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I count around 13-15 Mig-29Ks on two carriers during a photoshoot exercise -- where you think they would pull together as many as possible to put on deck for an impressive shot.

Those numbers match the estimates of available aircraft given in the previous posts above.

Literally just 7 or 8 fighters and maybe a half dozen helos per carrier if both were deployed at the same time.

Deino is again, playing with Hindu kids now...

Never forget, @grok can verify this for you !

Well, it isn't absolutely wrong for IAF - just that I will then stand for Israel rather than India.

India is looking to accelerate its Rafale purchases in a G2G deal. Source is French but legit.


The intial order would be 90 planes @ F4 version. A possibility to order more planes at F5 version after 2030.

As a reminder, the IAF's current squadron strength is 31 and will soon fall to 29. Pakistan is at 25. Who is to blame for this state of affairs? If you ask IAF brass, they point to HAL. Regardless, the IAF will now need to buy in a panic.

gelgoog said:

Analysis of US interference around India's periphery.

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It is a good analysis. But it is also India´s problem that they bet 100% on the US. Now the US is recalibrating its relations with Pakistan. Rumor has it that one reason why the US was displeased with Hasina´s government was her relatively neutral China stance. It is no secret that she was seen as India´s asset in the region.

In many ways, I think the 2020 border clash between China and India was a very smart move geopolitically. I am not sure if China made it on purpose, but they essentially pushed India into the arms of the US, blindly, and in so doing made the Indians forget all the moves that the US did in their neighbourhood.

Essentially, the Indians appeared to be pursuing an "European" strategy in terms of trying to offload their defence heavy lifting to the US. It no longer works for Europe, as so Europe has to spend more. And in many ways we are seeing the same with India, as they are panic-buying all kinds of military equipment lately as they realised that the US isn´t as dependable as they had imagined. A hard lesson: you can only be sovereign if you make your own mil-tech stuff. Otherwise you will be at someone else´s mercy.

don't thi India outsources anything, it's a self contained regional force.

Just a rather aimless one, since establishment of nuclear deterrence between India and Pakistan.

Furthermore, Indian manufacturing prowess is still a one endless growing pain.

gelgoog said:

The Indians did finish the mission in that they bombed the targets they wanted to bomb. But it makes you wonder. Do you really need aircraft to lob standoff missiles right next door? Might as well launch them from a much cheaper truck.

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Do you really believe India came in just to target a mosque? If that was so, there was no need for lobbing Brahmos later at PAF airbases. The truth is: IAF failed, backup plan was Brahmos and even that was questionable in effect.

Is the opening of India embassy in Afg related to the hostilities in Pak Afg border?

This special report focuses on the shifting regional dynamics with Afghan Foreign Minister Aamir Khan Muttaqi's historic visit to India for talks with NSA Ajit Doval and EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar, even as Pakistan declares Afghanistan a hostile country.

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_killuminati_ said:

Do you really believe India came in just to target a mosque? If that was so, there was no need for lobbing Brahmos later at PAF airbases. The truth is: IAF failed, backup plan was Brahmos and even that was questionable in effect.

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India’s initial intention was to target only terrorist infrastructure within Pakistan. However, after Pakistan attempted to strike Indian airbases, India began targeting all airbases across Pakistan, while heavy firing continued along the Line of Control (LOC) and the International Border (IB).

Ajatshatru089 said:

India’s initial intention was to target only terrorist infrastructure within Pakistan. However, after Pakistan attempted to strike Indian airbases, India began targeting all airbases across Pakistan, while heavy firing continued along the Line of Control (LOC) and the International Border (IB).

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What qualifications does India have to attack its neighbor's territory? Does India consider itself the United States or Israel?
Did they announce their combat targets before the airstrikes? They just launch missiles and inform everyone that whatever is hit is their intended target. It's like if I shoot an arrow at random and then draw a target where the arrow lands, I can claim I've always hit the target.
I'm also highly skeptical of India's claims of success. The only clear case of significant damage was to an air force hangar. The damage from the other attacks might not even be worth the cost of the BrahMos missiles!