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Su30MKI is not a Russian Jet it's entirety it was a joint project between India and Russia just like JF17 was jointly developed by China and Pakistan and once India has replaced the Russian Avionics with Indian one there is no reason why meteors can't be integrated with Su30MKI
The Russian airframe and engine has got nothing to do with meteors getting Integrated with Radar and Mission computer
Indians are manufacturing Su30MKI from Raw material stage for last 20 years they know each and everything about this jet the only thing what stops them from modifying this jet or the engine is the IP right which is owned by Sukhoi Corporation

Chandragupt said:

Su30MKI is not a Russian Jet it's entirety it was a joint project between India and Russia just like JF17 was jointly developed by China and Pakistan and once India has replaced the Russian Avionics with Indian one there is no reason why meteors can't be integrated with Su30MKI
The Russian airframe and engine has got nothing to do with meteors getting Integrated with Radar and Mission computer
Indians are manufacturing Su30MKI from Raw material stage for last 20 years they know each and everything about this jet the only thing what stops them from modifying this jet or the engine is the IP right which is owned by Sukhoi Corporation

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With raw material imported from Russia

hlcc said:

With raw material imported from Russia

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India has the capability to produce raw materials as well they don't do it because of IP rights
And they aren't happy with the performance of Russian engines that's the reason why they choose American engines for various different fighter jets they're developing indigenously be it the Tejas MK1 , MK2 , TEDBF , HLFT-42 or AMCA
I feel that whatever turbofan engine Indians make in next 10 years is gonna be as good as the western engines same is true for Japanese Engines but Japan doesn't have independent foreign policy like India does there technology is prone to American Sanctions

Indian army and border police assist local herders in accessing historically disputed areas for grazing

twineedle said:

Indian army and border police assist local herders in accessing historically disputed areas for grazing

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Yeah... that's natural way to show "ownership". By increasing presence.

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Also i'm curious on Indian indigenous Ramjet missile program. Whether any initiative to produce A2A missile in similar types as Meteor.

India should have extensive knowledge from Sa-6 (2K12 Kub) and Akash program. Particularly propellant and Ramjet integration to missile. Although it should be said that 3M9 missile baseline used in 2K12 may not particularly suitable for A2A missile due to 4 inlets dynamics which could limit the AOA the missile can attain (Thus the reason why Meteor inlet is the way it is).

Stealthflanker said:

Yeah... that's natural way to show "ownership". By increasing presence.

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Also i'm curious on Indian indigenous Ramjet missile program. Whether any initiative to produce A2A missile in similar types as Meteor.

India should have extensive knowledge from Sa-6 (2K12 Kub) and Akash program. Particularly propellant and Ramjet integration to missile. Although it should be said that 3M9 missile baseline used in 2K12 may not particularly suitable for A2A missile due to 4 inlets dynamics which could limit the AOA the missile can attain (Thus the reason why Meteor inlet is the way it is).

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Indian made air to air missiles are called the Astra Series of air to air missiles
Astra MK1 has a range of 110km , Astra MK2 - 160km and Astra MK3 - 300km all these missiles can be integrated with Su30MKI , Mig29 and Tejas
Astra MK1 is in service , Astra MK2 is also ready and about to enter service while astra MK3 is under development
India will integrate Astra missiles on Rafales as well
Meteors have a prohibitive cost but Indian air to air missiles are cost effective

Stealthflanker said:

Yeah... that's natural way to show "ownership". By increasing presence.

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Also i'm curious on Indian indigenous Ramjet missile program. Whether any initiative to produce A2A missile in similar types as Meteor.

India should have extensive knowledge from Sa-6 (2K12 Kub) and Akash program. Particularly propellant and Ramjet integration to missile. Although it should be said that 3M9 missile baseline used in 2K12 may not particularly suitable for A2A missile due to 4 inlets dynamics which could limit the AOA the missile can attain (Thus the reason why Meteor inlet is the way it is).

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India already has a "Meteor" in the form of Astra Mk3 based on SFDR

Chandragupt said:

And I don't think MBDA would even object integrating of meteor with UTTAM AESA Radar because it's 100% Indian made

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I do think both MBDA and European governments would 100% object to Meteor integration onto Su-30 MKI.

Chandragupt said:

Point is that if India can manage to integrate Israeli missile with Russian Radar why can't they integrate an European missile with Indian Radar?

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India doesn't integrate the missiles, the manufacturers of both the missile and the fighters do it together.

Chandragupt said:

I feel that whatever turbofan engine Indians make in next 10 years is gonna be as good as the western engines

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Definitely not. Look at how long it took China to even get close to western engines, even with the WS-15 I doubt they will reach the performance of the F135. To even reach F404 levels of performance I believe it will take about 10-15 years for India.

Chandragupt said:

India will integrate Astra missiles on Rafales as well

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As in my answer above, with Dassault and the French government's permission, DRDO and Dassault will jointly integrate Astra missiles on the Rafale

Fulcrum007 said:

India already has a "Meteor" in the form of Astra Mk3 based

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Maybe a budget Meteor, both in cost and performance.

phrozenflame said:

Indians missed the target in Balakot and proceeded to make a fool out of themselves for the next few days

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That's Pakistani claim I don't know how true is that but even Pakistanis have accepted that Indian airforce was able to deeply penetrate the airspace of Pakistan with 12 Mirage 2000 jets this alone tells a lot about the kind of electronic warfare capability India has they jammed Pakistani radars.
Pakistan had no clue they came to know about Indian attack only when IAF officially made a statement in press conference

Probably correct. Despite fear-mongering, the chance of a full-blown Sino-Indian war is close to nil. Pakistan is on the brink of bankruptcy.