Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

Abhijeet said:
Did they use MICA or Meteor?
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Thought of checking this thread in hope that someone might have answered why we didn't use the auto-cannon and here you're, asking whether it was Meteor.

My guy, a single Meteor costs almost $2.5 million. You can buy a reconnaissance balloon for all of your birthdays for that money.
 
Ayan Barat said:
Thought of checking this thread in hope that someone might have answered why we didn't use the auto-cannon and here you're, asking whether it was Meteor.

My guy, a single Meteor costs almost $2.5 million. You can buy a reconnaissance balloon for all of your birthdays for that money.
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These balloons are so huge that even that kind of - that number of ammunitions - that amount of ammunition set towards it is only going to cause a very very slow leak, and it's not going to come down immediately.

You can't just pop the balloon and it's going to go away.
 
SlayingHell said:
These balloons are so huge that even that kind of - that number of ammunitions - that amount of ammunition set towards it is only going to cause a very very slow leak, and it's not going to come down immediately.

You can't just pop the balloon and it's going to go away.
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These ain't .22LR, they've something inside them

> The GIAT 30M 791 on Rafale fires at a rate of 300 to 2,500 rounds per minute
> Each 30x150mmB projectile is 275g with 47.1g HE-I charge
> Just a 2 sec burst at the lowest rate would be 10 rounds or 2.75kg worth of warhead with almost half a kg high- explosive
> This is the same weight class as most MANPAD warheads

This is more than enough to completely destroy the balloon. And even if it fails then the I part of HE-I would easily set it on fire.
 
silentassassin265 said:
IAF has no problem flying 50 year old relic aircraft as frontline fighter but does not want test the Kaveri engine even though it is already proven to be flight worthy

Part II: IAF Advises Caution in Testing Kaveri Afterburner Variant on LCA-Tejas Trainer FTB – Indian Defence Research Wing

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No Iaf objection is right. Single engine plane FTB is brain dead single shot idea to stall Kaveri prog, defame LCA and kill precious IAF pilots incase of any failure. IAF suggestion to use twin engine is all fine and dandy - why not provide a platform for the same? I wonder can old Sukhoi30K be revived and used as FTB? wondered what happened to more than 2 decades old platforms?
 
Anants said:
No Iaf objection is right. Single engine plane FTB is brain dead single shot idea to stall Kaveri prog, defame LCA and kill precious IAF pilots incase of any failure. IAF suggestion to use twin engine is all fine and dandy - why not provide a platform for the same? I wonder can old Sukhoi30K be revived and used as FTB? wondered what happened to more than 2 decades old platforms?
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One Su30MKI was built by HAL for its own testing and avionics upgrade - use that.
 
SlayingHell said:
I read a news that the Tejas mk2 is gonna be taken to ONERA for further optimizations...so are these penny pinchers gonna take AMCA also there and risk leaking everything to enemy in case?
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Why do you want ONERA giving datas to anyone ?
 
Anants said:
No Iaf objection is right. Single engine plane FTB is brain dead single shot idea to stall Kaveri prog, defame LCA and kill precious IAF pilots incase of any failure. IAF suggestion to use twin engine is all fine and dandy - why not provide a platform for the same? I wonder can old Sukhoi30K be revived and used as FTB? wondered what happened to more than 2 decades old platforms?
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Initially, the Su-30Ks were to be upgraded to final Su-30MKI configuration but were instead returned to Russia between 2007 and 2011.
en.wikipedia.org

Sukhoi Su-30MKI - Wikipedia

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Ethiopian Air Force Bolsters Ranks with Second-Hand Ex-Indian Air Force Su-30 fighter jets

Ethiopian Air Force Bolsters Ranks with Second-Hand Ex-Indian Air Force Su-30 Fighter Jets – Indian Defence Research Wing

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Post the negotiations between India and Russia, 12 ex Indian Su 30K found their way to Angolan Air Force.
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sameer said:
Stupid IAF along with their stupid records.
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IAF had nothing to do with it. The Civil admin is at fault. They went what was going to happen and yet fumbled the crowd managment.
 
VictorDelta4 said:
IAF had nothing to do with it. The Civil admin is at fault. They went what was going to happen and yet fumbled the crowd managment.
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No, In general Indian law enforcement doesn't have the tools to manage such massive crowds and it was IAF that was pushing this record for limca book of world records.

It's actually lucky that we didn't have any kind of stampede.
 
sameer said:
No, In general Indian law enforcement doesn't have the tools to manage such massive crowds and it was IAF that was pushing this record for limca book of world records.

It's actually lucky that we didn't have any kind of stampede.
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I am straight away accusing you of doing politics.

The Police and the Civic authorities are under the control of the State Government.
Law and order is a State Government responsibility.
If the Government felt that they could not control the crowds expected they should have denied permission for the event.

You are probably a left wing sympathiser.
How can you use such words as stupid for the IAF.
And who the hell are you.
A fucking Einstein.

National institutions like the IAF need to be respected. You can criticize them but maintain decency.

Please state your background and superlative achievements. What spectacular success have you achieved in life.

The Mods need to discourage use of such language against National Institutions.
 
The solutions which we could have , but we missed
1. Mirage 2000 induction in large numbers
2.inducting tejas ioc in large numbers
3. More su 30 mki
4. We invested but rejected su 57 , after 3-4 years paf will have j31
5. More rafale instead of 36
6. Atleast get as much as air defence system , you can have
 
sameer said:
economictimes.indiatimes.com

As fighter strength dips below 1965 level, Air chief vows to fight with 'whatever we have'

Indian Air Force's combat strength is at a historic low with only 31 squadrons. Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh emphasised adaptation with available assets while pushing for faster LCA production. The decline in force is due to retiring Soviet fighters and delayed replacements. He insisted on...
economictimes.indiatimes.com economictimes.indiatimes.com
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> We have some 600 or so fighters; ranging from most advanced Rafale to MiG-21s
> Chinese have some 1,300 or so of just Flankers and Firebirds
> Almost 200 Fagins on top of that

Even if we completely ignore 5th gen fighter or technical intricacies like exponentially bigger support fleet...they outnumber us 2:1 by sheer number

What else can we do except fighting with whatever we have
 
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