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PiSigma
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China is India's biggest trading partner by a long shot....
PiSigma
"the engineer"
What's with US keep on offering technology is based on something 40 years old?
Only in goods not services.
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Just like with how China and Pakistan are also offering technology of roughly comparable specs but 20 years late, because 4th gen fighters are still very capable fighters by design.
In this case the F-15EX's design age does little to blemish it's capabilities. It's huge, fast, have a AESA radar and modern avionics and can carry a mountain of ammunition to throw at the enemy.
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PiSigma
"the engineer"
So it's upgraded.. not much further potential.
If India want to be a future superpower, they need their own designs and manufacturing. And not depend on imports from other countries that are 40yrs old. Means anything F15/16 based or su-27 based. By the time they get it, others already moved on.
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When this potential offering was announced, the immediate question that came to my mind was whether EPAWSS would be part of the package. Personally I am doubtful that the US would offer such leading edge technology given that the recently announced super interceptor upgrade for the Japanese F-15 did not include this technology. It is the most advanced electronics warfare suite in any fourth generation platform. The closest equivalent IMO is the European Typhoon ECR project with tentative IOC around 2026 and the less ambitious Rafale F-4 standard .