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The plane was buzzed....ok The plane was warned....ok But, as soon as the plane was buzzed, it would have already turned back towards pak. Warnings dont happen in seconds. The MIGs would have given time for the Atlantique to respond when warned. By that time The plane is inching closer to the...

Har de Har Har. You forgot to add the sharks.;) Does the red sea have sharks??

It is only Congress that follows a pussy policy. BJP wasn't that cozy with terrorism. J&K and Naxals were very well handled by the BJP govt.

Not just that. Indian soldiers are NOT ALLOWED to talk about RELIGION and POLITICS. It is a strict NO-NO. Rule breakers will only end up with sentry duties and washing laundry for their entire company.:yahoo:

Almost all of Bhutan's foreign policy is handled by India. They are not completely free. Srilanka has good relations. LTTE wont have the ballz to attack india. Heck, LTTE is about to be annihilated. Nepal govt is backed by China and have Maoists in power. BD and Pak are old news.

$75-85 million sounds right. But we will be producing the aircraft in india itself, using composite materials. The price will come down.

Stimson - Agreement Between India and Pakistan on the Advance Notice of Military Exercises

Official sources say the Migs ordered the plane to land. They did not. So, they were shot.

There is no guarantee on what the Atlantique was actually doing so close to the border. Some say it was a training mission while some say it was a recon mission. If it was a training mission, then why so close to the border. The Bilateral agreements in 1991 say that IAF and PAF planes must...

So, kargil was only an adventure then. Pak actions were way out of line. Atlantique was only a small incident waiting to happen. Not to mention both happened in the aftermath of the nuclear tests.

The Janes article was probably written Before Dassault allowed Full ToT with AESA. I believe Rafale has the best chance now. Followed by Gripen and Mig-35.

Yes and If india chooses Rafale, other countries thinking of buying western aircraft will be keen to find out why india chose the rafale compared to Gripen, EF, F-16/18, and Mig-35. This will also help further Dassault's cause to get more customers. Not true. The PAKFA is a completely...

LOL yeah.:enjoy:

None of these fit on our ACs. We are going ahead with Mig-29k and N-LCA for our carriers. Superiority is not an issue. Both planes are good. It is just that the French are very good suppliers. Both IAF and PAF will not reel under economic sanctions. France will not place economic sanctions...

France to sell Rafale fighter to India We are currently discussing this in the Indian MRCA thread. :cheers: At first Dassault did not have an AESA. Now, Thales has promised to deliver on the AESA by 2012. So, AESA was also added to the shopping list. We are not concerned with French R&D...

I beg to differ. ToT is vital for any number of planes you operate. It considerably reduces maintainance costs and servicing. It is just that ToT will increase the bill for purchasing the planes.

Thank You for being realistic. There are a few more choices for PAF. Rafale is a good choice. It is actually one of the best options for both IAF and PAF compared to EF or SH. Gripen NG is a good option too.

zzz Base jet or frontline fighter. PLAAF can afford it. Why are they going for a lot of Js and Qs when they can atleast invest in JF-17. Instead of inducting 5 squadrons of Qs, they can invest in 5 squadrons of JF-17. And Please, PLAAF is not inducting the old fighters because they need planes...

Not the same thing. The russians would have loved to bring the SR-71 down if they were capable of it. Bringing down a recce plane is more important than a fighter. Wrong numbers.

We were part of the Blue team which is offensive in nature compared to the red team during the RF. The blue team was superior in numbers compared to the red team. Our main objective was strike missions. In strike missions, we were given only a situational awareness of 20 miles compared to the...