To: sukhoi-30mki
Isn’t Iran claiming to be building a fighter? Why not take a look at one of those?
2 posted on
02/04/2009 4:13:05 AM PST by
Paladin2
(No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Of course they could buy a real fighter some day when they grow up...
3 posted on
02/04/2009 4:20:38 AM PST by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(The only time I want a Republican reaching across the aisle is to smack a liberal.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
"The MiGs-21s have served India well, but they have also
suffered from poor maintenance and their high crash rates...."
True for most of the world's air forces - nobody does aircraft maintenance like Americans, except maybe the Germans (and Japanese - boy are they picky, picky, picky).
4 posted on
02/04/2009 4:35:53 AM PST by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: sukhoi-30mki; little jeremiah; Indian_Fighter_Kite; Knitting A Conundrum; Hari prasad; ...
Kurukshetra War - Kali Yuga ping...
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5 posted on
02/04/2009 4:38:59 AM PST by
Sir Francis Dashwood
(Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The Russians are always willing to sell their best for a good price. But you will have to do the beta testing on it.
The West will test it before they sell it to you.
11 posted on
02/04/2009 6:31:37 AM PST by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
All things being approximately equal, it is not the aircraft that win the battle, its the pilots. Since these aircraft are approximately equal, it won’t make much of a difference which one they choose (unless they can get F-22s or F-35s...).
They need to update the IAF’s aircraft to keep up with the PLAAF and the Pakis quantitatively and qualitatively, but really, they need to spend more on fuel and training time for the pilots. That is where the real payoff would be.
13 posted on
02/04/2009 7:27:35 AM PST by
Little Ray
(Do we have a Plan B?)
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