Optionally Manned Combat Aircraft - OMCA (2 Viewers)

[liberalredditor]

HAL conducted maiden flight of Unmanned Kiran aircraft - IADN

The HAL conducted maiden flight of Combat Air Teaming System-Optionally Manned Combat Aircraft (CATS-OMCA) or...

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DozWPFh_pS4

did we get a look at this aircraft in aero india 2025?

 

[liberalredditor]

this program should be brought to mig21, jaguar, mig27 and in future to retired mig29 upg/k.

 

[randombully]

this program should be brought to mig21, jaguar, mig27 and in future to retired mig29 upg/k.

It will be

 

[liberalredditor]

It will be

then we can send our mig21 and 9/11 into rawalpindi hq

 

[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

this program should be brought to mig21, jaguar, mig27 and in future to retired mig29 upg/k.

operating old aircraft (mig 21 nd jaguar retirement) cost us money in their upgrade nd maintenance....will it give us that much advantage?? i mean we can mimic aircrafts in enemy space by target drones etc. nd loitering munition can play sucide mission. we can saturate enemy space by swarm drones.
In my opinion these old aircrafts should given to museum, airports, theme hotel/restaurant etc for beautification.

 

[liberalredditor]

operating old aircraft (mig 21, jaguar etc) cost us money in their upgrade nd maintenance....will it give us that much advantage?? i mean we can mimic aircrafts in enemy space by target drones etc. nd loitering munition can play sucide mission. we can saturate enemy space by swarm drones.
In my opinion these old aircrafts should given to museum, airports, theme hotel etc.

these old aircraft with some little maintenance can still carry dumb bombs, we can use it as a dump truck for bombs, in this way your fighters are free and can do the main role, ie interception, air superiority and precision strikes.
more over if the aircraft is in its last breath, you can use it as bvr or wvr practise, or use it as kamikaze, just drop the whole aircraft with full fuel and dumb bombs and measure the radius of fireball and bodies charred in rawalpindi.

if you retire, sq strength goes down, if you use, pilot life in risk, so be in the middle ground. moreover quantity is welcome, even if it is old, you dont have to fly it everyday though, little maintenance would suffice.

 

[randombully]

operating old aircraft (mig 21 nd jaguar retirement) cost us money in their upgrade nd maintenance....will it give us that much advantage?? i mean we can mimic aircrafts in enemy space by target drones etc. nd loitering munition can play sucide mission. we can saturate enemy space by swarm drones.
In my opinion these old aircrafts should given to museum, airports, theme hotel/restaurant etc for beautification.

They are already in service so Don't need to spend money to buy them.
Their one way range is more than 1000km.
They are supersonic.
They can also be used as test platforms to test new tech.


Few fighter jets will be sent to museums, aviation related institutions, gov. Biuldings etc.