Bharat Rakshak

How did I miss the date on those links when I quickly scanned through them?!! I received a few links from a friend today including the strategypage "report" as he knows I'm interested in the MiG-21. Time for new glasses I think!!

Now suddenly every news about the IAF is linked to crashes. Very true unfortunately. While the MiG-21 does suffer from a poor record there is no need to bring up the details every time an upgrade or scrap decision is released. I have made a point of not mentioning numbers of losses in the two repor...

India Dumps Its MiG-21s http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20090705.aspx I think this will be seen by many as a good decision as the older MiG-21 models have been referred to as "Flying coffins" for quite some time. Thankfully the MiG-21 Bison upgrade has addressed this pro...

Sean search on the BR archives you'll find something - the newest batch of Darin II equipped 2 seaters were meant for strike roles only if i remember correctly. there was even some speculation that it might be for some very special strike missions, like the 2000N Thanks - I managed to find a few ve...

Another Jaguar question this time is with regards to the latest two-seat Jaguar ITs produced. As these are combat capable aircraft featuring DARIN 2 and the ability to carry the Litening LDP are they used as trainers or are they specifically for combat? I have read that some think they are for comba...

Thank you for the welcome gentlemen. The Jaguar report will be published in AIR International sometime in the next few months. A similar article on the MiG-21 Bison will appear in Combat Aircraft in September. The Jaguar pilots at Ambala were happy to talk about the Jaguar but seeing as none of them...

also I feel that in the near future the Jag IS versions should also be equipped with EL/M-2032 like IMs. I recently visited AFS Ambala to compile a report on the Jaguar. Unfortunately I have very little information on the Jaguar IM so I am hoping some of you guys can help me. A contract was signed ...

rakall wrote:What though seems to have been on order for Jaguars is EL/M 20600 RTP which is a radar targetting pod.

Is the EL/M-20600 RTP intended to replace the Litening targeting pod?