you won't have iads covering the entire airspace at any given time. There will always be holes in the border, space assets will assist in finding the holes, and EW assets will assist in poking the holes making them wider.No absolutely wrong. B1 and tu-160 cannot penetrate modern iads . The b2 and especially the b21 can.
I don't have even 5% belief that we ll buy Tu 160.
How long will it take get those, train and get mission ready?
No absolutely wrong. B1 and tu-160 cannot penetrate modern iads . The b2 and especially the b21 can.
Russia has repeatedly shown that they overestimated their weapons. With those inlets it definitely won’t be stealthy .It depends, but it can.
It's not the physical size that counts, it's the RCS, EW suite and any other defences available. It has better defences than fighters. And it compensates for its large size with speed and range.
If we get something like the B-2 or B-21, PAK DA etc, then we won't need the Tu-160. But stealth bombers aren't yet available to us. The mere possibility of the Tu-160 is a very big deal.
Problem with TU 160 is, its a Russian platform.It depends, but it can.
It's not the physical size that counts, it's the RCS, EW suite and any other defences available. It has better defences than fighters. And it compensates for its large size with speed and range.
If we get something like the B-2 or B-21, PAK DA etc, then we won't need the Tu-160. But stealth bombers aren't yet available to us. The mere possibility of the Tu-160 is a very big deal.
you won't have iads covering the entire airspace at any given time. There will always be holes in the border, space assets will assist in finding the holes, and EW assets will assist in poking the holes making them wider.
You'll need aircraft with high load capacity and enough range to circumvent iads reach the target and that's where these bombers come in if they are ever bought.
Russia has repeatedly shown that they overestimated their weapons. With those inlets it definitely won’t be stealthy .
Problem with TU 160 is, its a Russian platform.
Then tell me what attributed for the failure Russian weapons in Ukrain? How s400 failed to protect Crimea? Even top en SU35s got hit multiple times,, so as KA-52 too.So?
The question should be if a particular Russian platform works as designed.
Simple fact of the matter is, if we don't like it, we won't buy it. Doesn't matter which country it is from.
A lease will be quick. 2 jets a year is possible. And we should be able to keep that going for nearly 10 years or so.
Just 1 bomber can make up for a full MKI squadron.
Source trust me bro.How is this possible : 1 bomber = full mki squad?
It is only LO from the front not from sideways and behind.Depends on what you call stealth. Even the standard Tu-160 has a frontal RCS less than 1m2. Then came the Tu-160M followed by the latest Tu-160M2, with further enhancements.
No one in the analyst or expert circle has either underestimated or overestimated Russian weapons. In fact, in many areas Russian weapons are exceeding expectations, like TOS-1A and Pantsir.
30/06/2022 passed off just like most other days - without any major event . People were outraged . Then Avi Raina came up with another dire prediction which was supposed to happen on 12/07/2022. That day too passed off without any major event . Since then Avi Raina is absconding.How is this possible : 1 bomber = full mki squad?
How is this possible : 1 bomber = full mki squad?
It is only LO from the front not from sideways and behind.
Then tell me what attributed for the failure Russian weapons in Ukrain? How s400 failed to protect Crimea? Even top en SU35s got hit multiple times,, so as KA-52 too.
If Crimea was protected with s400 & the attack on Russian airforce base in Crimea happened, then it clearly a failure of s400.What failure? What's S-400 got to do with Crimea?
Su-35? Ka-52? Even the US has lost many jets and helicopters in poor countries, never mind against a NATO-equipped adversary.
It's like you're assuming the Indian top order batsmen should never get out and bowlers should never give away runs in a cricket match.
If Crimea was protected with s400 & the attack on Russian airforce base in Crimea happened, then it clearly a failure of s400.
US never lost an F15 during any campaign, that bird is their top line fighter, just like su35 of today's Russia.
Then how UKrain managed to attack Crimea?How will the S-400 protect the base in that situation?
Fighting who?
Dude, you need to make sense.
Then how UKrain managed to attack Crimea?
Iraq, yeas they we weak in 2003. But during first gulf war, iraq was a military power. Yugoslavia of mid 90s. US had fought reasonably powerfull countries, similar to current Russia Ukrain conflict.