Why to buy rafales or eft which were now top 2 competitors of mmrca deal?
Just buy 2 mig 35's instead of one rafale or one euro fighter typhoon
I heard that trials at bangalore,jaisalmer and leh were completed,
EFT and RAFALE occupied first two positions.
Why mig 35 werw discussed in various threads and topics where greatness of mig 35 is described ,which proves it can win the deal .
Here we are going to discus why 2 migs.
Rafale/eft costs $85million so for that cost we can buy 2 migs as its unit cost is $ 38 million.
Why 2 migs?
Increases no. of squadrons as we buy more no. of migs
Less cost : We can get 2 mig 35 for cost of one rafale or eft
cost of rafale/eft=$85million
cost of 2 migs = 2*40=$80 million
More fuel
2 migs can carry more fuel, while combat both can undergo air air refuelling ie
if one carries more fuel and other carries more payload if fuel becomes less in one mig other can transfer fuel to other in case of emergency
More fuel means more range!
Rafale eft can carry 9000 kg of payload
where as 2 migs can carry 15000 kg payload, so double advantage.
Same rcs
While on a mission migs can move with mach speeds one hidden behind other which can go in formation at high speeds to confuse the enemy to think that one plane is coming.
Strategic bombing
Two migs can be useful for strategic bombing instead of high rcs strategic bomber
Both migs can bomb parallely at a time in two places which is not possible in case of single rafale. It has to come again to bomb parallely.
More air superiority
Being the most maneuverable fighter , 2 migs can carry double air to air weapons which increases its dominance.
More survivability
Two migs at dog fight means two different rcs which confuses a2 a missiles to decide which target to be hit.
So 2 migs can prove to be more dominant even at dog fight or strategic/tactical bombing
so better to buy 252-400 migs instead of 126-200 rafale/eft
This proves disadvantageous only in case of light weight air craft carrier where size of planes and their weight becomes important. In this case rafales can be used
Questions and opinions are welcomed heartily.