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If China is developing a hi/lo combination of 5th gen fighters, I expect they would treat them like the US and keep the air dominance version to themselves while exporting the cheaper strike fighter package. It's totally plausible that Pakistan might be directly involved in that strike fighter...

The thing about ECM/ECCM is that you can take the exact same jammer and the exact same radar trying to lock onto the jammer equipped plane at the exact same range and get different results everytime. Partially becauase environmental variables matter and partially because the algorithms used are...

I am not an Indian. Full blooded Canadian, although there are a lot of Indians where I live. I gained an interest in the India-Pakistan conflicts via The Operational Art of War (great wargame) that has some very detailed scenarios that portray the various Indo-Pak conflicts. I've always been...

If that's how you read my last post then you're clearly a nationalist fanboy. Put the blinders back on if you want. Fact: the Pakistan Air Force has requested jamming pods from the US. I do not know if the US will be selling them to the PAF, but even the PAF recognizes this need. I guess...

I'm not sure China would be willing to risk ToT on a 5th gen fighter with Pakistan until some time after the technology has been in operational use. If it ends up being a well designed fighter they might even be a bit paranoid about selling it to Pakistan. I'm not even sure China is capable...

Does anyone have any detailed accounts of attack helo operations during any of the past India-Pakistan conflicts? How significant were they?

It's going to be important to acquire some kind of modern jammer to deal with the range differential between the AMRAAM and the AMRAAMski. Even with a RCS something like 10 times larger than the F-16s, the radar on the Su-30MKI will likely be able to pickup the F-16 at something around...

Fair enough. I mean it can't hurt to have a small number of effective, modern SAM batteries in any case to help compliate Indian air missions in crucial areas. But SEAD missions are very effective against air defence systems that lack considerable depth and you would end up having to have SAM...

I disagree mainly because the shaping of the F-35 makes clear its stealth is limited. The original design was much stealthier, but they made many compromises to fulfill the other requirements. Low frequency radar will detect it, although probably won't be able to provide enough resolution to...

If it is superior to to a F-16A in the horizontal that is indeed impressive given that the A series was the lightest and nimblest of the F-16 blocks. And this makes things interesting. But instantaneous turn rate alone would not really improve its chances. Technically it's not instantaneous...

Any word on the PAF request to acquire the AN/ALQ-211 for the F-16s?

The F-16 and Su-30MKI is going to be such an epic matchup both in BVR and WVR. The (only) good thing about any war situation between India/Pakistan will be seeing these two go head to head.

You misunderstood what I said completely. The USAF being enamored with BVR does not mean that WVR doesn't matter. It only means that the USAF thought WVR didn't really matter and it influenced their procurement decisions. Coincidentally, that's also why they stopped research on the HMS. In...

Can anyone tell me what kind of attack helicopters Pakistan uses right now?

One of the main reasons to move to a twin engined fighter are range and payload. Does the Pakistan air force really need either in abundance? Realistically it's main national security concern for the forseeable future is India. Are there targets outside the range of single engined aircraft...

This is true, but at least China seems willing to do more than just sell you stuff. They are willing to perform technology transfers and help you get your own defence industry moving.

First, I don't think that's not an F-16 he's talking about. Although to be fair, the F-15 is even less suited in WVR than the F-16 is to fight the Su-30. Second, if you know about ACM and listen to what he says, you know the Indian pilots there were making some very big mistakes. I wouldn't...

I actually just read that during the first Gulf War, the US used B-52s on low levelling bombing runs against Iraqi frontline forces. 3 B-52s bombed each dropped 153 750pound bombs in a target area of only 1.5 x 1 mile wide which devastated the Iraqi troops in that area. They did lose 1 B-52...

On top of reasons already posted, the USAF mantra at the time was BVR, BVR, BVR. There is no question the F-x series of planes would have benefited from TVC, but when your doctrine assumes you are going to kill the vast majority of your opponents outside of visual range improving within visual...

Well there are an unlmiited number of merge scenarios and I can't cover them all. It would be better for you to give me a merge scenario where the JF-17 can get a missile shot on the Su-30 and I can show you why a smart Su-30 pilot will never let that happen. In general though, the real...