Basically a terminal-stage active seeker is considered better than a semi-active one, especially for fast targets like AShMs, because of faster response times. Not that it is an absolute necessity, especially for short-range missiles with a good radar director.

Three more images of the Chengdu J-20;) 😎

For all we know these could just be the fantasies of some clever artist. I am not doubting the Chinese ability to develop a stealth fighter; I am confident that barring a few key areas like engines they are as competent, if not more than, the Russians. I just want some evidence these are legitimate and not merely fanmade pics like the ones I’ve seen in the past.

KJ-200
http://slide.mil.news.sina.com.cn/slide_8_16642_5864.html

I thought the KJ-200 was the rotodome version?

Nope. The main argument behind developing it is to provide a joint service weapon for the RN, Army and RAF. There is as yet no land-based ESSM that I have heard of and air-launched Aster doesnt exist and isnt likely!.

Then buy the Mica VL. Or if your looking for an area air defence capability for land forces then you’re better off joining the MEADS or SAMP/T programs.

Has no one even stopped to consider that CAMM may actually be exportable? On this form people always complain about the UK never exporting gear anymore, and with the next breath say we should cancel our exportable weapons because there are others out there already.

Export where? The Barak, Umkhonto and Mica VL are already proven systems that are probably cheaper than CAMM and have pretty much cornered the naval SHORADS market. Likewise with Tor-M1, Mica-VL, SPYDER and VL-IRIS-T for land forces.

She’ll probably be ready before the Vikramaditya, which is quite the irony.

I’d love to know where the Chinese are sourcing all the specialised equipment necessary for this work. Boilers, steam turbines, flight deck materials, aircraft take-off and landing aids, arrested recovery systems… even for its own carrier India will likely have to import these from Russian firms, but there’s no news about any such transactions for the Chinese.

Have the terrain-following and low-level flight capabilities been scrapped or are they back on the cards? They’d be the one feature that’d distinguish the A400M from its many competitors/alternatives.

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/11/f-35-cockpit-simulator-coming-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FUQMw+%28LiveFist+-+The+Best+of+Indian+Defence%29

LM bringing F 35 cockpit simulator. Clearly the jet is on offer.

Teer will probably lecture you on that.:) Merely advertising its features a little is far from a formal offer.

Unless AMCA gets delayed on the same scale as the LCA was I can’t see the IAF expressing any interest in it. Possibly the Indian Navy may be interested if they are looking to retain a V/STOL fighter capability with a Harrier successor to complement the MiG-29K, but again unlikely.

Since it seems to have been missed among the other posts, I restate my request.

A question to Teer: at the symposium he attended, was the idea of a mid-air refuelling capability considered for the MRTA? Something like the A400M and KC-390 with a quick conversion kit for wing refuelling pods?