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It is not just about defence for the IAF. As per the new doctrine, the IAF's aim is to take the war to the enemy, and they are adamant that future wars should be fought in enemy airspace. We can defend against the PAF without the MKIs - mirages, mig29s, mig-21s (for now) and a large number of LCAs in future can easily defend against the PAF. Long range heavy hitters cum air superiority fighters like the MKI are meant to go on the offensive. The MKI-Rafale combo can do this against China. (Of course, China has enough heavy hitters to hit back deep into India as well.) But these heavy air superiority fighters also have their part to play against Pakistan, if we want to penetrate the defensive shield of JF-17s. Our lighter aircrafts cannot do that.
By the way your assumption that the IAF will never put all its asssets against pak may not be true. I know that our planners are planning for the eventuality of a two front war, but it is only a remote possibility. China has nothing much to gain by sneaking in while we are at war with pak, other than the small contested territories. But its loss will be a lot more - either in the form of territory, or more possibly, in how it will hurt the huge market that India is for Chinese goods. Indo-Chinese relations are a lot better than what you might think from reading PDFites.
Anyway, since we have these heavy hitters in our AF, we wouldn't have to deploy all of them in the west. They can take off from bases in the east and still comfortably strike targets in pak, and return.
Does Pakistan still plan to aquire 250 JF-17s, or have the numbers been scaled down? If they do aquire that many, they are an excellent choice (along with the F-16s) to defend the airspace and make it costly for IAF to attack. The MKI-rafale combo is a must for IAF to maintain complete superiority.
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I fear that PAF fighters won't even take off with the kind of fighters they have..
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On topic: Awesome aircraft. Well done, IAF.
so at current Paf with ~80f-16s with latest weapons , ~50 jf-17s, some modified mirages and f-7pg it looks roughly at par with IAF if you put aside mkis
Comparable with IAFs lower end, Mig 29, Mirage 2000, Jags and Bisons, but as you said, there is still the high end with the MKI. In numbers equal to PAFs F16s and JF17, but technically superior.
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yeah thats why i said putting aside mkis
Calling others fanboys and then calling Indian pilots inferior based on 40 year old data? The piolts are all retired and things have changed considerably. Anyways fanboys are always fanboys.Fan boys aur internet warriors ki koiy kami nahin.....plane jo bi ho......flying tu akhir Indian pilot ney hi karney hey. !!
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Arey, Tum loug challenge karo tu jawab dey gey na.....last time pura saal border pey jhak mar key wapis chaley gayee thay. !!
Kohi shaq nahi'n.....Indian tax payers ki bahut achi tara maar rahey hain.