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To: USNBandit

Don't worry,India operates a range of medium range AAMs including the Russian AA-12 Adder(rated to be analogous to the AMRAAM),AA-10 ALAMO which are carried on its Mig-29s,SU-30s & Mig-21UPGs(upgraded variants) & will probably acquire the Israeli Derby for it's carrier borne Sea Harriers & Since it is set to buy a huge number of Mirage-2005s from France(120jets) the MICA medium range AAM is a near certainity.The Pakis don't have anything like this as of now ,with only the (still in development) Chinese SD-10 & possibly the AMRAAM.Moreover India is buying the Israeli Phalcon AWACS which will be mounted on the Russian IL-76 ,giving it's AF far greater C4I capabilities than the PAF or the PLAAF.If you do a google search on China's new J-10 fighter,ul think it's a cousin of the F-16 & there were rumours that the Pakis leased a F-16 to China in the early 90s & oh they do have a highway through the Himalayas through to Tibet, known as the Karakoram highway & which various intell agencies have stated has been used to transport missiles from China -an AMRAAM can be transported with a minimum degree of fuzz.


9 posted on 09/22/2004 5:57:26 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Thanks for making my point. Why give the Paks AMRAAM only to have them give one to the Chinese. It is bad enough having the Chinese field a weapon that looks just like a Python-3.


11 posted on 09/22/2004 8:24:51 AM PDT by USNBandit (Florida military absentee voter number 537.)
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