Bharat Rakshak

the operational capabilities of zhuk ae IAF must have seen
its the matter of time when it gets larger diameter radar with more detection range

and other contender typhoon /rafale must have submitted their report on the future capability of their aesa radars as well.

I still say: 126 F-18s and 74 Rafales. -----------------------------------------\ then why not 126 su30mki with irbis e radar :idea: evaluation of aesa right now is good if we are going to induct mrca next 2-3 months are we?? flight trails now stated for next year in may as air chief said and i am p...

now US supplying new mi17 to iraq and apkistan to fight terror

now mi17 is much cheaper than similar western helicopter and reliable too,so US wanted to save some millions over this

think again more heavy lift aircraft

are 10 c17 enough???????

isn't it good option 25-30 more second hand IL76 from russia each with 50 tons capability.

rfp states an active aesa ,so what ,but it doesn't states the induction date

by 2014 all aircrafts will have operational aesa,you all should have no doubt that i hope

those an124 are used mainly as commercial purposes

and please don't bring US air force here

and most of russian il76 not used,so isn't it better to buy some second hand il76 from russia at very very cheap prices

who knows what will happen in next 20 years??????
as future is always uncertain,

and india blackmail a friend over a ship for 7 years due to no one was wanted that ship so in last russkies said we give you this ship for free ,and this is what we wanted ,so who blackmailed first

first thing its not black mailing,for the ship being built inside out, today cost of fuel,parts is sky high and so will the cost of 16 month sea trial will be high as well today even a 7000 tons type45 destroyer cost a billion dollar ,so how a 44000 tons gorshkov can cost less than a billion dollars...

ok,IAF not going to induct any mrca contender before late 2014.

so who has operational aesa or who doesn't ,doesn't really matters right now.

india bought only 16 mig29k for 45 million each in 2004

if navy had gone for 46 mig29k back in 2004 instead going for only 16 migs at that time each mig29k could be bought for 45 million but now country has to pay 75 million for each mig29k,

ok need for more aircraft ??? when IL76 was purchased from soviet union IAF could buy 50-60 from them at dirt cheap price and also more IL76 could be bought in last decade and nothing has been bought in this decade . so in last 2 decades IAF did not feel need for more aircraft??? at any given time n...

read what i said,its about upgrading il76 not replacing them
so upgrading il76 is much cheaper than buying 10 c17 which would cost us 2.5 -3.0 billion and those il76 can be upgraded for 0.5 -1.0 billion

gorshkov is still cheaper despite price hike of 1.2 billion in addition to initial price 946 million knowing that russkies building whole ship inside out with all new systems. the the price for 30 mig29k russians asking 75 million per aircraft its not just includes the price of aircraft but also aes...

and yes an32 will be upgraded and IAF not going to retire them before 2025 so talking of retirement of these aircraft now isn't worthy

you guys looking at c27j but there is be200 which is also good replacement for an32
it comes with various configurations ,can land/take off from land,water
and its good for all three services army,navy,airforce

all these aircraft are excellent but the fact that its indian govt. which is delaying this process

hi everyone this is my first time here, i just want to say its better to upgrade exixting IL76 with either PS90A or in development new D30KP BURLAK engine available from 2011 and with glass cockpit.this would give IL76 60 ton capability and good for next 20 years than spending money on C17. because ...