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thunderchief

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Fox is pushing for F-35 , but that simply won't happen ;) . IAF wants fighter they could produce with license in India. They want ToT and don't want terms & conditions US usually gives to foreign buyers (you could do that , you cannot do that etc ... ) . And if you add constant US support for Pakistan ... well F-35A doesn't stand a chance :D . Therefore , IAF will get either PAK FA(FGFA) or Rafale or both but in reduced scope .

As for Indian Navy , they are usually not so strict in their requirements . F-35B (or even C ) may have a shoot in some future Indian tender for carrier aircraft . But that is far in the future , for now they are focused on Mig-29K and Naval Tejas .
 
plawolf

plawolf

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asif iqbal said:
Yeah Indian high command have pretty much confirmed that a single SSN is of no use the reality is they need a fleet of SSN not just one, the first INS Chakra was really for the Indian navy to get first hand experience in operating SSN

The deal for Ibris is unlikely they don't want another nightmare Vikramaditya and they can't afford the wait I think they are in final negotiations to get a second Akula what that happens to be we will have to wait and see

One thing is for sure Akula is a potent SSN will give China something to keep in mind
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What be the compensation the Indians will have to pay the Russians if they loose one of those Akulas?

In a way, that creates a perverse incentive for the Russians to help China hunt down and sink those Akulas should it ever came to that, by providing China with detailed acusitve signatures of the leased Akulas for example.

The Russians do China a solid and so gets a marker they can call in later while the Indians pay them a tidy sum.

Even in the extremely unlikely event that the story leaks, the Russians can easily say the information was obtained without permission by Chinese hackers and play the victim.

Seems like a win-win for the Russians.
 
Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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thunderchief said:
Fox is pushing for F-35.
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Fox is not "pushing" the F-35, they are just reporting what some analyst said, and what the Indians themselves are saying.

It is much more likely that the Indians would go with Rafaels...except that the French now also are jacking up the price on the Rafaels at 100% what they had said.

That's all.

thunderchief said:
As for Indian Navy , they are usually not so strict in their requirements , for now they are focused on Mig-29K and Naval Tejas.
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I agree and think that for the foreseeable future the Indians will have the Mig-29K and the Tejas on their carriers.
 
Jeff Head

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plawolf said:
In a way, that creates a perverse incentive for the Russians to help China hunt down and sink those Akulas should it ever came to that.

Seems like a win-win for the Russians.
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What? I do not think so. If they were to show them how to sink an Akula...it would put all of their own Akulas at risk.
 
tphuang

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Jeff Head said:
Fox is not "pushing" the F-35, they are just reporting what some analyst said, and what the Indians themselves are saying.

It is much more likely that the Indians would go with Rafaels...except that the French now also are jacking up the price on the Rafaels at 100% what they had said.

That's all.

I agree and think that for the foreseeable future the Indians will have the Mig-29K and the Tejas on their carriers.
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this is just me speaking. IAF would be much better off if they had decided on F-35 production slots rather than joining PAKFA project. It will be a while until it gets to their turn, but who knows when production version of PAKFA gets up to par. Of course, they won't have any work share, but I think the chief complaint (out of all the ones they listed) is that they are not getting the level of work share that they were expecting all along. All this really shows is that developing a 5th generation aircraft is really difficult. F-35 project has taken longer than expected (although more due to variant B and C imo). China is finally moving beyond technology demonstrator phase with J-20. Outside of these 3 countries, nobody else has the resource to develop 5th gen aircraft.
 
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Franklin

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Indian naval aviation training facility INS Hansa in Goa has been commissioned today and will be used to train Indian pilots for STOBAR ops and test the new naval version of the Tejas. The Indian MiG 29K pilots have already started training on the facility. And what do they mean the first kind of facility like this in Asia ? Doesn't China already have a facility like this and is using it to test J-15's and train their pilots ?

Navy pilots to learn landing, taking off from aircraft carrier

Indian Navy pilots will learn the tricks of landing and taking off their MiG-29K and LCA Tejas combat planes on aircraft carriers from a shore-based facility, which was commissioned in Goa today.

The Shore-based Test Facility (SBTF)—which is the third facility of its kind in the world and first of its kind in Asia—was operationalised at the Naval Air Station, Hansa in Goa, a Goa Shipyard Limited release said.

This unique installation replicates a shore-based facility of the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which is under construction at the Cochin Shipyard Limited," it said.

Spearheaded by the Aeronautical Development Agency, the complete structural work and system integration of SBTF was carried out by Goa shipyard Limited.

"This will provide India with a capability for the test development of an aircraft before they are cleared for use on board aircraft carriers. It will also provide the Navy with a facility to hone the skills of its pilots before they are deployed on board," the release said.

Speaking on the occasion, GSL Chief Rear Admiral Vineet Bakhshi said, "Training of naval pilots on MiG 29K has already commenced. The facility will ensure timely induction of Naval LCA (NLCA) into naval service and conserve ship-based test flying effort."
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kwaigonegin

kwaigonegin

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aksha said:
View attachment 9159View attachment 9158[video=youtube;jVe5naNJwRc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVe5naNJwRc[/video] experts tell what are the improvements over arjun mk1and ins arihant tableau
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I understand the Arjun is actually a pretty decent tank once it actually got produced. It had a bad rep due to long development time caused mostly by horrible project management and financial iresponsibilities however the actual end product itself especially the Arjun Mk II is relatively comparable to the top MBTs of the world.

I'm not an expert in land systems just what I read.
 
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