i'd take being understated everyday of the week and twice on sunday an enemy who is very strong but seriously underestimating you is far easy to defeat than a weak level headed enemy
official figures are always not the way to go here countries always underscore them or overstate them depending on what kind of situation they are in for example the official range of agni V is given as 5000kms while it weighs almost 50 tonnes same as a minuteman 3 you can pretty much figure out...
Well apart from the 500 AIM 120C which are almost at half time of their shelf life and will be useless in next 5 years if not updated or refurbished and 18 odd block 52 F-16 and if we assume PAF can maintain 90% availability with the jets though global average for F16 is 80 % so there are 16...
effective range of a missile is a very nuanced subject with multiple variables which affects the range greatly even a warhead change can increase or decrease the range the main factors always being trajectory and altitude brahmos is a very heavy missile for its class and purpose and contains lot...
sorry but we can't sell it to china we don't want it copied and market flooded with its substandard knock offs as someone who worked with Elta i still recall the whole EL 2032 debacle besides china is under international arms embargo.
Sorry my bad i knew it was Elbit
so which block have they ordered and how many jets are actually in the deal some are saying 6 some are saying 8 can you please give me a run down of exactly how many jets were ordered and how many of them are trainer variants and which block will they be right now block 2 is undergoing final...
Then sir you have been practically been sleeping through every major conflict of our times and have really poor knowledge of human history great powers or group of nations have always supported agenda that is more in line with their ideals and thinking or liking perhaps i guess Cold war was...
you sir are naive nuclear weapons are always a last resort unless you're north korea like country conventional weapons are the first line of offence or defense a advanced and modern air force can make all the difference you guys should know having used it well and if you don't then look at IAF's...
I guess turkey is taking inspiration from pakistan or is it the other way around or is it something fundamentally wrong with Islamic republics they sort of are almost allergic to democracy and freedom but in this case its good turkish army is a always been a protector of secular fabric of turkey...
So it is inactive service with Nigerian AF or Myanmar AF cause i did go through the Threads i didnt seem to find any information of the service or even a tentative time period when it will be with them any information or schedule regarding this is appreciable:D
I'd take this news with a bucket of salt after reading the rafale thread im pretty sure the deal is done all this posturing is for to keep it hush hush and see what better offer can other manufacturers can come up with but if the deal is stalled then india needs to step up its game they are not...
Though Russia has credible defense industry and good enough DEW weapons but this is sheer propaganda and id take everything coming out of communist nations russia or china with a bucket of salt just today they were selling india nuclear powered ACs with no experience of having designed or...
A Welcome development Turkish army is the true protector of secular fabric and sanity in turkey they kinda need to remind the leaders from time to time but lets hope they prosecute the golem looking erdogan and bring back the peace to turkey.
Does the Chengdu FC-1 Flown by any other air force except PAF as of yet ?an actual airframe?
there were lot of rumours of argentina buying them when their PM cristina kirchner visited china where china gave them a almost 61 billion $ economic package but they got ousted by AESA equipped Kfir...
PAF is woefully short on front line fighters and lack of ESA or AESA based jamming on any front line or support fighters is a very big weakness somebody here was saying they could take on a Rafale with a old F7 well you could theoretically but even with a squadron of F-7 its practically suicide...
Pakistani Navy seriously lacks any decent SAM they are using almost half a century old ships now only the refurbished OHP class is half a decent ship rest are almost floating targets they maybe okay for patrols in sea in times of peace but without a credible 24/7 air support and sam coverage...
Yeah I have checked that out but sadly there is not a lot of information in there I wish there was a proper Israeli defence forum with all information about IDF,IAF,INS combined into it.
Nobody likes wars but sadly we can't run away from reality either.