More than half of Indian Mig 21s are upgraded to the Bison standard featuring advanced radar jamming and BVR capability with the R77. Against that the Mirage F1 has very little chance of survival.

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Eqpmt/Walkarounds/MiG21Bison/

That’s the whole point of the exercise…..what western aircraft does India produce at home??…what is the most successful IAF aircraft in service?

We produced the Jaguar at home and no doubts Su 30 is the best aircraft in our inventory now, but if you mean successful as in effective the Mirage 2000 really was awesome in the Kargil war with its high avilability rates and versatility.

Like I wrote previously, I doubt the carrier project will be canceled….IF that happens we can talk about it.

I pray it is if you ask for more money.

I would argue otherwise that America’s edge in Armed forces will continue till she has the highest defense budget. Look at the time when Soviets spent much more, the Russians were much closer to Americans in capability than they are now.

Then why are they just signed a new contract to supply another 100 new engines for J-10s?

Am talking about Americans not Russians :rolleyes:

It’s getting tiring reading the constant whining of the pro US Indian supporters. This latest episode about a price hike is most likely misreporting by an Indian paper about the ongoing negotiations. I haven’t come across any other source mentioning a new price hike on top of the already mentioned one.

Yes this whole deal is a mess and it’s the Russians fault for underestimating the cost and various project management issues. On the other side of the coin, the Indians are trying to get (rhetorically speaking) “something for nothing”. There were delays of payments from the Indian side which also contributed to further delays.

The Vikramaditya is shambles mostly because of the Russian price hike and inability to deliver the project on time. Saying that we have only ourselves to blame for choosing a country with a poor record in carrier building instead of some European shipyard. Like you i really hope we cancel the project alltogether.

India is going to get the Jaguar fleet new and powerful engines. Honeywell is the likely supplier :). I also think we are going for an Israeli radar.

Its like a long waiting line for the F 35 and looks like the unit cost is going to be huge. I really do not see it being considered by IN for atleast a decade and a half.