IAF now has around 160+ MKI's, the last time I checked ... Now as for China and Pakistan, isn't it the same norm from Indian posters when they start crippling under the "Chinese reality" they start about Chinese fighters being copies of russian fighters, that russian "original" fighters are far more superior, that the international technology they have access to beats the Chinese--
So before pointing fingers at others try pointing one in the mirror ..
As far as the MKI's ratio you give, its nearly a 65% for China and 35% (assuming 180 Mki's for China out of 270 total planned) for Pakistan distribution, going by that in the current scenario of 160-170 odd MKI's we have only 60 odd MKI's to worry about --
Now all this is calculated based on your own distribution, and we have 18 block 50/52's + 5 MLU's on the same level in avionics and the weaponry, with 40 F-16 A/B and 40-50 JF-17's, a fully developed C4I with SAAB AWACS and ZDK-03 based on the CHinese KJ-2000 AWACS and ground based SAMS and Manpads to take care of that and your other force of Mig-21's/29's and M2k's ----
Good for you, but let me remind you of a mini-bike that you wanted to make --- and its been 2 decades and your still like ---
"the mini bike will get FOC soon enough ... but atleast its 65% indigenous "
Good suddenly when your own equation makes the situation grim for you, you go and bring in the future of 20 A/C per year and talk in the year 2018 where the orders are "planned" to be fulfilled--
As for the OBL raid, how many times the ruskies (an ally) tried and use a full stealth aircraft on you guys, so that you are comparing --- secondly have you heard what happened to the other heli about how it got some "mechanical issues" in the air -- and just crashed ...
On the contrary what happened when the great MKI's tried violating PAF's airspace -- I mean the great MKI officially received its first locking by PAF --- but I know -- its too much of a burden for your superegos to take and so you guys need a
"Source" and by source you mean Indian media ...
You make a good point about the training issues, now that is a fact and we need to face it, As time goes by It will be addressed automatically --- but lets not forget PAF's 30 year experience over the F-16's (including war experience with the soviets) while you start making your claims--
The point that made me really laugh was the fact that MKI's (on your 65% to china 35% to Pakistan distribution) rose to 104 while the poor JF-17's still stayed to 50---which is the numerical strength we have today --
yup, your not loosing sleep over it, just the thing called "cost" which has now surpassed that of the SAAB Gripens ...
Tejas LCA project to cost more than Rs 13,000 crore over 35 years - Times Of India
@Indians
First gather enough BALLs to even intrude Pakistan. In the mean time park your flankers at Aero India and give joy rides to Shahrukh Khan and family.
In his dreams
