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I want all those dedicated attack air crafts to be withdrawn ASAP and replaced with MMRCA/LCA
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COLUMN: MMRCA, The Right Choice For The Wrong Reasons
Brazil confirms the multibillion fighter jet deal postponed until early 2012
The author of the article seems highly biased towards Americans. The Americans were not willing to offer 100% dissolution of technology (as we've seen in the case of MKI now HAL has 100% indeginous MKIs). Next the Americans wanted us to sign 2 agreements without which they couldn't transfer us sensitive technology like Radar,etc. but if we signed it then they could inspect our planes anyday, anytime and anywhere and also put restrictions on when, where, how the planes can be used or not (remember the ship ex-trenton what good is a warship that can't be used in war imagine same condition on IAF jets). Again they were raising doubts on the capability of Indian Industry to manufacture their 'Oh so sensitive equipment' (in short they wanted to manufacture as much/many of the planes in USA as possible something we surely didn't want).
The author says we for the cost of 200 typhoons we could fly 400 Super Hornets going by the same logic we could buy 600 Mig-35s, now i know a lot of us don't like the Russian spare troubles but u tell them u wanna buy 600 Mig-35s they'll close a Mig plant in Russia and open 1 over here and why forget MKI is also Russian and IAF has no spare trouble I think the Malaysians are having trouble but their fleet is a lot smaller than ours.
I also refuse to believe that the Super Hornet can outperform Mig-35 in Kinematic Performance infact if the Russians upgraded engines, radar and 3d TVCs are successfully integrated the Mig-35 may give even the Eurocarnards a run for their money.
Plz do not consider me biased towards the Russians I've always wanted the Rafale to win but all those people who keep saying buy American jets without even understanding that U can't fly them during Wars really bother me.
As for Russian bashing if they give 100% dissolution of technology then i don't think u'r still dependent on their troublesome spare supply. The Russians do lack in avionics but we make up thanks to our good friends the Israelis and the French (just like Russians they have proven that their friendship can stand the test of time, just like Russians they have trouble keeping deadlines, just like Russians their greedy B*****ds but so are we all).
Coming to the current status of MMRCA Which would be the better machine from a strategic point of view? The EFT nations hold a higher combined military strength than France but their dependability is questionable while the French have proven they would not hamper our national defense by thier stupid little whims
the mki does have spares problem
www.outlookindia.com |
there was a statement made by sukhoi some time back that they will guarantee spares for the mki but i dont know how that's panned out.... russians are trying hard to get the spares issue sorted - i think we might soon see a deal which will allow india to produce spares when russia cannot supply them
Libya, Rafale to operate from Sigonella Air Base
Air&Cosmos reveals that 5 Rafale (4 B and 1 C) has been transfered, last weekend, from the Solenzara Air Base (Corsica, France) to Sigonella Air Base (Sicilia, Italy).
The Italian AB is at about 550 km from Tripoli compared to 1080 km for Solenzara. This should save about 1 hour of transit for each sortie.
According to Air&Cosmos those Rafale will mainly conduct Recce missions. Data receiving stations dedicated to the Reco-NG pod have also been installed at Sigonella.
Kuwait, Rafale deal is an option, French ambassador said
Monday 11th 2011, the French Ambassador to Kuwait, Nada Yafi, said that the Rafale deal is not finalized yet :
[...]"Kuwait wants to assess the group of fighter jets and it has not yet finished, but the evaluation of Rafale seemed satisfactory in all aspects especially from the experts side," she said, asserting that it is Kuwait's right to other jets too...
Hi All -
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/dae/articles/communiques/FighterCostFinalJuly06.pdf
A good read on fighter aircraft prices. Hope this is helpful.
New Recruit
The fourth batch of Boeing-made fighters, worth over 175 million AU dollars, landed at the Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley in Queensland.
Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare, while welcoming the new planes said, “The Super Hornet gives the Royal Australian Air Force the capability to conduct air-to-air combat; to strike targets on land and at sea; to suppress enemy air defences; and to conduct reconnaissance.”
The fighters have been delivered on budget and ahead of schedule because of the teamwork of the manufacturer Boeing, the US Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force and the Defence Materiel Organisation, the minister said.
The Australian Government had signed a $6 billion deal with the US in 2007 to acquire 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets.