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Originally Posted by zraver
You are correct in that this is the designed in doctrine with Gripen, it all depends on what India wants of its MRCA. Does India specify this? It would be a bonus, but the extra range of the other fighters is also a bonus.
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That is not part of the design.
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Deep strike missions are going to be hard for the Gripen fully loaded, but that is something that can be leveled at Typhoon, Rafale and S/Hornet. Only the big Su`s come out looking Rosy there.
Don`t get me wrong, I actually admire Gripen, but I think there are better solutions for India. If two engines are indeed specified, as seems correct, Gripen is immediately shown the door alongside the Viper.
In fact, India won`t go very wrong buying E model Eagles. If I were Indian, this is the ship I would go for, huge capacity, cutting edge systems, massive range, powerful motors.
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Then the problem is that why did we get the Su-30s? It would actual make better sense to upgrade the Su-30s with better avionics and better engines.
You have to remember that the MRCA was intented as a stop-gap solution to IAF's declining combat planes and an interim solution was needed until the LCA was brought online to restore or increase IAF's original number of combat planes.