At least the Flankers had fairly modern and effective PESA's for the time, but yeah.
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Ugh, it wasn't intended *by now*, and Jaguar replacement is in any case Tejas Mk.2.
As light bomber aircraft, DARIN III is quite ok. It will be troublesome for ground crews and risky for pilots towards the end, but capability itself is quite alright.
MKI had not too old 2000s radar, which didn't need immediate replacement until about now. Darin III is 2010s upgrade, where AESA brought very material benefits(in a2g moments its advantage over aelta 2032 is huge). Simple as that.
The above post has spurred me to update the following 2011 CDF post by member cmdjing (which I've quoted before):
"It was during the 80's when the PLAAF had nothing but J-7s and J-8's while the IAF purchased the Mirage-2000 and the Mig-29. For nearly a decade the PLAAF had no answer until the purchase of the first Su-27's. . . . In 20 plus years China has gone from building J-8s to J-20's. India has gone from buying Mirages to buying Rafales. That says a lot about their respective aerospace industries . . . ."
My update: In the nearly 15 years since 2011, China has gone from building J-20s to J-20As and J-20Ss, J-35s and J-35As, and the J-36 and J-XDS next-gen/6th-gen demonstrators/prototypes. India has gone from buying Rafales to buying more Rafales. And Jaguars!
The UK keep their Jaguars in a museum. India's Jaguars will simply drop out of the sky at random like the MiG-21 "Bison" did. That's what happens when you keep a plane around for too long. Hard to put into words how much of an embarrassment this is for India.
They will have to abandon their stated goal of 42 squadrons at some point. This is just untenable.
They will have to abandon their stated goal of 42 squadrons at some point. This is just untenable.
Right now they are at 29 squadrons which includes the jaguars, they are also having a pilot shortage,
Meanwhile Indian media was saying (after the commercial air line crash) that IAF should let their pilots do temp pilot work for the country's Airlines.
This "izzat" business-false,fake,brittle honour(rooted in inferiority complex/brahminic high hubris) will be the disaster of india-Don't they know it's better to have "only" 30 squadrons of 5 gen /4 gen ++,then 50 squadrons of obsolete,dangerous-to-fly homemade industrial garbage and antiques??What's wrong with them?
This might not fit here but one of the companies hiring for india's AMCA is doing recruitment these days and this is the ad
Look at the pitiful pay they re offering, 07 years of experience for Senior tech and its just 50k rupee per month,
Thats like starter pay for university freshies that have 0 experience.
Also they got the final 3 of the apache's it seems
Look at the pitiful pay they re offering, 07 years of experience for Senior tech and its just 50k rupee per month,
Thats like starter pay for university freshies that have 0 experience.
Also they got the final 3 of the apache's it seems
If the conversion rate is correct, thats like 500$ a month for the most senior position?. No wonder they'd rather LARP as nazis on Twitter for money or run scam centers...
The pay rate is worse than what like service industry/waiter work would make, and yep Senior tech with 07 years,
Normally they be making about $5000+ instead.
And idk if this fits here but its sorta related to May 7th fallout
Insane ask
This is just losses from AirIndia not others
China should not allow Indian access to Chinese airspace. That said, I expect MOFA will bargain away those privileges for "pennies".