Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

[Ultraman]

iaf chief : "we need to do something"

narrator: "nothing was done"


View: https://twitter.com/OsintTV/status/1876589545468440822

1.) If those flights took off from Hotan , they're targeting Ladakh & J&K . Hotan itself is vulnerable to the IAF. Look at the dispersed bases not just in that region in question but also surrounding regions as far as the IAF is concerned.

2.) Immaterial. Paxtan is not going to base PLAAF nor will they be part of this . If they do they'd be nuked . What's more they know it !

3.) That's where we'd be basing the Rafale M along with the MKI.

It's going to be a roughly even contest . It's not going to be a one sided affair your civilian defence enthusiasts think it'd be.

what about mid air refuelling .

 

[Azaad]

iaf chief : "we need to do something"

narrator: "nothing was done"


View: https://twitter.com/OsintTV/status/1876589545468440822



what about mid air refuelling .

Mid air fuelling from where & to where ?

 

[Ultraman]

Mid air fuelling from where & to where ?

tibet itself , take off with full load less fuel, refuel in mid air , or take off from low altitude from outside tibet - refuel in mid air.

 

[Azaad]

tibet itself , take off with full load less fuel, refuel in mid air , or take off from low altitude from outside tibet - refuel in mid air.

Yes I posted about it in one of my replies there. Was under the impression you're talking about refuelling from over Hotan. That's what PLAAF is practising over Tibet including flying from Yunnan over Myanmar and / or over BD into the NE & Eastern India & over Thailand / Myanmar into A&N.

 

[high_IQ_bharatiya_sainik]

MoD Likely to Merge IAF with Navy’s TEDBF Program for Financial Viability and Shared Development – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

How will a possible merger look like at this point? Isn't the preliminary design of AMCA already done? If so no major changes can be made to it's design. If TEDBF indeed evolves into N-AMCA, that would make the 2nd Vikrant class AC obsolete and we will leapfrog to nuclear powered 65K tonnes AC by 2040s. If that's the case, 26 Rafale-M sounds too low in to compensate for the old mig-29k airframes.

 

[bruno]

Hello guys. I propose to you a french made vidéo, with english subtitles, about the story of Rafale in India. Nothing that you may don't know but I would like to have your opinion.
This video was published just before your air chief marshal came to talk about R&D, LCA and all.
And just to be clear, I love India, and can't wait to visit it again.



View: https://youtu.be/_LqIaKSvaYY?si=lPGr0pW0ZvW68NIZ

 

[bruno]

Hello guys. I propose to you a french made vidéo, with english subtitles, about the story of Rafale in India. Nothing that you may don't know but I would like to have your opinion.
This video was published just before your air chief marshal came to talk about R&D, LCA and all.
And just to be clear, I love India, and can't wait to visit it again.



View: https://youtu.be/_LqIaKSvaYY?si=lPGr0pW0ZvW68NIZ

Shit. It is the wrong topic. I thought to post it in Rafale topic instead of here. But anyway. If a moderator wants to move it, go for it. It talks also about IAF at the end (but not only)

 

[Blademaster]

Shit. It is the wrong topic. I thought to post it in Rafale topic instead of here. But anyway. If a moderator wants to move it, go for it. It talks also about IAF at the end (but not only)

Its ok. Make another post in the Rafale thread. Some posters do the same post in multiple threads. This post is appropriate for this thread anyway.

 

[bruno]

I wont spam the forum with my self promotion. But thank you for the proposal.

 

[Blademaster]

I wont spam the forum with my self promotion. But thank you for the proposal.

It is not spam when the content is directly related to the Indian armed forces and it contains educative information.

 

[Spitfire IX]

Emphasising the need for production agencies to adopt advanced manufacturing processes, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh highlighted the importance of involving private players. "I am very convinced that we need to get some private players in. We need to have competition. We need to have multiple sources available so that people are wary of losing their orders," he reportedly stated, adding, "Otherwise, things will not change."

https://www.business-standard.com/external-affairs-defence-security/news/still-awaiting-tejas-from-2010-deal-iaf-chief-as-china-tests-sixth-gen-jet-125010800631_1.html

I agree with the Air Chief Marshall. Any chance of India getting its head out of the state-owned sand and turning onto the road to success in the domain of designing and building fighter aircraft?

If India carries on with its current approach, it risks never becoming a reliable supplier to its own air force force, let alone a major supplier of fighters to other countries.