Valid statement, tho on the plus side, the opponent is gonna go nuts.

Imagine launching a Harpoon and a KH-35 and a Exocet, countermeasures are going to be very very hard against “mixed” salvos either against single ships or even against a group..without cutting edge EW on every ship..

well launching different types of missile simultaenously against the same target will be difficult to co-ordinate.interesting will be to study the flight profiles of these missiles.having different types of flight profiles will mean that theres always an option available whatever the nature of defensive systems the opponent has.

as far as the opponent going nuts,the best defense the likely opponent cud put up against any missile is i think only the phalanx.

that video of IL38 was indian.

btw ,if harpoon is selected that will mean there will be 6 different types of antiship missiles in the inventory.among them 4 subsonic
1.brahmos
2.kh31A2
3.kh35
4.exocetes on scorpenes
5.klub
6.harpoon
keeping brahmos out of consideration and say the seaeagle is retired,why r so many types at all necessary particularly subsonics??it wud have been better i think if they integrated the kh35 with the jag.and anycase the mig29ks r gonna have kh31A2.

IMHO,if the MRCA r inducted in the timeframe say 2010-2012 they must be in service at least till 2030.now in this scenario i think IAF should go for a aircraft with a modern airframe design like the rafale or typhoon or even the F18.for me the mig35 or the F16 are obsolete airframe designs.however the problem will be the cost.in that case the deal should be for F18/mig35 fifty fifty or may be rafale/mig35.also choosing between the rafale, typhoon n F18 i think that the french have in the past proved 2 be more reliable than the other countries.

Detection range of Zhuk ME: 110-120 KM/ 45-50 (forward/ rear hemisphere), 10/4 (TWS/ engage)
Zhuk MFE:100-110/ 45-50, 20/4 (TWS/ engage)
Bars-29: 100-120 / NA , 15/5( TWS/ engage)

but the detecction range can be equal 2 the TWS range but the engege/lock on surely must be lower??

whats givn in BR site is “forward facing NIIP N-011M radar which has a 350 km search range and a 200 km tracking range. “

what kind of RCS r we talking abt here?

WHOA…..i had no idea so many russki a/c were intercepted by us a/c.btw what happened 2 those planes after being intercepted?were they forced down or just ordered 2 alter their courses and let go?

btw whats the range of aim120c? i thot r77vvae has better range than that.

yeah i saw those reports……..if its 200 then it will definitely be split up and a part is defn going 2 the US…….