The Russians still don't have fire and forget atgm. There artillery is nowhere close to the accuracy of French artillery. Sure they have more numbers but they don't have the sophistication, accuracy and automation of the French military.
The sophistication doesn't make up for vast difference in no. Of artillery Russians have over French.
What about upcoming aews/awacs from DRDO?
In fact, no, when we detect a need where we are ready to buy, there is always a company that says "here is an opportunity to diversify" for example:
Generally, we don't try to supply Europe or the US; for others, we often have needs before they do. India is a special case, but we still manage to sell you systems until you want to do everything yourself.
The war in Ukraine has clearly demonstrated one thing: in today's world, endurance and production capacity are as crucial as technological superiority. Europe, and France in particular, are relearning what it means to prepare for a high-intensity and prolonged war. In this context, it is now clear that we cannot rely exclusively on limited national supply chains; we need trusted industrial partners with exceptional scale, resilience, and adaptability.
I wouldn't lay much stock in India being the kind of industrial hub supporting le Francais or even European endeavours in this field if I were le Francais .
Someone 1st please define 7gen.
No amount of software can outdo pure Hardware. Everybody was hyping up that Chinese AI using inferior gpu for processing and now nobody cares anymore. The thing with software is optimization matters most from my limited understanding. Superior hardware will run the same software more easily provided the software integration is well done. There is a reason why Iphone dominates over flagship android phones even though they have inferior hardware. But that inferior hardware argument goes out the window if apple could integrate and optimize their OS on the superior hardware packed phone.Why people going off-topic on GCAP thread with army & naval weapons?
MiG-41 Sales pitch, 7gen hypersonic space fighter, that too for IAF, here also.
Engineering - Aeronautical, Computer/IT, Electronics & telecom, etc, H/w driven Vs S/w driven, before passing statements directly related to Engineering, 1st people should know the basics of Computer Engineering, basics of CPU & programming, protocols stack like OSI, TCP/IP, etc. People can check 8085/8086 taught in B.E./B.Tech. degreee in colleges. How many know diff. b/w Ethernet Vs Fiber Channel protocols? Both have been used in fighter jets.
My MNC colleagues literally ROFLed
Software has been there since decades now. Consumer electronics like watches, washing machine, etc, anything with LCD/LED panel, also has tiny script of code. But S/w driven tech means something else. Everything cannot be offloaded to S/w completely. Just adding AI/ML is not enough.
H/w defiines the ultimate performance limit. S/w can enhance but not transform the H/w. S/w is custom made for every H/w.
Our DRDO is coming up with many good things & we need the AMCA but if it is better than GCAP, FCAS then USA should stick to F-22, F-35. No NGAD, F/A-XX needed.
