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2007-02-02 India-Pakistan

Boeing offers joint production of F-18 fighters in India

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Posted by john 2007-02-02 15:16|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And last month, Russia made known its intention to bid for the IAF order with its MiG-23, essentially a Mig-29 with a slightly different profile but with a more powerful engine.

I assume they meant Mig-33?

Posted by xbalanke 2007-02-02 15:33|| 2007-02-02 15:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Must have : "http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mig-33.htm"
That is the upgraded/enhanced version of the MiG 29.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-02-02 16:51|| 2007-02-02 16:51|| Front Page Top

#3 What, no SU-27's?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-02-02 17:05|| 2007-02-02 17:05|| Front Page Top

#4 India is already buying 190 SU-30 MKIs (modernized version of the SU-27 with French, Israeli and Indian subsystems).

Posted by john 2007-02-02 17:13|| 2007-02-02 17:13|| Front Page Top

#5 And the F-18 comes with a tailhook.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-02-02 17:50|| 2007-02-02 17:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Can't land on the current Indian Carrier (the ex-HMS Hermes), the one they've bought from Russia (the refurbished Admiral Gorshkov) or the one they're building right now in an Indian shipyard (the ADS project).
The Viraat flies Harriers and the Vikramaditya and the home built carrier will use Mig-29Ks and Naval version of the LCA.

Posted by john 2007-02-02 18:27|| 2007-02-02 18:27|| Front Page Top

#7 But the F-18 comes with advanced sensors and some cool air to ground weaponry that the IAF seems to like.

Not to mention that it is one aircraft that the Chinese have no knowledge of. The Chinese have SU-30 MKKs of their own, and got one F-16 from Pakistan to reverse engineer.

Posted by john 2007-02-02 18:31|| 2007-02-02 18:31|| Front Page Top

#8 I think we should sell the retired F-14 fleet to India : only Iran has any others in use. Update the avionics, flight controls, and radar, and sell them the whole fleet and spares. Since the F-14 is/was a naval fighter, if the Indians even do get a proper carrier, it would serve them well. Also, the Tomcat had a good CAS capability towards the end of its service life in the USN : enhance that a bit. Of course, the Indians would need an updated Phoenix missile and AAMRAMs to really bring out the air superiority fighter aspect of the Tomcat.
Plus, since it is a now-boneyarded aircraft, the Indians could build spares and updates for it in India with no major issues.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-02-02 18:56|| 2007-02-02 18:56|| Front Page Top

#9 What should we do with the Kitty Hawk when it is retired in '08? Hmmm. We could spend $750 million plus to decommission and dispose of it, or we could find a suitable buyer for it. Hmmm. What to do.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-02-02 20:05|| 2007-02-02 20:05|| Front Page Top

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