IN wants over 200 fighters to not only operate from Carriers but also for the defence of its coastal facilities. They do not want to depend on IAF. As of now even the defence of off shore assets off Mumbai High and Mumbai Itself is with IAF.
IN will go in for a mix of shore based and deck based fighters to meet its needs. It may not go for 100% Deck based fighter fleet.
Seems unlikely. To begin with the IN's needs for the MRCBF weren't considered pressing enough even in the pre Wuhan virus era. In the post Wuhan virus era, procurements would be prioritized especially as far as air assets go with the priority being given to the IAF. W.r.t the IN they have other pressing needs as far as hepters for ASW, utility, SAR, recon, etc apart from more subs, MCMV, etc which were required y'day. The only exception that can be made especially if you consider our pockets would be MiG-29K. We both know the answer to that but then again this is the IN & MoD / GoI we're talking about. So...
IAC1 air wing is a priority but delays in construction means delays in acquisition. The aviation complex at IAC 1 is more versatile than that of Vicky and can accomodate other aircrafts.
We already possess 2 squadrons of MiG-29K for operations on both the ACs. Any additional numbers , probably a squadron of the MiGs , would be to cater to attritions - existing or future, redundancies, etc.
The Arrester wire system of Vikky and IAC-1 has a minimum load limit for trap of 8 tons and max trap limit of 23 tons. That is the only limitation and it does not effect operation of F-18/Rafale as they have an empty weight well above 8 tons and Rafale-M has a max landing weight on Deck of less than 23 tons. But F-18 may be a bit of a problem but they too have fuel dumping system installed to allow the pilot to reduce weight for landing to be within the max trap weight limitation. The system is a problem for LCA. The trial landings done on Vikky by LCA were all with weight above 8 tons.
What IN needs is a long range maritime bomber like Tu22, stationed in areas like AN, arakonam. They can takeoff with heavy load and deliver it against high sea targets. In my opinion IN should concentrate with AC bound aircrafts. The aerial defense of shor must be with IAF & integrated air defense command.
We may not choose any of it, chances for wait till TEDBF to mature is high.
First we should know if both aircraft are compatible with IAC1. Then about their performance on the STOBAR platform. Can they even take off with a respectable load?. Without these cant judge honestly.
If we are inducting SH or Rafale for our AC, there is no point in developing Tedbf, no tedbf nor orca for sure. Will India risks that? I doubt
India seems to have no sense of priorities: what is important for the development of India's aviation industry is to master engine technology. Safran has made multiple proposals to achieve this, which would have cost around $1 billion. And India has always refused, finding it too expensive. And now they want us to believe that India is going to embark on a 10 billion dollar programme over 20 years? I doubt it, or it will only do it because it doesn't understand the difficulty of the task, but it won't prevent the purchase of foreign fighters while waiting for the development.
You never offered us the engine technology, what you have offered is a re engineering work to.mate snecma core with kaveri.
Yeah, indians are not prioritising ways to give easy money to the French.
No, france was not ready to give know how.GTRE Kaveri Engine
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