There are 5 OPERATIONAL su30mki Squadrons. Typical IAF squadron is 18 planes.
The indians are licence building between 10 to 13 planes a Year.
40 more are to arrive direct from Russia in a seperate order by 2010 (with 20 this year alone. )
ANSWER any no between 90- 110 approx
To be fair Enigma. Both IAF & PAF are full of junk planes. Its a real shame on the one hand we refer to these pilots as world class YET they continue to serve their respective nations with obselete archive planes which have amazingly been kep flying for 40 years.
India still has 200+ MIG21...
Why is SU35 going to rule the Skies. ???/
Surely it has the same RCS issue has the SU30MKI..
Rule the Skies
F22 JSF
followed by Typhoon/Rafale/ Gripen NG 2nd Tier
SU35/SU30MKI/FC20 F18SH/F15/F16/ aesa equipped 3rd Tier
** To be in the 3RD TIER you need Aesa...
Usa Seems to be breaking all previuos bounderies and wants to Americanise India entire armed forces ASAP.
The Russians and the Israelis must be getting twitchy
The Su30 mki ( In IAF ROLE) as i see it is a Heavey weight air superiority platform. I admit that it can perform multi role missions like Naval Support, Strike missions but the IAF will it appears use it as as their king pin in long range Air dominance in South Asia.
The reasons are...
Interesting note at the end that India is funding the development of the Ramjet KH172 BVR missle which has a range of 200km.
Have to confess i thought this was a 100% Russian project. It seems it will eventually equip India SU30MKI fighters has i have indicated in another thread SU30MKI...
Please take look guys really good assessment of Flanker BVR combat against USA fighters and comparisons withy various missles ike SD10 & Amraam Series...
The Russian Philosophy of BVR Air Combat
In Reply to Zob.
The R77 has stated range of 105km versis SD10 70KM.
jf17 pilot will have 2 x SD10 versis SU30MKI pilot 6 x R77
Pesa Bars Radar Versis KLJ10 chinease radar.
In each all 3 fields the MKI pilot has the upper hand.
This is discounting several other advantages...
If the rest of the global community kept up the enimty that exists TODAY and has existed between Indo Pak since 1947 WHERE WOULD THE Cold War be today. Wat wud the relations be between Germany and Europe or Japan & Asia.
Mature nations assess as times change. Today Germany & Europe IS A...
I believe the first flankers flew in 1988 about 10 years after the much heralded F15 & F16.
As for SU30MKI this first flew in 2002.
Taking out the excellent Pesa Radar, Great weapons mix, massive range and brute power of 2 engines the biggest advantage of SU30MKI over JF17 is that the...
Keysorose.
We could argue all posts are conjecture. Where do we draw the line.
One thing i do know SU30MKI is not a strike plane
Heres a good link explaining why if anybody is remotely interested.
The Su-30MKI Info Page - Vayu Sena
I for one believe that Su30mki is not...
Bat man one other point that may have escaped you.
IAF Flankers and Russian Flankers are set to receive the KH172 Ramjet version of the R77 bvr missle. Dubbed the AWACS killer. This has a spped of mach 4 and range of over 200km It will used in conjunction with Russia first AESA radar the...
Batman.
Su30mki is not a Strike a Strike fighter its a multi role fighter.
India SU30 MKI is geared to Air DOMINANCE...
Bars Pesa Phased Array Radar. The best radar Russia ever produced that tracks 40 TARGETS at once. Can engage 4 different targets simultaneously..
Maximum...
USA is wasting Time & Money in Pakistan. They will never defeat the Taliban and never win the WOT.
Pakistan and its Army has been established to defend their country from what they perceive to be their mortal enemy India. This is an india that has in the last decade succeeded to grow both...
Enigma Calm down
Firstly There is not going to be no War between india & Pakistan. Mumbai bombing taught us that much. India will never start a war unless Pakistan simlpy started Bombing or taking territory.
With regards Pakistan attacking anybody let alone South ASIA most powerful...
I think Kashmir issue will resolve itself in time. My reasons are listed below.
Pakistan to survive as a independent state needs to stabilise its economy and political set up. Reduce the influence of the military and look to develope its economy for the good of 160m pakistanis. Pakistan...
Moscow as the thread starter i have assumed PAF will have same options as IAF today so F18 SH are in the bidding.
Remember i said lets remove the current bounderies that Pakistan has for one second..