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First Contact with aliens. ...according to Star Trek.

@randomradio Found this; They say it's the 810. This is from 2008 so I guess the design we're seeing now is updated (no forward fins). Either way it's a lot of info. Can't be sure if it's official though.

X-74M2 (or K-74M/M2) is not a cruise missile. It's the NG version of the R-73 IR-guided WVRAAM. The PAK-FA/FGFA is going to get a whole new range of AAMs; ^^ Thanks to @randomradio for the pic. K-30 (Izdeliye 300) The K-77M (Iz. 180) is the next-gen R-77 Adder with an AESA seeker-head...

How nice...even after 'scrapping MMRCA' and taking a hit to our credibility as a reliable buyer, every single country/company that participated in MMRCA is still ready to sell their aircraft, even more advanced versions with more improvements, with even more lucrative tech-transfer or local...

^^ I was kinda hoping the jingos would stay off the thread but Noooo.....they are PERSISTENT. At one hand, we have indigenous jingos who are buthurt that Rafale is winning & their paid masters' planes are loosing (EF, US jets). At the other hand, we have jingos from across the border who're...

Can F-18 win MMRCA? Rafale can.

What do you mean "one of the best"? Can any other MMRCA aircraft fly THIS close to an NH90 and then maneuver? Huh? I think not.

Old. This is the latest island pic available :

@Bad Guy Having fun on D -- F -- I mate? :partay:

Some of the best images from the official Tejas 2016 calendar -

Forgive me if these were posted before. Thanks to Randy M

^^ All 10 of them at one spot!

T-50-5R in sunlight; amazing! Thanks to gadeshi

The Su-30 is an excellent weapons platform : speed, performance, payload. A deadly package. It's also highly upgradable, I think Iran could in future consider upgrading them to a standard like the Super-Sukhoi that India is planning on. Such an upgrade can incorporate newer, advanced engines...

I too thought the missile ^^ was the NGARM until I realized that it looks awfully similar to the Russian Kh-58 family. Now unless DRDO decided to copy the Kh-58 (!), this picture may only be for representative purposes. Prasun Sengupta reports that any indigenous ARM is likely to be based off...

If they can work around any possible wiring issues, I'm considering the possibility of putting Python-5 on the MiG-29K for the IN, they will be joined by the NLCA Mk-2 carrying the same missile in future. Derby is going to be a bigger problem for Russian birds as I don't think they can be...

I cannot tell you how much I hate the word "committee". It is another name for "death spiral". Things (like time, resources & money) only go into it, nothing comes out. Our projects only suffer as a result. It is a first-hand evidence for the existence of gravitational waves & black holes. So...

I'm starting to think...what can we get for IN's MiG-29K MLU? For sure we can incorporate the FGA-29 AESA with GaN, the new OLS systems, maybe uprated engines? I don't know about ToT (we can get enough to upgrade the planes in India much like M2K-5) but, as far as having pure technology...

If a 3rd line materializes, there'll be a whole bunch of possibilities on the table. Line #1 - Rafale Line #2 - Light MRCA, possibly Gripen or LSA Line #3 - MiG-35?? But honestly, I don't see the 3rd line for MMRCA coming. Atleast not yet. Why because even by the time the 2nd MRCA begins local...