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Contenders for Indian Strategic Forces Command (SFC) Nuclear Strike Fighter


BY ADMIN AT 7 OCTOBER, 2010, 3:58 PM

BY: IDRW NEWS NETWORK

Indian Strategic Forces Command ( SFC) surprise decision to have its own Mini-air force and its plans to acquire 40 fighter planes capable of delivering nuclear weapons have raised some eye-brows in fighter aircraft manufactures around the world . Indian Strategic Forces Command ( SFC) which was first created in January, 2003 has already submitted a proposal to the defense ministry for setting up two dedicated squadrons of fighter aircraft which will act as “mini- Air Force”.

It will be first time for the SFC to possess its own nuclear strike fighter force. At present, the SFC has to depend on the Indian Air Force for carrying out the nuclear tasks under its command.

SFC is is responsible for the management and administration of the country’s tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile. at present nuclear-capable fighters such as the Mirage 2000, Su-30 MKI and Jaguars form the back bone of SFC aerial nuclear platform .

TOP Contenders for SFC Nuclear Strike Fighter as per defence expert Rakesh sharma along with IDRW TEAM are


*Su-30MKI- Russian designed Su-30MKI fighter jets are “possibly the best logical ” choice for SFC Aircraft requirements since Indian air force is already operating them in large numbers , it also will be easy to maintain and operate this aircraft’s because IAF already has huge infrastructure in place for their serviceability and maintenance.

Su 34- The Su-34 (also known as Su-27IB) fighter bomber, designed specifically for carpet bombing and carrying of large weapons payload ,The two crew members sit side by side in a large cabin like a large bomber , it also has greater space for longer flights and comes with its own toilet for crew , this aircraft is best utilized for bombing missions and shares lots of spares commonality and ground tools ,machinery with Sukhoi-su 30 mki which IAF operates.

Dassault Mirage 2000 – 5 - Indian Air force currently operates around 50 of this jets and under recent Indo-French deal all older variants will be brought up to to DASH 5 Standards , Mirage-2000H at present represent nuclear strike force of Iaf , but production of this jets have long been stopped by French but United Arab Emirates which operates around 60 plus Mirage-2000-9 and Mirage – 2000E is looking to sell them and instead buy French made Rafale omni role fighter aircraft , Aircraft’s will be quite similar to current standard of mirage 2000-5 aircraft’s operated by IAF , which in turn will keep the cost of operation and serviceability down .

Rafale : Repeated offer by French for direct purchase of 40 aircraft’s off the shelf and requirements of exact same numbers by SFC did raise eye brows in Indian defence community , is MMRCA path has been already been predicted and French will get a consolation prize in terms of 40 orders for Rafales ? well its yet to be seen which path government of India takes ,advantage Rafale has is that many of the ground machinery and support tools have commonality with Mirage-2000h which Iaf currently operates , but major disadvantage will be that cost of purchase which will be huge since Rafale comes with huge price tag ,and it will like Su-34 be easy spot for enemy to recognize them has nuclear carrying aircraft even if they are heavy escorted by other air superiority jets

Strategic Forces Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Command_Authority_(India)

With an aim of increasing its lethal power, India's tri-services strike force is planning to acquire 40 fighter planes capable of delivering nuclear weapons. The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) has submitted a proposal to the Defence Ministry for setting up two dedicated squadrons of fighter aircraft which will act as "mini-Air Force", ministry sources said.

This will be the first time that SFC, which at present depends on the Indian Air Force for delivering nuclear weapons under its command, will have its own aerial assets, they said.

The SFC does not want untested fighters but the ones which are battle proven and have capabilities to deliver nuclear-tipped missiles, the sources said.

The aircraft planned to be procured are part of efforts to strengthen the nuclear delivery system which right now is based on land-based ballistic missiles such as the Agni and Prithvi and nuclear-capable fighters such as the Mirage 2000, Su-30 MKI and Jaguars.

Created in January 2003, the SFC is part of the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) and is responsible for the management and administration of the country's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile.

Attempts are underway to complete the nuclear triad by developing the indigenous Arihant class nuclear submarine and under-sea launched versions of the existing ballistic missile systems.

India's nuclear doctrine envisages building a credible minimum deterrent for maintaining a 'second strike capability' which will be massive and designed to induce unacceptable damage on the enemy.

The SFC is headed by a three-star officer from any of the three services and is responsible for implementing directives of the NCA. At present, the force is headed by Lieutenant General B S Nagal.

The force manages and administers all strategic forces by exercising complete command and control over nuclear assets, and producing all contingency plans as needed to fulfil the required tasks.

The operational missile groups of the Army are armed with the 150-250 km short-range Prithvi missiles and the others with the Agni missiles of ranges above 1,5000 km form the nucleus of SFC.

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[tvsram1992]

Instead of considering MMRCA for SFC we can have either F-22 or F-117 stealth attack bomber.
As these are only stealth aircrafts which are /have been operational which could be affordable.
B-2 spirit on the other hand is too much expensive.
Instead of one B2 we can buy 15-rafales or 5 f-22s or 40 Mig35's or 10 Eurofighters

 

[madooxno9]

^^^^^ did you even read your post before posting.... you are taking names of some aircrafts which are dream come true options.. F-22 AND F-117 + YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT B-2

REST OF YOUR POST MAKE SOME SENSE ... THOUGH

 

[SpArK]

Instead of considering MMRCA for SFC we can have either F-22 or F-117 stealth attack bomber.
As these are only stealth aircrafts which are /have been operational which could be affordable.
B-2 spirit on the other hand is too much expensive.
Instead of one B2 we can buy 15-rafales or 5 f-22s or 40 Mig35's or 10 Eurofighters

And where do you expect to buy these from?

Retail shop of reliance ?? Wallmart??

 

[Skull and Bones]

And where do you expect to buy these from?

Retail shop of reliance ?? Wallmart??

Maybe from his local ration outlet

 

[GORKHALI]

Are you for real ?? you started a thread already exist with no sensible post after F 22 ,B 2 etc ...

 

[SpArK]

Maybe from his local ration outlet

Any news about that round UFO that is supposed to be in area 51.. can we negotiate to buy it??

 

[GORKHALI]

Somebody stop this guy from opening this kinda Stupid threads pls pls Sparky atleast you do something else he gonna ruin everything ...

 

[Skull and Bones]

Any news about that round UFO that is supposed to be in area 51.. can we negotiate to buy it??

According to tvsram1992, US agreed to sell us Martian UFO, but Indian Govt rejected it on the basis of quality concern and those UFO are sanction prone. Martians are very unreliable defense partners.

 

[SpArK]

According to tvsram1992, US agreed to sell us Martian UFO, but Indian Govt rejected it on the basis of quality concern and those UFO are sanction prone. Martians are very unreliable defense partners.

ToT maybe an issue since source codes are no available to the US also...

 

[madooxno9]

BAAS KARO yaar uski itni mat lo... usne baas yuiihi likh diya .... koi nahi agli baar soch ke likhe ga...

 

[tvsram1992]

We can get F-117's as they are not operational now.
If america offers us F-35's, we rejected and today or tomorrow definetly they would offer us F-22.
If we can be able to have the money, US market is open for us.
1)126 F-22 would cost us $35 billion(we can get aircrafts with some TOT ).
2)40 F-22 would cost us $12 billion(lack of spares during war and high maintainance , sanctions of course.)
3)126 F-117 nighthawks coat us $15 billion(No TOT , sanctions)
4)We need to order 20 B-2 spirits which cost $30 billion so that we get some TOT(US wouldnt sell if deal is less than 20)

If the deal is >=$30 billion, then only we can expect some TOT, and we can expect US to sell Advanced aircraft of their inventory if deal is >$30 billion.

All options of stealth aircrafts are from US as they are operational.
We can also send RFI on YF-23.
Remember 1st we send RFI to all MMRCA contenders then only they bidded.
We sent RFI for f-35 we got an offer to join the deal.

 

[tvsram1992]

once again same members(eurofighter lovers) increasing their post count.

 

[SpArK]

We can get F-117's as they are not operational now.
If america offers us F-35's, we rejected and today or tomorrow definetly they would offer us F-22.
If we can be able to have the money, US market is open for us.
1)126 F-22 would cost us $35 billion(we can get aircrafts with some TOT ).
2)40 F-22 would cost us $12 billion(lack of spares during war and high maintainance , sanctions of course.)
3)126 F-117 nighthawks coat us $15 billion(No TOT , sanctions)
4)We need to order 20 B-2 spirits which cost $30 billion so that we get some TOT(US wouldnt sell if deal is less than 20)

If the deal is >=$30 billion, then only we can expect some TOT, and we can expect US to sell Advanced aircraft of their inventory if deal is >$30 billion.

All options of stealth aircrafts are from US as they are operational.
We can also send RFI on YF-23.
Remember 1st we send RFI to all MMRCA contenders then only they bidded.
We sent RFI for f-35 we got an offer to join the deal.

Are u being serious here???

You mean Americans will give away their most modern technologies just by seeing $$$$???

Be realistic and give it a break , its hard to laugh all time seeing the posts.

 

[Skull and Bones]

ToT maybe an issue since source codes are no available to the US also...

They are asking Chinese for reverse engineering, since US can't even match Chinese in that field.