Flanker it still doesnt explain the radical increase ! You can safely consider French to be the benchmark --one of the most priciest -- if they are charging 40 million a pop for a total revamp...it doesnt explain how russia is charging more than 60 million a pop....not sure whats going on...
Welcome to sensational Indian journalism !!
Anyways Interesting points --- Shady defence deals going on for sure ! There is something going on behind the scenes !
If doesnt make sense to you then it is non sense ?
Anyways i was pointing out importance of DACT excercises -- anyways i will refrain from posting f18 topics. thanks.
Did you even bother to read what i wrote or the context in which i wrote ? Or you just jumped when you saw that i had remarked on F18 performance ? Take it easy Lady, i respect F18 and its combat record. However this was a conclusion from a DACT excercise conducted between Swiss and german AF...
True i understand that ! But i was giving example of how DACT exercises help pilots/air forces learn very small but valuable things. During these DACT excercises it can be safely assumed that IAF would learn about F16 capabilities and Su 30 strengths and weakness against F16.
No - regardless of Pilots or the air force which operates them; each machine has its own strengths or weaknesses ! Sustained turn rate, climb rate, agility is all the same - doesnt matter which pilot operates them.
For ex- during DACT excercises between Mig 29 and F18 USAF found that if they...