I see. With Keystone XL that gap will multiply.
Does Russia care much about the UN? Matter of time the "freedom fighters" link up with Kaliningrad district.
And then theres China always. You can buy J-11 from them. But your spirit to make indigenous is just amazing. Keep it up after all Rome...
very ambitious i say. I feel HAL should not rush it but make it properly flawless.
First crash is bound to happen sooner than later. try and delay as long as possible. HAL has got good experience with su30 and various upgrades so it should make a good quality Tejas
Yes with SPECTRA its a world beater. Just lacks high power BVR like the american amraam. meteor should do the job though soon enough.
But India is not buying it anymore due to contract problems
7? isn't that small? I mean in news they keep saying IAF squadron shortage now if they have 7 to a squadron means like 40 Su30 squadrons. I don't understand.
So what are you doing to counter the Arabs? They have the latest F-16's, F-15's and Typhoons and afaik you only have a few Mig29 base variants. Arabs will obviously hire mercs to fly so no pilot skill won't be an issue for them
I chalk it up like this
F-16 armed with missiles backed by AWACS, ELINT,SIGINT and Ground based radars vs Mig 2(xyz) armed with 23mm gun.
Now is it air-air combat or a turkey shoot?