Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

[MarDePopins]

About India, main problem for me is Trump. I really don't see the clever and quiet Modi finding a workable way to deal with the nervous Trump.
And that before the S400 or bureaucratic issues.

Turkey? Erdogan ask.... Not the same thing than "is being offered". Erdogan will wait, and wait, and wait again.

Lol other than rhetorics i shall present u with hard reality

India will be the first country to sign trade deal with trump admin

‘India would be one of first trade deals we sign’: U.S. Treasury Secretary

US Treasury Secretary Bessent discusses progress in trade negotiations with Asian partners, highlighting potential deal with India.

www.thehindu.com

India USA have signed 10 yrs defence cooperation

https://www.business-standard.com/external-affairs-defence-security/news/india-us-to-deepen-defence-ties-with-new-10-year-cooperation-pact-125021401811_1.html

 

[BON PLAN]

Paxtan also will be getting hands on their 5th gen stealth aircraft by 2029-30.. we will be getting F35 in the same timeline.. keep in mind USA is manufacturing 190 f35 per year this year with plans to increase to 240 per year by end of this decade.

Nd lol F35 nd AMCA is not even in same weight class.. how it's a direct competitor? Flawed logic..

F35 MTOW- 31,800 kg (Heavy)
AMCA MTOW- 25,000 kg

So F35 isn't even in competition with AMCA.. 40 F35 won't kill AMCA lol

IAF knows this Govt knows this.. requirements exists..

Heck even broke A$$ Paxtan aims to operate two stealth aircrafts
J 35 by 2029-30
Kaan by 2035

J35.... as all the chinese weapons, we absolutely don't know the real status of their weapons.
Not a single war to make a real field test.

Don't over estimate the chinese goodies.

 

[BON PLAN]

F-35 Aircraft at the Lowest Per Aircraft Price in Programme History

The US Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have finalized an $11.5 billion contract for the production and delivery of 141 F-35 aircraft at the lowest per aircraft price in programme history.

www.sps-aviation.com

Check nd update urself.. french can NVR match the scale nd economy of scale of USA.

Check that :
Rafale flight hour : 14000 to 16000 €
F-35 flight hour = 42000 to 44000 $

 

[BON PLAN]

Lol other than rhetorics i shall present u with hard reality

India will be the first country to sign trade deal with trump admin

‘India would be one of first trade deals we sign’: U.S. Treasury Secretary

US Treasury Secretary Bessent discusses progress in trade negotiations with Asian partners, highlighting potential deal with India.

www.thehindu.com

India USA have signed 10 yrs defence cooperation

https://www.business-standard.com/external-affairs-defence-security/news/india-us-to-deepen-defence-ties-with-new-10-year-cooperation-pact-125021401811_1.html

India would be....

"woulf be" is very diffeent than "is". Wake me up when inked.

 

[MarDePopins]

As I'm french, and read this document without the bias of a traduction, i can say it is a marketing attempt to have more budget and to urge Rafale F5 std and SCAF.

You can find same kind of documents coming from US men (Sprey for exemple) saying that F35 is a bad answer to modern conflict...

The sole strong reality is that the bombs and missiles stockpile are low, very low in France and in Europe (except Poland). It is why we have seen these last months some urgent orders of Meteor, ASTER, MISTRAL...

Wow such fallacy..
Let me break it down for you

Did rafale pilots claim they can't fight US 5th gen vectors- yes
Is it truth- yes

Shall I believe a random internet stranger who is cooking random theories or a french rafale pilot who is speaking from his experiences while facing US stealth fighters in numerous exercises??

Well it's pretty much self explanatory..

If rafale was creme de la creme of stealth technology than french themselves wouldn't hv went ahead with SCAF.

Electronic stealth of rafale will never replace stealth shaping of 5th nd 6th gen aircrafts in this era where our adversaries hv AESA equipped LPI radars.

 

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J35.... as all the chinese weapons, we absolutely don't know the real status of their weapons.
Not a single war to make a real field test.

Don't over estimate the chinese goodies.

Kaan is also prototype and only pakistani defence Bros have created hype for it first joint development fake rumors which were denied by turkey
operating two 5 generation aircraft which again twin engine for a country who doesn't even have any twin engine aircraft in service is pushing luck what about maintenance and money turkey and pakistani both doesn't have it and modern avionics are expensive
Most likely pakistani will get production faciliti for j 35 and they will call it pfx project sane thing they did to vt 4 mbt

 

[MarDePopins]

India would be....

"woulf be" is very diffeent than "is". Wake me up when inked.

Lmao what a flawed counter.. it's happening dude.. same like rafale is also a would be for IAF now.. (40 repeat order instead of MRFA)

More drip for u

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-prepared-future-proof-trade-deal-sweetener-us-talks-sources-say-2025-04-29/

 

[MarDePopins]

Check that :
Rafale flight hour : 14000 to 16000 €
F-35 flight hour = 42000 to 44000 $

Lol again flawed logic

Rafale survivability against 5th gen stealth nd Long range ADS will be significantly lower as compared to F35

when it's shot down we will lose full 279 million per peice.. lol operating cost won't save the day..

If capabilities were to be decided by operating cost then no country in earth would hv ventured into 5th gen stealth instead would hv continued churning 4th gen.

 

[randombully]

main problem for me is Trump. I really don't see the clever and quiet Modi finding a workable way to deal with the nervous Trump.

If we're gonna buy weapons from US, we rather have republicans in power than democrats.
Democrats are in chatoos with our opposition party, and main culprit for gov. Change in Bangladesh, along with being part of global left syndicate.