Abingdonboy
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Silly, silly thread.
by 2020-22 the IAF will have the MKI, Rafale, MIG-29UPG, M2K-5 mk2, LCA MK2 and a few FGFAs in service. Most of these machines are amongst the very best in their respective classes and are, for the most part, proven machines which are incredibly technologically advanced. There is still a huge question mark over the capabilities of any Chinese built/designed machines.
Not to mention the 5 EL/W-2090 PHALCON AWACS (arguably the most advanced and powerful such systems in service), supported by 4-5 CABS/DRDO AWACS.
It also depends on who the aggressor is and where the fight is taking place. For instance if it is taking place in India's NE in and around the TAR then the advantage is arguable with the IAF as their MKIs and other fighters can take off with near full loads and thanks to their OBOGS can undertake far longer missions than their PLAAF counterparts who will also be taking off at higher altitudes meaning they can carry comparatively less weapons.
Let's face it any fight between these two huge and rapidly expanding/modernising AFs is going to be incredibly bloody for both sides especially with both sides investing quite heavily in advanced SAM systems.
Let's just hope that sanity prevails, the potential when these two Asian giants (who between them have hundreds of millions of impoverished citizens) work together is pretty much unlimited........
by 2020-22 the IAF will have the MKI, Rafale, MIG-29UPG, M2K-5 mk2, LCA MK2 and a few FGFAs in service. Most of these machines are amongst the very best in their respective classes and are, for the most part, proven machines which are incredibly technologically advanced. There is still a huge question mark over the capabilities of any Chinese built/designed machines.
Not to mention the 5 EL/W-2090 PHALCON AWACS (arguably the most advanced and powerful such systems in service), supported by 4-5 CABS/DRDO AWACS.
It also depends on who the aggressor is and where the fight is taking place. For instance if it is taking place in India's NE in and around the TAR then the advantage is arguable with the IAF as their MKIs and other fighters can take off with near full loads and thanks to their OBOGS can undertake far longer missions than their PLAAF counterparts who will also be taking off at higher altitudes meaning they can carry comparatively less weapons.
Let's face it any fight between these two huge and rapidly expanding/modernising AFs is going to be incredibly bloody for both sides especially with both sides investing quite heavily in advanced SAM systems.
Let's just hope that sanity prevails, the potential when these two Asian giants (who between them have hundreds of millions of impoverished citizens) work together is pretty much unlimited........