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It was quoted as 126. But there is a possibility of it being raised by 74 since the LCA is delayed. It was mentioned by the highest officials. We are spending $5bil on the PAKFA JV. Defence min Anthony and the air chief told we would be procuring atleast 200 PAKFAs.

They have only recently been upgraded, Any links saying the same.

I mainly meant to complications in flying. the F-16 is said to be one of the easiest to fly while the MKI is not so easy. the maintainance part is for the twin engined aircraft, where F-16 is single engined the MKI has 9 moving parts->2 ailerons, 1 rudder, 2 TVC nozzles, 2 canards, 2 wing...

Have to agree with the report. we have 100 mig-29s and mirage-2000 being upgraded. Most of the Mig-21, 23, 25 and 27 have been grounded or phased out. the only ones flying are around 50MKIs, 180 Mig-21bison and all the jags. Future orders include 200 MRCA and 200+ PAKFA speculated after...

From what i know, PAF had 40 F-16s starting from 1983. How did that reduce to 32??? So, 8 crashed???

A-5 and F-6 are easily vintage planes. No fly-by-wire so no complication like MKI and F-15. U are actually comparing a F-16A/B with the MKI. Even the chinese said the J-10 is only as good as the F-16A/B and it is confirmed the MKIs are superior to the su-30MKK which is nowhere close to the...

A recent 300+ helicopter deal by the indian army with BELL or EUROCOPTER was turned down due to alleged kickbacks in the deal. So, govt has probably put helicopter deals on hold to curb corruption. so, they are suggesting the ALH to IN. The reporters always make it sound like everything is the...

The greatest critic to the DRDO, HAL or in general anything indigenous is the Indian Army. If they bought it without a fuss, then it is a system worth taking notice of.

I m definitely not mocking the present PAF program. none of the fighters in PAF inventory are as complex as twin engine jets like MKI or the F-15. But listing my concerns on the validity of the present program on future aquisitions that can be hampered by budget considerations. Also note that...

Politics is a sticky topic in india and pak. we were lucky to even get the hawks. Well, u give a rookie one of the toughest planes to fly which has not been serviced or maintained properly. End result is the crashes. So, u can add serviceability and maintainance along with human error. Can...

The best possible link for a brit. Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News - Russian warhead alters course midflight in test Indian missiles like Prithvi and AGNI are capable of the same manouvers. Brahmos is capable manouveing at supersonic speeds at sea level...

I knew u would end up asking for proof(manouverability et al)...that why i edited my previous post. So that we continue with the Brahmos rather than talk about american and indian missiles. But.... If u note the missile development of russia and the US. The russian missiles are far better...

SUPER SPEED Come back when the F-18 can handle Mach 8 or even if the drones achieve supersonic speed. Did u forget it will be small, something that even an F-18 can carry, making it stealthy. Oh! not to mention super manouverability. Almost all missiles in the indian inventory can manouver at...

Exactly my point. Pak is gonna induct 200+ JF-17, 50+ F-16, 50+ J-10, all in the next few years plus upgrades to other fighters. Along with that PAF will have to build infrastucture to maintain and also provide round the clock training to match india's flight training. All this while the...

Ah! so when a F-18 flies back to its carrier after a bombing mission. What a lovely way to tell the enemy........??

Have PAF taken delivery of the AMRAAMs. That would be an interesting read. It actually takes 3 years to fully integrate a BVR onto a capable platform. The chinese have started their SD-10 tests only recently. Again, only your best pilots must have flown the aircrafts after years of...

Only Mirage with the rose upgrades are capable of BVR. Pak supposedly developed the H-4 BVRAAM....but i dont see that in the discussions. If the SD-10 does not materialize soon, then ur only "capable" platform for BVR is the F-16 block 52 which will take time. Maybe so. But that is only...

:: Bharat-Rakshak.com - Indian Military News Headlines :: NEW DELHI: President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday suggested that the country should move ahead with developing a 'hypersonic' version of the supersonic cruise missile Brahmos to maintain supremacy in force levels. "Time has come...

Pakistan doesnot even have a decent aircraft for point defence against BVR equipped IAF let alone a capable strike group. It is no longer the man behind the machine, but machines supporting other machines. Even IAF is a moderate airforce though we are the fourth largest. What makes an airforce...