I think that PLA is suffering from severe depression, can someone please tell him that this thread is about pics mostly and some discussion on aviation 😀

The Russians did not loose the war, they ccupied the entire country within 48 hours, however the Soviet Union was falling apart and it could no longer sustain such expenses as Afgan adventures anymore, Stingers in the 80s were brand new MANPADS, note that mos Russian acs did not even have flares till 1986. The Russians had strict orders not to engage the PAF

Oh and those F-15Ks will also be equipped with the new Tiger Eyes system which should give enhanced targeting, navigation, terrain following and Infrared Search & Track (IRST) capability.

I believe tha I read that the Rafale edged out the F-15K by a factor of 1.1% in the first round of competition. This is why France is now offering the F3 tranche version of the Rafale to Singapore.

I have heard many of my korean friends who have told me how much they have been ripped off by this deal, the Rafale should have won this, they say.

Much of the talk in the Indian media has pointed to a fighter that would replace the MiG-23BNs and also more fighters for nuclear delivery role, this would indicate that the IAf would be more interested in a Ground Following radar rather such as the Antilope rather than the other more A to A specific radars. Remember that the IAf believes in customization now, no longer will it buy what is given, see the Su-30 for details.

umm no Indian pilot actually said that he was superior to anyone else, lol, we got wacked in BVR by the french for example, the IAf admitted this a lot, but at least we agree that there is no such thing as su[erior pilots just because they belong to a certain country be it India or anywhere else, catch my drift. 😀

Since the French beat us at BVR, it means that they won, however it appears that we have learnt quite a bit from this experience vs the USAF.

We should probably also compare the radars of the two acs, especially when it comes to ground mapping etc.

Antilope is good.

Besides all those MiG-29Ms etc, they are but a few alf arsed prototypes while the Mirage 2000-5 has already been produced!

Many subsystems of the MKI such as avionics etc will be installed on the MIg-29, transfer of technology will also be done, no problem!

But the MiG-29 is not well suited for a strike role, it does nt have that many hardpoints for example, has less load etc. The Mirage should have a superior ground following radar for example. I think that the RD-93 engine sale to the PAf is a big reason why the Government of India is even considerin a huge MiG purchase. But mind you, the IAF will have to pay the price of today for yesterday’s aircraft when t comes to the Mirage unless the IAF can get many Rafale subsystems installed. The MiG-29 is one cheap aircraft though, I also believe that the MiG-29Ms have a slightly longer range than the Mirage 2000.