Mirage 2000H, MiG-29UPG, Jaguar DARIN III - Medium Multirole Aircraft of IAF
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We will have to buy more MIG 29 K -- Attrition Replacement
An OLD article ; dated 1978
It is about the selection of a DPSA for IAF
The Three Contenders being Jaguar , Mirage V and Swedish Viggen
https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/...nerates-widespread-interest-823297-2014-11-10
It is about the selection of a DPSA for IAF
The Three Contenders being Jaguar , Mirage V and Swedish Viggen
https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/...nerates-widespread-interest-823297-2014-11-10
Same story paf have purchased mirage and are able to penetrate our air defense we need to purchase sth to fill the gap.
Always reactive air Force ,it's due to lack of foresight that we are always trying catching up and that too against a minion like Pakistan
We see our Success against Pakistan as in 2 ways
1 ) No loss of territory
2 ) We have retaliated against Terror attacks .
Other than that People dont care what we have or Not have
It is only crisis situation that make us focus on long pending acquisitions
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Indian jugaad ka kamal Omani Jaguars refurbished and being inducted.....☺
If at all we should have done the same for mirage 2000.. Not Jaguars.
Couldn't have agreed more.
A Overhauled Mirage 2000 has almost twice the service hours in its airframe compared to a upgraded Mig29UPG.
Plus there were offeres by Qatar a decade ago to sell its Mirage 2000s. UAE has been trying to sell its older Mirage 2000s to Egypt. France itself has stocks of Mirage 2000Mk5 which can be overhauled for upto 10 years more of service.
We should definitely look into this possible option. Because Qatar is buying new fighters, it would be replacing its Mirage 2000s. Same for aircrafts from UAE which is looking to acquire a new fighter type now.
30-40 Mirages bought into service can very well boost our numbers instantly.
And we have invested in HAL to do the overhaul job in India. Would be wise to make its use.
We can always between next 15-18 years of their services add our AESA and weapons to the platform.
Actually we have jigs for Jaguars and we made hundreds of Jaguars in india from scratch. But mirage 2000 were fully imported with no manufacturing facility in india, so it's not possible. Had it been the case, we lost some 10 M2k in an accident those would have been repaired...
Did we lose 10 Mirage 2000's in accidents. I thought the figure was some 2-3 such planes.
How many crashed so far? from what initial number?
It is classical that carrier fighters used to crash more often, but at a certain extent.