40 F22 for Japan will gurantee Air Superiority over main land Japan against any agressor primarily China of course.
The F22 kill ratios against F15/F16 is like 10-1
Its all about the Money.
GDP FOREX RESERVES & GROWTH RATES FDI AND
In Asia. Its Japan China & India.
But the first 2 are far ahead ie both well over 3 times the size of India.
But JAPAN growth has matured or should i say Saturated currently growing at 0.5% or less...
Munir.
VERY LONG POST. about India and its problems.
All those western investments banks telling us about Super power India in 10-15 YEARS have got it wrong.
Poor indians with their $1.2 trillion GDP or $260 billion FOREX. or Their annual FDI of $35billion.
POOR POOR INDIA.
The india USA relationship politically by Clintons Bush and soon Mannmmohan to Washinton is a long term USA to get india into a USA INDIA JAPAN nexus to encircle CHINA.
The USA needs India to be Economically powerful with big GDP & Forex and a powerful hitech military
American...
Great Post FATMAN 17
"this is a funny thread - the JF-17 hasnt been inducted yet we are already discussing its future!
sorta like putting the cart before the horse! "
Exactly my argument.
Give the plane a chance folks here want to rip it up and start again. NEW ENGINE, new radar...
No HJ786.
mki or in deed any flanker is not invincible.
Give me some credit Please.
SU30MKI is the best flanker of the lot bar SU35.
But its behind Typhoon & Rafale/Gripen and just cannon fodder to F22/JSF.
I will also argue that its parity against UAE/USA F16/60 Aesa...
China does not Spend $300 billion thats like 7% of their GDP.
If india spent 7% to match China that too wud be close to $100 billion.
Officially China spends 1.75% = $$$75 billion
India $30 billion at 2.5%
The gap is not as huge as you make
If India can send Satalites into space theyv can sure develope a few deadly missles to tracel accross our neighbours borders.
The other main advantage indias is gaining alot of technology from both ISRAEL & RUSSIA. in missles,, radars, survelliance etc.
ITS AL;L GOOD
Stealth fighter by 2015.
Way off MARK.
The RAF in UK WILL NOT GET JSF F35 till 2015. USA closest ally.
Asia will not see a 5TH FIGHTER UNTIL either JAPAN gets F35 IN 2015-220
Or India/ Russia gets PAK FA 2018-2020
China is behind deveopment of 5TH gen so more like 2020+...
In Reply to HJ786.
Your talking about Improvements to JF17 wen the base line plane is yet to acheive IOC. A bit premature are you not.
You talk about AWACS the last I herd the only operational AWACS is india,s PHALCON.
Finally if the Flanker was so hyped up why is super duper...
Ice cold you asked the question " What advantage will it provide us over the J-10 and JF-17 "
Greater range due to twin engines.
Greater payload not just weapons but Electronic warefare suites,, jammers and decoys, and of course fuel.
2 PILOTS is better than 1
PESA radar...
Bad News about Russian reliability.
Good News that Indians have the NOUS/brains to set up CAG which analyses and double checks all military hardware.
The indians are highly critical about all their equipment regardless if they are indian indengious or Russian or Western. It...
In reply to Blain.
GoP has promised to provide funding to meet the requirements of the plan every year
Are you confident the Pakistan Gov,t can provide funding wen the country is in a financial state and fighting a costly WOT.
USA is proping up your fragile economy with grant aid...
The decision by Pakistan to Halve the number of F16/52 from 36 TO 18 SAID IT ALL to me.
The sole reason was Financial. The PAF swear by the F16/52 and the Amraam missle. They have been battling for 15 years to buy more to acquire more
F16S..
I do believe JF17 will become the back...
Santro
Surely the issue of sustained TURN RATE can and WILL resolved with the New ENGINE. FROM uk or USA depending on who wins the MRCA race.
ie more power more thrust etc.
Blain with due respect.
You can,t call the RAF or the French Air force Dip **** Air forces..
I am not disputing the JF17 will not enter service it has entered service already with 8 prototypes.
But if it takes IAF a country with far bigger resources than PAF ... 10 YEARS to induct...
Munir.
The statement re SU30MKI upgrade is true.
The Indians with Russian help are already working on RCS reduction and the IBRIS AESA will inducted into mki plus new ELECTRONICS
The russians/ indians are calling this " Smart skin "
The one thing i cannot confirm how low the...
No Member will do anything unilaterally or collectively to harm future trade relations with india.
In 10 Year time india will have a bigger GDP than nearly all the G8 countries bar say the Top 3 USA Japan & Germany.
India will yeild alot of influence with the G8 nations.
India is deploying 6 batteries of a late 1990S VERSION of the S300
there 48 missles per battery and it cost india $1 billion
The S-300PMU-2 Favorite (Russian C-300ПМУ-2 Фаворит – Favourite, DoD designation SA-20B)...
I would be shocked and very impressed if PAF acquired 170 JF17 by 2015.
Those JF17 will cost $15m each and the first 42 are coming via soft loans they are not paying for them on delivery each year like indians.
Taking aside national pride jingoism does anybody know when those 8...