It is better than any of the principal opponents it may face in the north - F-16, J-10 or JF-17.
Excellent no-crash record.
Pilots love flying it -- because of its ergonomics.
Scores high on maintainence - it has very low line replaceable units.
Very good stealth characteristics - due to...
Tejas Mk-1 should also have been an option ... becoz 8 Tejas equipped to transition into squadron service, are already flying.
The production line for series production is ready for production.
I believe Tejas will outnumber Rafale.. at all times. We will have 40 Tejas Mk-1 before we have...
9 pages full on this topic .. and Mr. Xi's entire visit didn't gather so much traffic, as this tiny incident. (unless, you start counting the Su-35 deal stuff).
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Makes perfect sense.... another thing usually tried are landings on a highway (provided the highways are good quality and won't crumble under the weight of the aircraft).
Gripen is specifically designed to be able to land on swedish highways.
In any case, water landing is much better than...
chinese don't know economics.
and my job isn't teachining that to you.. sorry. :woot:
try some non-chinese non-CPC and he'll explain you the numbers, you wrote. :cheers:
Now this is indeed being jealous ..... damn.. nobody is spreading rumours that Pakistan is buying 48 F-16s or 36 Eurofighters. :tdown:
(off course, Pakistan doesn't need them.. its buying them only for political reasons. :laugh:)
We need to give more news space to Pakistan.. for sure.
China can't buy Su-30SM because it contains Indian components.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian-defence/233966-russia-places-rs-65-crore-order-procuring-34-radar-computers-2.html
Replacement may be possible, but they won't be as good.. else Russia won't have bought them from India in...
That is obviously built into the deal ... there is plenty of cheap.. rather free .. gas coming china's way.
And that's not all, Russia will give a bouquet of roses to Xi Jinping every time he visits.
Russia also promises to transfer half its wheat production to china for 20 years for...
Because every generation has a key distinguishing characteristic:
4th Gen has to have fly-by-wire.. otherwise the plane isn't 4th Gen (e.g. Mig-21 Bison can't become 4th Gen, despite any kind of overhaul).
Similarly, 5th Gen has to have stealth + internal weapon bays.
4+ just means there is...