Indian Air Force: News & Discussions (21 Viewers)

[shade2]

You guys are being too much blackpilled. Go touch some grass duh. India has been at worst time. You guys forgetting we had nothing indigenous at all at one point in time. Atleast we have become self reliant in many things in last few decades. We used even import ammunition. So calm down. And don't think too negatively. Have patience things takes time to improve. Whether that is economy or defence. Imagine if Kalam & his friends had been blackpilled or founder of ISRO had been blackipilled what would have happened?

Dont think the situation viz bvraam missiles and aircraft platforms will improve for the better, dalals are too strong.
Thank god we have S400 atleast.

I thought atleast we will buy some quantity of Rafale in G2G and that will help but there's no point paying the premium on it if Meteor can't be used.

Better get more Su30mki/Su57 but woh bhi nahi hoga.

 

[FalconSlayers]

I haven't been this blackpilled for a long time over the state of the air force.

There is no hope for the future either, even selling the country to the US as a vassal will not mean much as they will just include us and Paki in their ((( allies ))) harem like Greece & Turkey, where neither of the two dare attack the other conventionally, except Turkey doesn't support terrorists against Greece.

TLDR we could get those AIM-120 wundermissiles but we won't be able to use them against the deserving country.

Another reality check, even if we had Meteors, it would've been downgraded export versions, not actual ones. No country sells the same missile variants they use themselves, even pakis use downgraded PL-15E. Same with SCALP missiles, no wonder one of them malfunctioned and crash landed midway instead of hitting Sargodha airbase while the BrahMos missiles struck the targets unchallenged.

Pure junk of a deal. Raked in $1.2 bn for "India specific enhancements" - Not happened. Question... will the french ever buy any military hardware from India even if they have the requirement and Indian system is actually best suited for them overall? I don't think so, as they think of us as mere customers not partners. Otherwise they would've onboarded us in the Rafale weapons package, and included our missiles with the aircraft as OEM package. Why? Because Rafale doesn't even have an anti-radiation missile, and guess what, they will repeat the same circus if you go to them to integrate Rudram-3 missiles which the "inferior Russian Flankers" are firing effortlessly. The entire deal is a sham, if not a scam.

 

[redpanda]

Dont think the situation viz bvraam missiles and aircraft platforms will improve for the better, dalals are too strong.
Thank god we have S400 atleast.

I thought atleast we will buy some quantity of Rafale in G2G and that will help but there's no point paying the premium on it if Meteor can't be used.

Better get more Su30mki/Su57 but woh bhi nahi hoga.

It will improve. What if Meteors are integrated and you folks are crying over nothing? Think about that scenario. IAF could have just not used it. Because they thought MICA is enough..

 

[FalconSlayers]

Imagine being a shameless beggar "saar pleej deliver on time saar pleej".

View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1940088911340224610

It will improve. What if Meteors are integrated and you folks are crying over nothing? Think about that scenario. IAF could have just not used it. Because they thought MICA is enough..

Sure, show us a single evidence for it. None exist. No meteor recovered in pakistan coz they were never fired, and only MICA was visible in the debris over Bathinda.

 

[redpanda]

Imagine being a shameless beggar "saar pleej deliver on time saar pleej".

View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1940088911340224610

Sure, show us a single evidence for it. None exist. No meteor recovered in pakistan coz they were never fired, and only MICA was visible in the debris over Bathinda.

Show me evidence of your claim then? Other than some twitter rants. Since X happened somewhere that doesn't mean Y has happened in another place. Because thinking that would be a fallacy. Untill there is no concrete evidence of your claim. We don't know if meteor is integrated or not. Just because something isn't known doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

 

[shade2]

It will improve. What if Meteors are integrated and you folks are crying over nothing? Think about that scenario. IAF could have just not used it. Because they thought MICA is enough..

Used to think the same but after the terrorists onleee ROE boogaloo they could have used it in the later days of Op Sindoor.

I mean the S400s and were hitting their targets.

Only explanation is Meteor wasn't integrated/certified/tested for use, that is if we actually had them in the first place

 

[Corvus Splendens]

What if Meteors are integrated

No. The A2A kill profiles don't match Meteor usage.

 

[redpanda]

I'm just asking you guys to calm down. You guys cry too much. This is the issue with Indian defence nerds. A few years later some guys here would be crying about how Op Sindoor too was useless. Have some faith. And atleast appreciate things which are good. And what this country has become other the year. Being critical of certain aspects is fine. But being overly pessimistic and exxaggarating every problem is not a good thing. Assuming that nothing will happen, nothing will change is a very myopic view. Because this country has changed overtime. You guys have seen it yourself overtime. Things could always improve. I also think we shouldn't exaggerate the positives too.

Blackpilling contribute very little to the discussions. Because it always has a predetermined outlook of "Nothing will improve", "Nothing will change", "Nothing will happen". Yet in real world things happen for good or bad, best or worst. So there is the possibility of things improving as well. Just like there is possibility of something going bad.

I'm not asking anyone to be overtly optimistic either. But I'm just saying being too pessimistic and theory crafting something bad will happen is not helpful. We should avoid that.

 

[redpanda]

Imagine being a shameless beggar "saar pleej deliver on time saar pleej".

View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1940088911340224610

Sure, show us a single evidence for it. None exist. No meteor recovered in pakistan coz they were never fired, and only MICA was visible in the debris over Bathinda.

Doesn't mean it isn't integrated. Because one could argue Rafale were primarily geared towards A2G role thanks to that stupid ROE. I'm not french dalal, but just putting a counterpoint here.

I am not denying the possibility of the French buggers being stingy. They probably could have stopped the integration process over money.

 

[silentassassin265]

Imagine being a shameless beggar "saar pleej deliver on time saar pleej".

View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1940088911340224610

Sure, show us a single evidence for it. None exist. No meteor recovered in pakistan coz they were never fired, and only MICA was visible in the debris over Bathinda.

Is 2nd engine delivered?
It's July already.

 

[randombully]

Doesn't mean it isn't integrated. Because one could argue Rafale were primarily geared towards A2G role thanks to that stupid ROE. I'm not french dalal, but just putting a counterpoint here.

Chalo mu khol hi dete hai.
In rafale deal signed in 2016.
Deliveries began in 2019 and delivery of all 36 rafales was completed in July 2022.
According to the deal 35 out of 36 jets ordered would be rafale f3R standard and last 36th jet( which was also test bed of India specific enhancements for 2+years) will include all India specific enhancements(ISE).


So by July 2022, we had 35 rafale F3R and 1 rafale F3RI(ISE), the plan was then to upgrade those remaining 35 jets to ISE standard over time.

Now that last 36th rafale, can fire meteor, the meteor integration on it was done in 2021 during testing along with integration and testing of meteor on French airforce rafale, which declared the missile "combat-ready" with French airforce on March 4 2021.

So meteor integration on rest of 35 rafales was supposed to done along with their upgrade to ISE standard.

Now that's where the problem rises, there has been delay by French side on upgrading the rest of rafalse to ISE standard, some have been upgraded but lot of fleet is not upgraded to ISE standard even now, even though according to the plan by now most of our rafales should have been upgraded to ISE standard by now


So that's the meteor saga, and also why frenchies were becoming Dhanwan with fuselage local production in india and other things.

 

[randombully]

Another reality check, even if we had Meteors, it would've been downgraded export versions, not actual ones.

Na, full capability.
We paid extra for that.

 

[snakeeyes07]

Chalo mu khol hi dete hai.
In rafale deal signed in 2016.
Deliveries began in 2019 and delivery of all 36 rafales was completed in July 2022.
According to the deal 35 out of 36 jets ordered would be rafale f3R standard and last 36th jet( which was also test bed of India specific enhancements for 2+years) will include all India specific enhancements(ISE).


So by July 2022, we had 35 rafale F3R and 1 rafale F3RI(ISE), the plan was then to upgrade those remaining 35 jets to ISE standard over time.

Now that last 36th rafale, can fire meteor, the meteor integration on it was done in 2021 during testing along with integration and testing of meteor on French airforce rafale, which declared the missile "combat-ready" with French airforce on March 4 2021.

So meteor integration on rest of 35 rafales was supposed to done along with their upgrade to ISE standard.

Now that's where the problem rises, there has been delay by French side on upgrading the rest of rafalse to ISE standard, some have been upgraded but lot of fleet is not upgraded to ISE standard even now, even though according to the plan by now most of our rafales should have been upgraded to ISE standard by now


So that's the meteor saga, and also why frenchies were becoming Dhanwan with fuselage local production in india and other things.

^^^^^^^^^
@BON PLAN

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Chalo mu khol hi dete hai.
In rafale deal signed in 2016.
Deliveries began in 2019 and delivery of all 36 rafales was completed in July 2022.
According to the deal 35 out of 36 jets ordered would be rafale f3R standard and last 36th jet( which was also test bed of India specific enhancements for 2+years) will include all India specific enhancements(ISE).


So by July 2022, we had 35 rafale F3R and 1 rafale F3RI(ISE), the plan was then to upgrade those remaining 35 jets to ISE standard over time.

Now that last 36th rafale, can fire meteor, the meteor integration on it was done in 2021 during testing along with integration and testing of meteor on French airforce rafale, which declared the missile "combat-ready" with French airforce on March 4 2021.

So meteor integration on rest of 35 rafales was supposed to done along with their upgrade to ISE standard.

Now that's where the problem rises, there has been delay by French side on upgrading the rest of rafalse to ISE standard, some have been upgraded but lot of fleet is not upgraded to ISE standard even now, even though according to the plan by now most of our rafales should have been upgraded to ISE standard by now


So that's the meteor saga, and also why frenchies were becoming Dhanwan with fuselage local production in india and other things.

Frenchies are trying to get more Rafale orders in exchange of expediting Meteor integration no doubt. And we're not giving up on Astra and SAAW integration either. There were 13 ISEs I believe.

1. Rafael HMDs
2. Souped up SPECTRA and RWR trained with local adversary data
3. High altitude cold start
4. Low band jammers
5. Meteor, SCALP and MICA all three were to be integrated together
6. RAM coating
7. Flight recorder with extended 10 hour endurance
8. Indigenous IFF
9. Longer range IRST
10. IAF standard Comm link and Data link
11. Modified cockpit displays
12. Spares and full MRO
13. Misc ground crew tools and stuff

 

[randombully]

Frenchies are trying to get more Rafale orders in exchange of expediting Meteor integration no doubt.

We already paid extra for those Meteors as part of ISE package, there should be no additional expectations by frenchies to fulfill the contract already paid for.

And we're not giving up on Astra and SAAW integration either.

That's a seprate matter from delays in ISE upgrade already paid for.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

We already paid extra for those Meteors as part of ISE package, there should be no additional expectations by frenchies to fulfill the contract already paid for.

They want MRFA real bad. They can just conjure up excuses and keep asking behind closed doors for additional orders to expedite upgrades. Us being us are obviously trying to make further negotiations.

 

[maximus777]

They want MRFA real bad. They can just conjure up excuses and keep asking behind closed doors for additional orders to expedite upgrades. Us being us are obviously trying to make further negotiations.

Is there no legal recourse to arms deals? If one party effs up, shouldn't there be punitive clauses?!?

 

[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

Chalo mu khol hi dete hai.
In rafale deal signed in 2016.
Deliveries began in 2019 and delivery of all 36 rafales was completed in July 2022.
According to the deal 35 out of 36 jets ordered would be rafale f3R standard and last 36th jet( which was also test bed of India specific enhancements for 2+years) will include all India specific enhancements(ISE).


So by July 2022, we had 35 rafale F3R and 1 rafale F3RI(ISE), the plan was then to upgrade those remaining 35 jets to ISE standard over time.

Now that last 36th rafale, can fire meteor, the meteor integration on it was done in 2021 during testing along with integration and testing of meteor on French airforce rafale, which declared the missile "combat-ready" with French airforce on March 4 2021.

So meteor integration on rest of 35 rafales was supposed to done along with their upgrade to ISE standard.

Now that's where the problem rises, there has been delay by French side on upgrading the rest of rafalse to ISE standard, some have been upgraded but lot of fleet is not upgraded to ISE standard even now, even though according to the plan by now most of our rafales should have been upgraded to ISE standard by now


So that's the meteor saga, and also why frenchies were becoming Dhanwan with fuselage local production in india and other things.

If our rafale hvnt meteor BVR missiles, why they flying near border to get hit by pakistani missiles??? they can easily shoot SCALP missiles from 500 km range. where no pakistani sam nd bvr missile can hit it. seems like our planners r stupid. if we r not targetting pakistani aircrafts, then rafale should launch SCALP from 250 km far away LOC. We got our last rafale in 2022, so meteor integration not happened from 2 years in our rafale is biggest stupidity. coz its our front line fighters.

 

[Tumba]

If our rafale hvnt meteor BVR missiles, why they flying near border to get hit by pakistani missiles??? they can easily shoot SCALP missiles from 500 km range. where no pakistani sam nd bvr missile can hit it. seems like our planners r stupid. if we r not targetting pakistani aircrafts, then rafale should launch SCALP from 250 km far away LOC. We got our last rafale in 2022, so meteor integration not happened from 2 years in our rafale is biggest stupidity. coz its our front line fighters.

Because IAF is fckin stupid they were launching 50km range Hammers from LOC

With ROE of not hitting any military assets of porks what a fckinh foolish strategy and what we gained out of that some political brownie points we attacked terrorist only but pork military attacked us …
Fckin stupidity both from IAF and political babus …

Would have just fckin send 40 SU30 MKI on first night and fcked up whole terrorist infra if ROE was not to rape pork military…

Still porks would have provided us ample opportunity by trying to attack us after that we could have just cleaned up the pork air force SAAB fleet as a warning …

We have fckin thousands of brahmos with hundreds at the end of thr service life …

IAF is a like a BBC nigga who is too gentle to just put 10% of his dick on the porki raand as not to hurt porki raand too much but pork whore can take may b 50% of IAF BIG FCKIn DICK

 

[jaijaganath]

Dont think the situation viz bvraam missiles and aircraft platforms will improve for the better, dalals are too strong.
Thank god we have S400 atleast.

I thought atleast we will buy some quantity of Rafale in G2G and that will help but there's no point paying the premium on it if Meteor can't be used.

Better get more Su30mki/Su57 but woh bhi nahi hoga.

Even though if meteor isn't integrated throughout the fleet even then it makes sense to procure more rafales

Call me french dalal or whatever
I know these scums are, but commit to a platform
Meteor can be integrated through out the fleet other integrations can be done if govt is serious with negotiation, even indigenous weapons too

What will you do with only 35 rafales in future if u go for su-57/f-35
Logistics and supply chain cant be justified for just 35 rafales in future
We have invested a lot in the platform induction we cant let that money go in vain
Infact we got golden opportunity to milk rafales
Being angry with a platform of its manufacturer wont help us in any way