From what I’ve been told, manueverability is one area where the SHAR can actually hold it’s own against the Rafale-M, after examination of the two joint excercises. At one point, the IAF actually regarded them as inferior to the MiG-21 but they actually managed to get the upper hand against Mirage-2000s, during DACT at TACDE. While the RN’s SHARs deployed AIM-9Ls, IN’s SHARs started off with Magic-1s which were’nt all-aspect AAMs and eventually got dual rails for Magic-2s, developed by DRDO.
SHARs are still dependant on offboard sensors and the two fighter controllers for a good period of the mission. Should an intercept be successful though, the ‘La muerta negra’ should have no problems in eating up a Mirage-III/V, esp. if the latter is an Agave-maritime equipped unit, with limited air-to-air modes. Upgrades are still being contemplated and will take place sometime in the future.
An ageing AM-39 with it’s limited range of 50-70 km max and troublesome history, is hardly a threat to a carrier battlegroup. An escorted P-3C Harpoon strike is more realistic, although the former are critical ASW assets for the PN.
“An ageing AM-39 with it’s limited range of 50-70 km max and troublesome history, is hardly a threat to a carrier battlegroup”
Guess you were never in the shoes of Sandy Woodward in 1982 if you genuienly think that!?
The difference between Argintinas Mirages and Pakistans models are huge, Pakistan has a large store of Exocets and the latest variant,
The INs Harriers on the other hand are virtually the same as they were delivered in 1983…….
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