, the weapons are basically already there. Any potential interest in Kh-59M2? Saw those in front of Indian MiG-29Ks at MAKS.

true true. they are just busy sending MKI sqdns to the chinese sector.

Sancho, both mig-27 and jaguar carry DARE internal jammers. for heaven’s sake please read up on the topic before entering a discussion on it ! 😮

Both Jaguar and MiG-27 are hoplessly outdated. ECM and range/payload charcteristics don’t qualify them as strike fighters anymore.

MKI’s are primarily tasked with air superiority and naval strike with Brahmos.

all I can say is, you are hopelessly misinformed or uninformed about the kind of regular upgradation that has gone into either the Jag or the Mig-27. range and payload might be a little lacking but in terms of electronics they are already at par with what the upgraded mirage-2000 will bring to the table.

MKI’s are tasked with air dominance and long range strike, no MKI has been tasked with naval strike, a job that is left to navy subs and surface ships in addition to one squadron of jag IM.

MKI’s brahmos integration is aimed at stand-off strike at high value land targets like C3I nodes and SAM sites.

quad, please don’t entertain i.e. on his quest to derail this thread.

^ geo-politics is a subject better discussed outside the military forum.

check photo yogi’s flickr account. lot’s of eye watering stuff there !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoyogi/

here’s hi-res for that image

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoyogi/5450284871/sizes/l/in/photostream/

@Deino and quad, he is a little concerned with smalltime local publications lifting his work.
if you can email him (ID in the pic) with a request he will be happy to oblige.

Back to the Navalised Typhoon, like you say, I’m not sure India would want a Naval Typhoon too. Then again I’m not sure what they want in general as far as a Naval airframe is concerned. If I were India I’d certainly look into a Navalised Typhoon and the Rafale would just be too tempting. I sure want the UK to go for Rafale for the Carriers well be sharing with France, it makes perfect sense to do so in my book.

well personally, I rate the chances of a naval typhoon as rather bleak. IN has ordered 45 mig-29k and 46 NLCA Mk2. that’s 91 4th gen fighters.

their next order is definitely going to be a 5th gen one.

that said, in the MRCA itself I’m pretty certain tiffy and rafale are leading the pack at the moment, which is entirely to my liking. 😎

I think that’s a very definite possibility and the decision makers seem to be thinking along those lines as well.