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Today's China is aggressive and not going to settle any border disputes. However, tomorrow's China maybe better? Let's hope. Anyone in their right mind would see how bizarre Chinas claims are wrt to SCS. They do it only because the other nations around them are way too weak against them. If we...

Our plan is to buy every jet, operate them and provide feedback to future customers for a fee. Except that these will be bought by our Press Bureau and flown by their Officials who always speak on condition of anonymity. Good Day!

True. We should do this for a few projects and I bet even the DPSUs will start delivering. This I'm invincible attitude needs to be erased off their mind. But maybe that's where we are headed already? Good Day!

A few upgraded Kilos can. Not standard to entire fleet yet, maybe soon? Time will tell! Good Day!

Unless we are fighting Taliban at Afghanistan or reverse our decision to utilize air power against Naxals in NE, absolutely no requirement for light attack aircraft in our inventory. These aircraft are for countries that cant afford expensive jets or are fighting terrorists with little to no...

If you think US makes us strong to do nothing, big mistake. Personally, It shouldn't be a one way thing. We should do things that's logical and beneficial for both countries. The time of India being worried about Chinese concern over co-operation with US is gone. As for Russia, they know how to...

@PARIKRAMA Can we have a dedicated thread named 'Indian Drone Fleet Information and Discussion' or something better and make it a sticky? I fail to understand the difficulty in having separate sticky for this and LUH instead of million separate new threads on it every week. Please convince the...

Finally a new sticky! LUH next pls?

Personally, We need dedicated squadrons of 3 AWACS and 6 Air Refuelling Aircraft each, stationed for East, West and South sector in the long run. This will help towards our preparation for two-front scenario as well as support the Navy in the IOR region at the same time. This is of course a long...

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Hope this helps...... Good Day!

2003-2004 - 3 Ships - $ 1 Billion 2011-2013 - 3 Ships - $ 1.15 Billion 2017-2018 - 4 Ships - $ 4 Billion?? lol impossible. Could be a mistake in reporting. We should be getting the finished hulls cheaper than the ones we bought in the past. We may buy them at the same price if License to build...

It is designed as an all moving pair of Vertical stabilizers which toe inwards to serve as airbrakes. The picture could be representing a flight control check prior take-off which is standard for all civil and military aircraft. Good Day!

It is indeed standard procedure for any equipment to be upgraded gradually. All I did was suggest an alternate to the plan of producing 40 odd aircraft now with an intent to upgrade them before they are due for MLU. This is because standard IOC aircraft is very different from the SOP-18 standard...

I'm expecting the figures to grow tremendously by 2019-20 time frame. Alot of MII projects will only take-off by then, however its important we use this time to improve our infrastructure and bureaucracy. Good Day!

It's 20 IOC + 20 FOC + 80 Mk1A IOC - MMR (2015-2018) FOC - MMR + IFR (2018-2020) Mk1A - AESA + IFR + Inbuilt EW suite + Weight reduction + Maintenance refinements (2020-2021/2) Personally, we should have gone for an all 2 seater arrangement for 20 IOC + 20 FOC. This way these aircraft cold...

I guess its a combination of IN+IAF+IA color scheme since its the first prototype Good Day!

That's a beautiful ship. Turkey is definitely a future powerhouse in the making. Pakistan can gain significantly if they piggy-back on future Turkish flagship projects. Its always good to have a few eggs placed outside the Chinese basket, helps maintain an even balance. Good Day all!

Happy Defense Day to all dear Pakistani members! Good Day!

Nice thread @anant_s. Well compiled and a very interesting read. Appreciate your efforts. Good Day!