In 2012, then defence minister A K Antony informed Parliament that out of 872 MiG aircraft purchased from Russia more than half were lost in crashes. In the last 60 years, more than 200 pilots and 60 civilians lost life in these crashes. So by 2012 400 plus of that fighter jet never got the chance to get retired . Then there is more to add after 2012 . I wonder what ll be cost of man and materials . Crores are invested in maintaining these machines and training the pilots .
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In 2012, then defence minister A K Antony informed Parliament that out of 872 MiG aircraft purchased from Russia more than half were lost in crashes. In the last 60 years, more than 200 pilots and 60 civilians lost life in these crashes. So by 2012 400 plus of that fighter jet never got the chance to get retired . Then there is more to add after 2012 . I wonder what ll be cost of man and materials . Crores are invested in maintaining these machines and training the pilots .
Chini numbers made by a chini guy. There is no open source numbers to compare with PLAAF.
Some numbers like Mig and mirage are so wrong its better not to comment. Looks like he missed 100+ imported Migs from the total count.
One obvious variable missing here is the total hours and years that the type of aircraft used. Mig-21 served 55+ years in various types. Canada lost 5% of F-104 in something like 25 years. Useless charts for the most parts.
What are you talking about? You can look at the Twitter blogger I quoted. He is an Indian who just watches the PLA
He's not comparing the PLA, he's comparing India and other so-called democracies,
You're fooling yourself
Nope Chinese handle. He makes basic mistakes which a normal indian watcher will never do on other threads.
How do you not recognize the red flag of the party? Look for Su-30MKK.
Look, I'm not comparing China and India, I'm comparing India and other democracies
These numbers are not directly comparable without additional information on usage. For example, ROC inducted the Mirage 2000 in 1997, and we have been using the Mirage since 1985. That's a 12-year difference.
There is no way to make a 100% rigorous comparison using public information, but you can draw conclusions from a rough comparison, For example, a more reasonable comparison between India and France, or a comparison of the accident rates of Mirage 2000 in Taiwan and India after 1997
French operated 5 times more mirages and they are the OEM. Large numbers help. In 272 MKIs operated only 12 crashes.