I would also try to get interviews with pilots and maintenance crews. I think it is important to give an idea of how the aircraft is operated.

^^this!!

unless you have direct connections and sources, you have no credibility.

and it seems you might not have such a connection. relying primarily on articles and forums.
but that doesnt mean you can’t make such connections. everyone has to start from somewhere..

you can begin by pulling out information from military and developer sources..
if you can get new information that’ll really help sell your book! stuff that’s not out yet..
stuff that’s not classified.

in order to do that, you need a bit of sexy time. either hire some one to persuade the information out.
or if you can’t afford to hire one
use yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvNZt1T5rAQ

Nope, I did mention continue with AMCA. Also there’s indigenized PAK FA (FGFA).

The Tejas does not offer anything new. Much like the JF-17 it is borderline obsolete.

you should be a guest writer in PLA-MKII’s new book.

I agree that MRCA is too long in the tooth.

However cancelling that I would put the money into buying existing platform (more MKI) or getting Tejas Mk2 into service faster and in larger numbers…or put for the long term programs (FGFA acquisition or AMCA).
Not another platform from yet another supplier who might very well be at odds with Indian foreign policy at some point in the future.

I agree with the Thobbit, TR tank, and MC Cross.
F the MRCA, F the Rafale, F it all… F as in finalize the cancellation.
and yes Tejas is basically the Indian JF-17.
but not everything needs a big fat sukhoi or stealth fighter to deal with so I see some merit in keeping them.

F-35 makes logical sense, but India wants to develop its own industry too.
how about a compromise.. rather than outright buy F-35
India develops its own AMCA with Lockheed (or Boink) as a major partner.
basically make an F-35 customed to India..get rid of the VSTOL based design
go for a twin engined design, perhaps something off the shelf like two F414s
it would look something like this

Their are limitations inherent to size. The more you add loads the more relatve drag u add.
And the famous Janes study was deleted since. Noon8e can review te he methods used.

yes i agree

BUT, Malaysia already has its “size”
they fly the Flanker.

you make too much sense TOAN, but the typhoon mafia will argue “just you wait”

A. Original orders:
USAF has decided to upgrade all of its 220-plus F-15Es and to keep using them through 2035, while the four European airforces have decided to cancel Tranche IIIB and to get rid of their own Tranche I ASAP.

indeed, the F-15 and Flanker have a bigger user base than the typhoon that ensures it will see continued upgrades for a long time.

B. Exporting orders:
The Strike Eagle family has already gotten 260-plus exporting orders from the four different foreign airforces in the past 15 years, while the Eurofighter gets less than 100 exporting orders from the three different foreign airforces, and 24 of the exporting orders are just directly from RAF’s orders to RSAF without compensation.

the typhoon mafia will say.. just you wait and see, give us more time.. its unfair Eagle had more time to sell. unfortunately life isnt fair. the demand for typhoons is low to begin with. and its already an obsolete design. typhoon is getting its ass kicked by people who can afford 5th gen, operators who already have a decent heavy (Flanker or Eagle), and people who want cheaper operations (Gripen). like wise Rafale has a similar issue, but at least we know its already multirole ready and will get its aesa.

C. AESA radar:
The Strike Eagle family has already two kinds of productional choice right now (APG-63v3 and APG-82v1), while the Eurofighter is still waiting and wishing that somebody will pay the god damned prcie to make the productional CAPTOR-E become the truth one day……

mafioso will say.. just you wait.. our aesa will be better. but this assumes that f-15’s aesa remains stagnant and no upgrades are made or no new models introduced

[qoute]
D. A2G capability, 2013:

* Strike Eagle Family:
JASSM, KEPD-350, Delilah, Popeye, SLAM-ER/AGM-84 Block II HARPOON Missiles, AGM-88B HARM Missiles, JSOW family, JDAM family, SDB, USA/Israel LGBs from 500 Ib to 4,500 Ib class …….

* Eurofighter:
1. LGBs….More LGBs……More and more LGBs……….Can you just introduce something new other than LGBs !!!???
2. It will be as capable as Rafale and Strike Eagle in A2G area one day !!! (Unrealized advertisement from 2006 to 2013).

Potential needs truly investment, not empty declaration, to become the reality one day.[/QUOTE]
most major eurofighter partners are f-35 committed which will provide them their a2g needs.

I found that one, yes! It lists 13 MiG-29 crashes from 1994-2008; it’s a pity it doesn’t have data for the last few years, but still an excellent resource.

please help me with this

total crashes in IAF

MiG-29 = 13
Su-30MKI = 4
Mirage 2000 = 2

Spain can’t talk – look up Ceuta and Melilla – when they hand them back, then they can perhaps try to reclaim Gib…

exactomundo!

the spaniards are hypocrites

damn those hippos