forget F-16 because India will never get blk50 or AIM-120 with it however M2K and Mig-29 are obviously the only real good options.

India already operates both of them so either of them but I’d prefer Mig-29, obviously both of them are somewhere similar in capabilities Mig-29SMT or M/M2 is A LOT more cheaper than M2K, IN will also operate it.

If you really compare them you’d see they are similar in performance, but just because of the cost Mig-29 overall.

By the time Eurofighters are in the operational units in some meaningful numbers (100 +) USA will have operational F-22 (10:1 kill ratio for F-22) and Russia will finish PAK-FA prototype. Lets say that PAK-FA will have 50% F-22 capability , and in that case, let’s say kill ratio will be 5:1 for PAK-FA. Because PAK-FA will be cheaper than F-22 Russia might have some good export deals, so potentially PAK-FA will be widespread and it will be quite possible that Eurofighter will come across PAK-FA so UK pilots might find themselves fighting loosing battle. For UK will be better either to buy F-22 or to develop new aircraft, on its own, without cooperating with any other country.

:rolleyes:, PAK-FA is still in the drawing stage, how can you say that it will have 50% capability of F-22, and where did you get that 10:1 ratio of F-22/EF2000? What kind of crap is that

I think we should blame the governments participating in the EF2000 program, I mean the changing requirements etc, EF2000 could’ve been in service by like 1995.

But this program is good because it gives EU a plane of their own and their own aeronautic industry.

well I wouldn’t be surprised if NK wanted the FC-1, they would get their hands on anything, FC-1 is cheap and could be built in large #s in NK, and provides a cheap BVR capability against SK’s F-15s, F-16s and T/A-50s, of course they would be waxed probably against any of them.

yes the F-35 cant fill that deep strike role, it is too short ranged for it not to mention it’s size of internal bays is pathetic, it only has 4 internal hardpoints.

that’s dumb, the best Fulcrum upgrade they could’ve gotten was in Russia, why screw it up.

Why do some morons liek Indian judge the S-400 when they don’t know **** about it?

which jet is BETTER in fighting no matter what?

F-22 in A2A role no matter what, nothing better

which tank is BETTER in tank battles no matter what?

No tank expert but I thought Leo II was considered the best by most of the experts

which hamburger tastes BETTER no matter what?

Wooper! 😀

So I guess Merlin is the World’s best ASW helicopter out there.

What do you guys think is the best ASW Fixed Wing aircraft? ie P-3 or Atlantique or whatever?

Be it Indian, Pakistani, American or Welsh, I don’t think that attack helicopters will survive in this century, with manpads and tanks like the T-90 being capable of launching missiles at them, I don’t see a future for those slow machines.

Agreed