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I am not saying about order tranches. I am saying about net MKis in hand which may be above a cutoff date chosen for Super MKI upgrades .
Bcz a plane which is produced in last 3 years does not need an upgrade package formalization as of now.
As you can see even if we consider the last of 140th plane for upgrade its almost 12 years from now before its number will come for upgradation.
and 144 is based on article quoting 194. We don know if its that much. Bcz i remember it was 80 in Tranche 1 identified with first lot directly getting upgraded in Russia till MKI line gets upgraded to handle super upgrade.
So untill GOI/MOD comes out with an official version numbers are a bit hazy.
We currently have AL31FP for our MKIs being built at HAL . The Russians are upgrading their Su27s to SM upgrade by getting AL31 FM1/2 , getting thrusts upto 145kn, if engine problems persist with the FP, shouldn't we have a look at the engines which Russians are using for their flanker upgrade ?
I am expecting the new varients of R77 and R73 being developed for PAKFA to be integrated along with either AIM132 or Python 5....
On AESA Radar I haved my doubts about how good the Russians can deliver.