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Mirage-2K is exactly why the plane would be expensive, built less than the hornet and costs 40million dollars to MLU.

Kosovo war, Gulf wars.

Thats why they have the F-35 attack plane its good at defeating the sort of IADS’s which are around these days, and from the figures it is perfectly capable of dropping bombs(8000kg) with the euro canards, as ‘stealthy’ as anything out there, with enough sensors to dominate the modern battlefield.

Yes they made the Eurofighter, and are developing UCAVs.

“from my understanding the geewiz associated with F35’s sensor came from dealing with highly integrated airdefence system.”

Thats the case with everything, however western military forces are not comfortable with throwing numbers(pilots in planes) at military problems.

especially if it comes under $$ vs F35.

A very interesting statement, considering the cost of current platforms in Europe.

The F-35 has quite a lead on sensors over the current fighters in europe (or so it is said in the reports), which is a cause of its high price, i suppose anyone in Europe would go for a 5th gen platform right now, they would in all probability look for a capability beyond the F-35, which would make it a more expensive program.

courtesy to signatory on his thread over at militaryphotos.com
Saab precence at Aero India
http://www.stratpost.com/saab-to-bring-gripen-trio-to-aero-india

also a new offical presentation from Saab:
http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Air/Gripen-Fighter-System/Gripen-for-India/The-Fighter-Gripen-IN/

From the Gripen site:

Gripen will meet or exceed every operational requirement defined by the Indian Air Force.

I really think that is true, the operational requirement defined by the Indian Air Force are not very challenging, there were some quotes by Dassault officials that Rafale should be given the advantage of exceeding the requirements, or something along these lines.

True, and its up to the people to take his reporting with a pinch of salt because he might have been paid to say something.:diablo:

To question the integrity of a man without evidence is not a good thing, professionals put in good effort to keep their reputation.

Just quoting the text from Tanguahka’s link

IAF Chief clarifies it is a fourth gen aircraft

Source

Now why didnt Mr. Aroor seek clarification from Air chief about his statement. 😉

May be because he is a journalist who get’s paid to ask questions?

Yeah and last month I just visited Narnia.Meanwhile here are a few snippets from the place we call world..nasty place it is…
“United States Delivers Additional F-16 Fighter Jets to Pakistan”
and
“US to Provide More Military Aid to Pakistan: Report”-JAN 10, 2011
And let us not open up a can called “wikileaks” cuz god knows what it contains maybe worms or something..!

And how prejudiced are you!!Stating the facts is not bias!!And you must be a rabid pro american because you are from…
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btw..talking about women being escorted to the toilets…there was also some report nearabout the time this happened in some newspaper that one of the scientists after being forcibly ejected from the lab without being able to collect even any personal stuff , wanted to get his jacket back as it contained a picture of his newborn daughter , but was refused.

That would include include every weapon exporter in the world.

If we want to plan for another series of nuclear tests, we should be ready for sanctions, that is just how the world is.

And for all the USA sanction talk, with the whole Tejas Mk-I and II dependent on the US engines, we are in for a long relationship.

There seems to be political will towards developing close relations.

To say that we will be self reliable in defence just because we say so is immature, we need a lot of help in what is a very high technology sector.

He also indicated that the Tejas Mk-II would not only be powered by the F414 engine, but would incorporate airframe design changes and newer avionics. A statement issued today by ADA today said that the IAF had projected a need for 83 Tejas Mk-II aircraft (which would give the IAF a fleet of 123 aircraft in total — far less than projected). The first flight of the Mk-II is scheduled for December 2014. Indigenous content on the Mk-II will be 75 per cent according to the HAL chief.

http://livefist.blogspot.com/

The technologies we developed for Tejas indigenously have been a boost, and that was a primary reason for investing into the program (to develop the capability).

Sorry, that is not supported by fact. Russia is still struggling to say the least. For example it just cancelled it’s Carrier Program and hasn’t constructed any New Replacements for its aging Naval Fleet.

Really, except a couple submarine built over the last decade. (and little Stealth Frigates) What was the last major Warship Constructed??? Hell, the RN is far more impressive than the Russian Navy. (and the UK is in Crisis!)

While, we have seen improvements. That will likely be countered by huge losses in markets in both China and India.

I think India will be very happy with it. If, it is in fact selected…….:diablo:

Russian Economy seems to be much better with GDP nominal, per capita, and PPP, growth rate, IMO good performance compared to the 90s, and much of the world in every aspect.

What you say is not true, Russia has improved much from the 90s, when the weapons programs were canceled.

It is not only quantity, but also the R&D required for the submarine that takes the money, along with slow build rates because unless you get quality control quite right, your silent design will not end up being quite as silent as you designed it to be.

RN was more impressive than most naval forces, including India, and they have a crisis like the rest of the world, that plus a absent adversary and desire will make them not so impressive in the near future.

The loss in market in the 2010-2020 compared to a 90, will not hit them that bad.

The known specifications seem to favour the Super hornet, in my opinion Boeing is a corporation with enough military business going around to fulfill the huge offset requirements which were initially only military offsets (as in the manufacturer will have to provide all the offset outsourcing in military industry), even if they include civilian aviation industry Boeing will still have a strong position.

It is however a tender under process and for all we know the IAF might have specific requirements that place some other contender as the overall leader, if the MiG-35 is selected it will be because the Indian Air Force thought the capability offered for the price was good and MiG was able to submit a good plan to implement the offsets.