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All I can say is that I have a personal favourite in this MMRCA race ... and I would love to get into the debate on why that jet is better than the rest ... but thats a temptation I am avoiding ... Must say that's a very responsible behaviour Vishnu. How I wish, everyone in our media maintained the...

Exactly its a temporary suspension.

Is this 124 are in addition to what was already delivered or to be delivered. My understanding was 124 was already kept ready and only to be delivered. So why 6 months are needed for that. This figure of 124 indicates the total number of Arjun tanks ordered by the Army (There is no additional order...

China defends military growth WASHINGTON - A TOP Chinese general on Monday defended Beijing's rapid military modernization, including the development of advanced weapons that threaten US forces in the Pacific, as aimed at meeting its minimum defence requirements. General Xu Caihou, vice chairman of...

sunny y wrote:Why India is not a great nation. Must Read....
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jk ... eat_nation

Compelling article. Thanks for sharing.

Besides, the whole point is with internal weapons storage vs pylons -- a change in the geometry of the aircraft. So your point cannot be applied to that case. Well if this is your point then I agree completely. My post was in context to the following statement of yours :- "The RCS of an aircra...

That statement makes no sense. One one hand you say keep external factors constant and then you say RCS would increase with an increase in volume.(I never said Area! ) To increase the volume you need to increase the "external factors" . First and foremost, surface area is directly proport...

Saikjee, you got exactly what I meant .

That is absolutely wrong. That is precisely the reason Pyotr Ufimtsev is famous. To the best of my knowledge, Pyotr Ufimtsev's research comprised of lowering the RCS of an aircraft on the basis of its structure. The question is - assuming that the structure of 2 aircraft is exactly the same (and as...

How does Shiv's point make sense ? The RCS of an aircraft is independent of the "volume" it occupies in space . Case and point is the B-2 bomber! It is a LARGE aircraft yet its RCS is much much lower than say the Mig-21, CFT or not. The RCS of B-2 is lower than that of Mig 21 because of f...

You know Asit...I think BR already knows about these old article. Plz dont waste threads with them. I have gotten tired to listening about the Cop india exercises.....aage badho.!!! Dear Vivek, at the risk of sounding a bit rude, I would like to say that BR comprises of thousands of members & l...

But The IAF did not fare well against the USAF is what I filtered through all sources. Head to Head Su 30 is a duck against the F15,even now. Mate with all due respect to you, it would not be a bad idea if you could give the link of the 'sources filtered' by you. I don't see any point in digging ol...

Kuwait says it wants Rafale jets, awaiting terms Kuwait is hoping to buy advanced Rafale combat jets from France and is awaiting terms from Paris, Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Hamad al-Sabah said on Wednesday. So after Brazil it's Kuwait now. I guess this might broaden up the smile of R...

maybe they are getting new M-53-P2 engines because the earlier ones had come close to the end of their lives ? Shukla jee's article says that engines will not be changed. (MoD) considers this price — Rs 196 crore ($41 million) per aircraft — unacceptably high, given that the airframes and engines w...

Frak 40 million to buy and another 40 million to upgrade any mirage is a good 80 million a pop. 4 brand new LCA's or 2 MKI's for the same price. A small nitpicking here. When you say 4 brand new LCAs for 80 million, you are perhaps implying that the cost of 1 LCA is $ 20 million. However, if this a...

To asit As I said if you think its logical to put all your eggs in one basket - good luck to you Like creationists - the argument goes no further :) and we can leave it for others to decide which makes more sense. Makes sense. Otherwise you will keep on saying that there is no sense in keeping all ...

You didn't read the boldfaced text clearly - Dutch produced components were imported and incorporated in Norwegian, Belgian, Danish and Dutch aircraft. Turkish produced components were incorporated into Egyptian aircraft. I am sorry, my bad. I stand corrected on this one. BTW - do you have a source...

Actually they have, and set up non US production lines for the F-16, not that I'm a supporter of the Viper...... Perhaps I was not very clear in my last post. Let me try once again. Russia did not just set up the production lines of MKI in India, but it also imported many components from HAL for th...

I am sure risk management depts would love to follow your philosophy And who are you to speak on their behalf? Speak for yourself and not for some one else please. Ever wonder why the IAF always had a couple of western aircraft even when our global position was much worse than what it is now?? And ...

You cannot cut risk by putting all your eggs in one basket. It is better to keep the eggs in one basket which is reliable than putting them in several baskets which have high chances of breaking down. For decades our inventory has been dominated by the Russian systems. With an exception of Jaguar a...

Unless we are in a position to withold critical parts in a JV - its still one sided and subject to pressure . Ofcourse we are susceptible to pressure and we shall continue to be in the same state, as long as we don't start producing high end weapon systems indigenously. However, as of now, India ha...

we already have 70 percent of all major weapon systems from RUssia so our way to become a regional power is to make that 100 % :shock: Then in one little tiff we can all our Migs and Sus sitting pretty on the tarmac, ships anchored and tanks rusting, Why not also staff our forces with Russians too....

Igorr wrote: My dream is the joint manufacturing & marketing of Mig-35 & LCA mk2 for domestic needs and abroad

Aameen to your dream my friend.

Narayana Rao wrote:How is production of MKI is going on in India. How many are now in service ? any latest news ?

As per several reports in the open source, like this one, India currently has 105 MKIs in service.

SaiK wrote:but is it not the air launched brahmos to be redesigned to weigh much lesser than the surface one? by how much anyone knows?

As per this report in Times Of India, it is 500 kg.

abhi.enggr wrote: if yes other than the afterburn smoke issue (mentioned in previously by many ) are there any other issues with it.

I guess this issue is a matter of past and has been taken care of now.

I will be happy if this report of RD-33MK for LCA turns out to be true. It will make us less dependent upon the ever changing policies of Uncle Sam. But my only fear is the amount of tweaking required in the airframe of LCA to fit this engine. I just hope that it does not delay the LCA program by an...

Nihat wrote: I have no clue about the reliability of the source though.

Nihat ji, The source is 'Hindu'. It's mentioned on top of this article. Rafale is very much here and is busy flirting with the clouds of Bangalore

RameshC wrote:well the mig-29's IR signature is much higher than the F-18SH's, you dont need sources just watch a few videos of the mig-35/29ovt and SH..there is a difference. plus the mig engine is more smokey as well.

Ha ha ha

Go easy mate and think before you type.

If you say "we shouldn't buy from the US because they MIGHT insert malicious code", then you have to say the same thing for France . . . and Sweden . . . and Russia . . . etc. With all due respect to the Americans, as of now we have not heard of a single case of a bug been deliberately le...

If you say "we shouldn't buy from the US because they MIGHT insert malicious code", then you have to say the same thing for France . . . and Sweden . . . and Russia . . . etc. With all due respect to the Americans, as of now we have not heard of a single case of a bug been deliberately le...