Can India's P-8s be refueled in air?

[Ganga]

As you can see in the pic there is a black spot just above the front door.Is it for A to A refueling.Also note the two hard points for harpoons.This jet also has the raked wing design which is different from other 737 NG models which have winglets.Also can anyone explain the small boom at the back of the aircraft.

 

[third eye]

Ganga ji

Why do you want to know this .. and that too on a Pakistani forum ?

 

[Ganga]

Ganga ji

Why do you want to know this .. and that too on a Pakistani forum ?

I guess I will take the information and hand it over to my ISI contact.......

 

[third eye]

The amount of information that is loosely passed around and volunteered is not funny.

 

[Last Hope]

Yes, the P-8s can be air-to-air refueled.
Even if this service is not 'built-in', it could be installed. I'm sure Uncle Sam has no issues with it.

 

[wakapdf]

so it can carry 4 harpoons? The boom at the back looks like some sort of radar like su24 ....

 

[Gessler]

so it can carry 4 harpoons? The boom at the back looks like some sort of radar like su24 ....

The Indian-version P-8I has a rear-facing radar as an addition. Its the Raytheon AN/APS-143Cv3 OceanEye radar.

The US Navy P-8A version lacks this feature.

 

[wakapdf]

can it carry air to air missiles in the hard points or just harpoons like exocet missiles?

 

[zambino]

guys can anyone tell me what's the meaning of ARK on the tail wing??

 

[SamantK]

guys can anyone tell me what's the meaning of ARK on the tail wing??

INS Rajali, Arakkonam

 

[Raje amar]

can it carry air to air missiles in the hard points or just harpoons like exocet missiles?

though Indan P8's have Air to Air raddar mode it can not carry AAm's. it will track airborn crafts but can not shoot them.

 

[third eye]

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[Alphacharlie]

As you can see in the pic there is a black spot just above the front door.Is it for A to A refueling.Also note the two hard points for harpoons.This jet also has the raked wing design which is different from other 737 NG models which have winglets.Also can anyone explain the small boom at the back of the aircraft.

Small Boom at the BACK is Magnetic Anomaly Detecting Radar.

Yes the Bird has Boom system for Mid air refueling, the appendage above front section Fuselage..

 

[Paan Singh]

can it carry air to air missiles in the hard points or just harpoons like exocet missiles?

 

[Agent_47]

though Indan P8's have Air to Air raddar mode it can not carry AAm's. it will track airborn crafts but can not shoot them.

Are you sure? some where i read it have the same internal bay of f35.
doesn't it mean it can carry a2a missiles like aim120?