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This is just my personal opinion but what I feel is the Optimized Strike Package might be an aircraft similar in its role as the Jaguar or MiG-27s ( Deep penetration Strike Aircraft and Multirole fighter Bomber) with advanced avionics, EW - ECW and Stand Off weapons and Precision Bombing...

The Su-30MKI currently uses the AL-31FP engines rated at 123KN whereas the Su-34 uses the AL-31FMP1 which is rated at 132KN.... which allows the Su-34 to carry loads if stand-off weapons and PGMs. However the Su-30 MKI has a T/W ratio of 1.14 which is absolutely critical for it to be...

Like I said the Maitri SR SAM was envisaged as a "point defence short range quick reaction missile " to be used by all three services including the Navy and in order to be used in ships it needs to be compact and light here is a comparison for you Akash weighs 720kg has a length of 5.78m whereas...

Reaction time in the range of SPYDER SR SAM..... Bulky nature will create problems especially if it's mounted on Naval Ships and the SR-SAM has been envisaged as a Tri-Services missile as a result compact missiles are the way to go on ships plus a VLS lauching mechanism has its own advantages...

Our ones are flying but flying with their ORIGINAL "NAMES" be it MKI or SEPECAT Jaguar or a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27..!! We don't dishonor our engagements and re-paint them and name them with fancy native names....!! Everyone knows the story was done with the Su-27s........I do not need to...

Ok firstly Akash is a medium ranged SAM which relies on command guidance instead of an inbuilt seeker and it has a range of 35km which rules it out as an SR-SAM secondly Akash is bulky and isn't VLS configured plus it has a longer reaction time between target acquisition and missile...

The selection of the AL-55i was completed in 2005 and at that the proposed 25KN indigenous wasn't even heard of.!! The AL-55i basically replaced the underpowered Snecma engines..... However a lot of subsonic intermediate jet trainers like the MiG-AT and the Kawasaki K-4 all have engines...

AFAIK, earlier the HJT-36 Sitara prototype was powered by the Snecma Larzac 04-H-20 engine which produced 14.24 KN of thrust but the aircraft was under-powered that is why the IAF selected the AL-55i turbojet engine with 17.27KN of thrust to power the Sitara.... This is why the license...

Yes brother but I just pointed your query for air launched cruise missiles.! :) But in the end we operate both of these ;) So we need not worry.!

No point entertaining him.!! :/

Tejas and Rafale are different classes of aircraft.!! Tejas is a light combat aircraft whose main job would be to replace the MiG-21 interceptor fighters and this aircraft has also way better precision strike capability than the MiG-21s- thanks to it's varied range of A2G munitions Whereas the...

My friend, The KH-31 ( AS-17 krypton) supersonic missile is already in service with MiG-29 and the flanker series of fighter jets..!! :) For example the KH-31A cruise missile was ordered by the IAF for its su-30 aircrafts.!

No.!! The caliber choice provided in the Navy's recent RFI is 20mm to 30mm......so the Oerlikon Millennium 35mm doesn't make it.

I don't how do you find the Arjun Mk-I a failure.??? Especially when 124 MBTs are in active service with the Indian Army- 43rd Armoured Regiment and 7th Armoured regiment since March 2011. Since being inducted it has participated in various live exercises.....including last month's Sarvada Vijay.!!!

Yes will be a good plan..!! Will make the entire Astra family a versatile range of Missiles..!! And taking into account the ground tests of the Astra.....a spin off resulting in the development of a SAM system on the lines of the American sea Sparrow would be great..!!

The M-46 catapult is a 130mm Self Propelled Howitzer itself

Exactly the R-73 is a great WVRAAM..!! A potent IR seeker with good jam-resistance and high off boresight capability makes it a real asset..!! No wonder it will stick around

@Oscar: Thread turning into an off topic troll fest please intervene..!! :-/ R-73 isn't going anywhere in the near future..!! Mig-29s and Su-30 mkis will use it for sure..!! Then comes the RVV-MD the next gen of the R-73 family..!! @sancho: any insights bro.?? :-)

I was talking about AK-56s..!! Not type-56s And the pic you posted is an AK-103 OFB license made one

Ofcourse Kalashnikovs are preferred..!! Extremely reliable as always.....hardly jams due to dirt,water or mud and add to that the 7.62x39 M43 round......packs more punch than a 5.56.!! Most definitely 47s and 56s or even AK-103s..!! We'll know about it for sure.!! :-)