so what was the verdict :diablo:

is’nt it interesting .. the question is about MKI .. then at some point F-22 is injected.. and if that’s not enough we sway to justifications of supercruise.. then get into radars.. and then back on engines.. 😀 Intersting aha..

Joey.. I like your optimism.. but neither is IAF going for AESA on MKI nor are we getting the al-41’s…. and/or fm1’s either… everything costs… russians are not sitting there and saying.. hey.. I just added a couple of pounds of thrust on the engines you have.. would yaa.. try them… then when we would have tried.. they would say.. the above again.. 😀 .. the same goes for the radar and other systems.. neither are we getting into a high composite usage for MKI in near future.. the damn thing would have to be first developed and then certified in multitude of flight envelopes.. so any kind of upgrades would come around 2015…. everything is dependent on the ROI.. be it monitory/capability etc.. for the current requirements of the IAF the current bunch is more then sufficent in there capabilities and IAF currently has more important needs to sink it’s teeths in.. as choppers/aircraft upgrades/more IFR’s/C3I upgrades/AWACS/missile upgrades/missile purchases/transport aircraft upgrade and new purchases etc..

MKI has a lot of potential in it not because it consists of this or that system BUT because it comes with deep TOT and this gives us the leverage to play with it more then what we would have otherwise.. comparing it to any other aircraft would not be a wise idea as all aircrafts are designed as per specific requirements of their intended airforces.. and our requirements are very much different from what the USAF has.. the requirements vary from capabilities to the strings of your purse.. (i swear.. I wanted to buy a Honda but the HQ would not sanction the budget 😉 … damn it why I got married.. )

Sorry for the lecture buddy.. hopefully you would take it positively..

Coming to the MKI and Supercruise.. I guess as it was said in the very beginning that it can but would not be meaningful enough.. as in the range and time factor would come in play.. might be useful in the tactical battlefield zone but would not be utilised the way other aircrafts would use it.. depends on the tactics defined with the capability acknowledged in the respective aircraft..

and a request …MKI just looks dragier.. please don’t go on it’s appearance.. (in clean state)

Cheers
🙂

Harry.. the color code is usually..
Blue – Peacetime Air Superiority
Green/Sand – Strike and Wartime Common
Orange/Dayglo – Over Sea flights…

Please confirm..

Vehicle is Custom Man KAT 1 series

now it comes in a new variant SX-45

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/glonass.htm

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/uragan.html

Try http://www.aviapedia.com/

Guys… what is the significance of CAG/MKI out here..

Why would they want to do that after the Flanker fiasco? Home grown Flankers cost something like double what they do when they buy them from Russia. If they want all you describe then of course the US is going to say “well what the hell is in it for US??”

The crucial part is the TECHNOLOGY and NOT the COST.. this is important for the future growth of the IAF.

MKI brought in TECHNOLOGY and so will any other foreign big ticket defence items now being sought..

You have to understand what we(India) want in the future to what we lack currently and chalk out the path through which we would reach there..

F-15/JSF/F-22 etc being the best would still not fulfill what we want in our future platforms. As you must be knowing well enough that a country cannot feel secure just by borrowing equipment… it has to have a sound developer base too..

Guys… please cut this crap of the CAG etc out here in this thread.. this thread is about a possibility of an F-16 version in the IAF colors.. and not about MKI/CAG etc..