Bharat Rakshak

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/PAK091908.xml&headline=Pakistan%20May%20Participate%20In%20Red%20Flag%20Exercise The Defense Department is inviting the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) to participate in the Red Flag aerial combat training exer...

I checked the specs from the brochure of RDY-3 and RC-400. They look the same. Even the aircrafts mentioned seem to be the same : LCA, F-16, Mig-29, Mirage-III/V and Mirage F-1. Ironically I don't see that radar ever being fitted into any of these aircraft except JF-17 and maybe Mirage F-1 (Libya a...

@Lodhi. I do not wish to pursue this argument anylonger as i would then have to give information that i am not allowed too. However your claims of the RC-400 being close to the RDY-2 is pure nonesense. the RC-400 is a far cry from the RDY-2 and is a low cost radar meant for Mirage III/V upgrades. S...

My Information comes from a Naval Aviator who tested the radars for the Harrier upgrade. In AA modes the Elta 2032 is the same as the RC-400 but in Airtoground modes the Elta is far Superior (specially for Martime strike). [/quote] RKhanna, I very much doubt that Elta 2032 is as capable as RDY3/RC4...

@Lodhi. The RDY-3 and the RC-400 are the same radar. Also the RC-400 is a scaled down RDY-2. Some years ago the Indian Navy and AF did a joint evaluation of the RC-400 and the ELTA-2032 and they found the RC-400 lacking in capability for their requirements and hence the harriers/LCA/Jaguars will no...

I am not surprised the KLJ-7 looks like phazatron radar chinese must have tried to reverse engineer it. But is PAF happy with the radar? The spec 3 m^2 at 120 Km seems lower than Tejas's MMR which was meant to detect 2 m^2 targets at 130 km (144 km for 3 m^2) and then revised to 150 km. I am sure P...

Its old news that french have offered the RC-400/RDY3 radar which is really a dumbed down version of RDY2 to pakistan. The radar though not as potent as those on M2k-5 or Rafale is definitely better than anything china can offer. I think PAF will probably go for it or the griffo. AAM may be MICA I ...

Pak to get 100 fighter jets from China, US http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/CB99535AA9EE9095652574BD00468AB2?OpenDocument Islamabad, Sept 7 (PTI) Pakistan will acquire over 100 fighter jets from China and the US as well as airborne warning and air-to-air refuelling aircraft to maintain nu...

Also, each set of 4 Paki AWACS seems to interlink with only half their fleet.. :-? The Chinese AWACS with Chinese fighters and the SAAB AWACS with the rest of the western fleet...IMHO, that is not a optimum way of operations and means that the fleet is not effectively utilised!!! Agreed, the most e...

There is a difference between AEW, AEW&C and AWACS. Let's not mix them up. The Phalcon is an AWACS. The DRDO birds will be AEW&C, while the erieye is an AEW aircraft. -Vivek Not quite. AEW&C is a generic term for an aircraft with an early warning radar, which is capable of independent f...

Erieye will help datalink the F-16's, but they will not be able to do so in the case of the Mirage fleet. Chinese origin fighter fleet will have AEW&C cover from 4 ZDK03. The ZDK03 contract is close to be being finalised for the required 4 aircraft - no delivery timelines mentioned. :rotfl: so ...

German defence minister arrives ISLAMABADhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\05\story_5-9-2008_pg7_52 German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung arrived on Thursday for a one-day visit to discuss the security situation in the Tribal Areas and Afghanistan with Pakistani officials. Di...

A couple of senators raise a objection and the programme stalls? (not that im complaining!!! :mrgreen: ) Also, Under the original plan sent to Congress in April, the Bush administration intended to use $226.5 million in antiterrorism funds to refurbish a pair of Pakistan’s Lockheed P-3 Orion planes...

Some of you might already know this, however, for the benefit of others, here are some of the key points extracted from PAF ACM's interview published in AFM September issue: * PAF increased JF-17 order to 240, delivery to be completed by 2015. * PAF to retire all Mirage (except Rose III Sqns with IR...