I have removed most of the content as you are simply very angry with emotional key board warriors
Thank you. In my age I feel less than patient with pre-teen warriors who believe they are doing their country a great service by trolling on the internet.
Just couple of questions....Let's assume an air war breaks out today....do you think Mig21 will play any role in that war or not??
Technically yes, the Mig-21s will have to play a role because they are in the active service. Just how effective their presence will be in the air war is open for debate.
Look bro, you so far sound like a rational being so let me ask you. What was the record of IAF Mig-21s in previous wars? I am not asking you about the capability of IAF so please don't talk about MKI and stuff. Just elaborate on the role of Mig-21, their war record and how effective do you think the Migs will be against modern 4/4.5 gen aircraft.
Also when PAF took in JF-17 how good was that fighter jet as compared to some top notch fighters in our arsenal??
Why are you comparing with PAF?
India is the bigger country with a bigger economy and as a result the IAF has superior numbers. Agree? Now if you are PAF air marshal what will you do to negate IAF advantage? Because of financial crunch you cannot afford an entire fleet of F-16 Blk 52. At most you have like 70 odd F-16s and for arguments sake let's assume they are all Blk 52. What else does PAF have?
Like IAF the PAF also have vintage and obsolete aircraft. The Fantan F-7 and Mirage ROSE upgrades are the mainstay of the PAF. The F-16 is the superstar in PAF inventory but they barely make 15% of their fighting force. PAF does not have money to buy squadrons of Typhoon and such aircraft. But at the same time they need to replace ageing aircraft with new ones and hence the JF-17.
Agree the JF-17 is no match for MKI. But what about the Mig-21, Mig-23, Mig-27 class of aircraft still flown? Jaguar is a good jet but it is a primarily strike aircraft for air-to-ground operations not air-toair so even Jags will feel vulnerable.. The PAF has no option but to go for JF-17/FC-1. What is India's pressing compulsion to go for LCA other than national ego?
And I am not even talking about the PLAAF. They are in a different league.
Given you are not an emotional key board warrior i am sure you will give us an honest and candid opinion on this.
I have.
It is naive to expect PAF will send JF-17 to fight LCA while reserving their falcons to fight MKI. Unfortunately wars are not fought that way. Refer to 1965 air war, a surprise air attack nearly took out bulk of IAF.
So tell me, what is the IAF/LCA supposed to do when the falcons attack India? ARe they supposed to take to the skies and fight, and get shot down or are they supposed to sit inside the hangars waiting until the PAF sends in JF-17?
And what about PLAAF? They have like 2000 fighters compared to India's 700 and they have far more Sukhoi 27/variants than the IAF. And almost forgot, they have the Mig-29s as well.
How long will LCA last against a PLAAF air war? PLAAF does not even have a single FC-1 so the ego bubble is not valid here. What is LCA supposed to do if in any case China attacks?