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I saw this video earlier. Thought the presentation lacked substance. It appeared a little amateurish and fanboyish!! No wonder no one asked any questions at the end!!!

I would suggest that you ask your Chinese daddy to implement a fly-by-wire in JF17, and then we can talk!!! (forget the border, JF17 didn't have the balls to show up at Bahrain air show!!!! :-) ) Chuck Yeager was essentially a coach to the Pakistan Air Force, and you're screaming out his...

Dude, you got to chill or take your rant elsewhere. If you want to be taken seriously, explicitly state technical and operational aspects that make you think JF17 is superior to Su30MKIs or Tejas. You're like this swordsman in the video: Not sure why there's so much pride about JF17 when...

There's no confirmed report on that. But if you're right, then it would be quite a tragedy!! IAF had kinda of dumped the air force version. ADA too was just focussed on developing and testing the Naval & Trainer variant, until MOD insisted that ADA 'finish' the air force variant project before...

What I was trying to say (in a rather discreet manner) is that Pakistan is happy running around in its underwear (JF17), while India is taking its time to get the perfect fit of an expensive jeans (Tejas)!!!! It's just a matter of affordability for each country.

I doubt if its just extra fuel getting the range up to 800 kms - adding extra fuel probably wouldn't take 2 years for the very first test to take place. It probably involves a new fuel/propellant!

123 Tejas will go into IAF. The issue is with the Navy....

Don't mean to rain on your pride parade, but JF-17 is a very primitive plane and cannot be compared to Tejas (and definitely not to Eurofigther). JF-17 does not even have a full fly-by-wire capability (has FBW in one of the three axes only!!!). The engine used (RD-93) doesn't have FADEC. The...

Brahmos designed range is around 600 kms (not 800 kms). How do we know this? Just look at P-800Oniks/Yakhonts on which Brahmos is based on. The extension of range from 290 km to around 600 kms will mostly come from software changes (essentially removing the artificial limitations put in place...

DRDO DARE has already developed the High Band Jammer, which will go on the wing tips of Su-30MKI. (DARE has also developed the SPJ suite for Tejas). Not sure if all Su-30MKIs will get these pods or only some exclusive ones...

Enlighten us on how you stumbled upon this classified information. And how many such crashes have taken place? While you're at it, could you also unravel the trove on UFO sightings, aliens in Roswell, Loch Ness monster, Godzilla etc. Did you get all the attention you were seeking?

??? What crash rate??? Every prototype built is still flying....

The key items for Super Sukhoi that Russia can provide are the AL-41F engines and a powerful AESA radar. The rest of the upgrades will probably happen with indigenous components - DRDO has already developed high powered jammer and better multi-functional displays exclusively for Su-30MKI.

Explicit disqualification of Naval LCA Mk2 (earlier statement merely said LCA, causing confusion about the status of Mk2)!! http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-tejas-didnt-fit-the-bill/article17664569.ece "...What the Navy wants is a deck-based fighter, but the LCA Navy Mk1 doesn’t meet that...

Explicit disqualification of Naval LCA Mk2 (earlier statement merely said LCA, causing confusion about the status of Mk2)!! http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/we-back-indigenisation-but-tejas-didnt-fit-the-bill/article17664569.ece "...What the Navy wants is a deck-based fighter, but the LCA...

Most respondents are missing the point and callously throwing Mk1 term. There are TWO Mk1 airframes!! I have already described the differences and the advantages of one over the other in earlier posts.

d It should be fairly obvious to even an untrained eye that the NLCA (or the trainer) variant is more aerodynamic (providing body lift in addition to the wing lift). It would almost be criminal to produce 83 of the AF Mk1 whose body provides nothing but drag!!!

Probably on Trishul :-) He did keep hinting at using NLCA for Mk1A - I think he does make sense on this matter. But we'll wait and see! (I just saw him refer to another guy as an 'arsehole'!!)

@The Eagle General question: Is there a way for a member to block another member from seeing/replying-to his/her posts? I know a member can choose to ignore (to see) another members posts.

Remember that IAF had dumped AF Mk1 platform long back and put their weight behind the Naval variant early in the decade. Much later MOD came back and forced them to accept few frames of the AF Mk1 in IOC2 and FOC configurations (which may actually never see combat ever - but used for training...