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need to order a few more!
suryag wrote:It would have been more fun had the picture been blurred and taken from behind shrubs
Whats funnier is that this was a real project (based on the sea-flanker trainer instead of the fulcrum), but the exact same configuration, viz Su-28. If FSU hadn't imploded we would have likely seen sea flanker based AAR, LRMP/ASW, AEW, Recon and EW variants in addition to a2a, maritime strike and bomber versions on the Ulyanovsk and follow-ons.shiv wrote:How about this?Singha wrote:MKI or any fighter radar is not the ideal for side sweeping large swathes of territory and keeping it under observation because it would need to point its nose. the side looking radar of proper platforms like E8 and Sentinel are what generates huge sweep areas and allows a racetrack path to keep it under constant watch. so using MKI is a non-starter,![]()
Yeh dilaange more, many more many more NOT few moreRupesh wrote:Akphyrrrr..![]()
need to order a few more!
suryag wrote:It would have been more fun had the picture been blurred and taken from behind shrubs
saptarishi wrote:cabs ,drdo and embraer should be given the degree of MASTERS IN AESTHETICS. what a bird?![]()
but it is to be seen how it performs in tests when the indigenous systems are integrated. many a times drdo delivers the goodies only to be rejected by armed forces. trishul missile failed, arjun mk1 wasn't giving satisfactory performances then the inordinate delays in tejas programme. after so many hardships i got an inkling that this time around drdo/ cabs guys might succeed in winning accolades from iaf.but still miles to go in indigenous AEW programme. this bird will just have a 240 degree coverage. in future drdo should build an aew with 360 degree coverage. anyways this is a big achievement. i hope other ambitious ventures like lca mk2,astra,maitri,nirbhay ,arjun mk2, amca, etc succeed, so that the armed forces get the weapons they require from our own 'military industrial complex', which is yet to be developed to its full strength.
See it again- its an Indian flag, not the IAF fin flash and no IAF roundel either.Aditya_V wrote:Hmm aldready Painted IAF and not DRDO??.