Thread: SUKHOI 35/37, Do IAF need it ?

Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers

Why?

Do you have a threat perception that can see RAPTORs in combat either with you or against you?

Read my post again in light of India's problem with LCA, upcoming MCA and desire to rule Asia's skies

@Super Dude and OOE: You both have gotten wrong or its that I failed to make myself clear.

Whenever we are talking about rulling the skies, we need to pit the very best in the scene, irrespective of the fact that whether the host nation is a party to such trangress or not but we need to pit the very best and the fact that the Raptors are the Best at the moment is undeniable.

Irrespective of whether or not US sells Raptors or not and irrespective of a war invoving whichever countries, Raptors[if the US govt so wants] would rule the skies. At the moment there's nothing in the arsenal of India-China-Russia-EU to match Raptor. So as long this is the case, Raptors are ruling the skies MCA or not.

You both are free not to agree with me

Originally Posted by Sumku

Whenever we are talking about rulling the skies, we need to pit the very best in the scene,

But that's the point. RAPTORs would not be part of the scene as far as India is concerned, either for or against. Your foes don't have access to RAPTORs and the US is not in an alliance with India. So, RAPTORs should not be part of the consideration in India's desires to rule the skies.

Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers

But that's the point. RAPTORs would not be part of the scene as far as India is concerned, either for or against. Your foes don't have access to RAPTORs and the US is not in an alliance with India. So, RAPTORs should not be part of the consideration in India's desires to rule the skies.

Right. Nor we nor any of our adversaries would be getting a 5G fighter soon.
Only Australia would receive the f-35s...who is not our adversary, and not a part of Asia either.

That is the thing about technology, back in november 2000, the brand new P-3 PC i got became quite old in 2 months. :((, it still worked quite well till 2007 though, all i needed it for was for that MS Word and internet.... )

get the private sector in india involved i bet the ambanis or the tatas or the birlas will have a 5g fighter ready in 5 yrs tops that or reliance will buy lockheed martin and get the raptor

Originally Posted by bengalraider

get the private sector in india involved i bet the ambanis or the tatas or the birlas will have a 5g fighter ready in 5 yrs tops that or reliance will buy lockheed martin and get the raptor

That is an overly optimistic point of view. I had interned in a private sector factory that was on supplying the MOD with tank parts. They were hard pressed to deliver them to specs, let alone provide any improvements. This company was not Tata/ Birla but certainly was not garage shop either. The key point was not comptence, it was reluctance on the part of the management to invest time in trying to perfect the product; they were just interested in meeting the quota with the minimum level of compliance with specs.

PS: In anyone lese I would assume this was a joke but I am accustomed to your happy countenance for normal posts, so thought that this might be a serious proposition after all)