Don't get me wrong folks, but SU30MKI is present form is not ready to take on J16, may be with J11s ..
Partially but we don't know how capable Chinese AESA is. From what I've seen or read they have similar performance levels to elm 2052 but with lesser reliability so the uttam will match the Chinese AESA most likely.
Partially but we don't know how capable Chinese AESA is. From what I've seen or read they have similar performance levels to elm 2052 but with lesser reliability so the uttam will match the Chinese AESA most likely.
In terms of fratricide. Indian AD is pretty dense I don't think it's anything to be blamed on the fighter pilots. The fratricide angle is a case of incompetence rather than lack of system coherence.
The indian mki's do have an upgrade path to AESA's. Russians can gives us the fga-50 or a downgraded byelka. We ourselves have the uttam and elm 2052 which would match Russian aesa performance most likely. The problem is we need to pursue them fast.
What about TVC and HMD ? MKI is going to be upgraded with our indigenous AESA.
What about TVC and HMD ?
We will be upgrading with AESA for sure ... For an extra edge against all Chinese Su 27 derivative fighter planes, we have to wait for SFDR-based missiles since in WVR MKI will match with SU35.They are useful in WVR air combat
For BVR , you need a First Look , First Shoot Capabilities ie AESA LPI Radar
And a Strong EW suite to evade the incoming BVR AAMs
However We can say that if Su 30 Could Evade Aim 120 C 5 , then they can handle PL 15
Su 30 has been evaluated against All the Top end Fighters like F 15 , F 16 , Rafale and Eurofighter
J 16 is not superior to them
We will be upgrading with AESA for sure ... For an extra edge against all Chinese Su 27 derivative fighter planes, we have to wait for SFDR-based missiles since in WVR MKI will match with SU35.
we are not going to upgrade the engine since it's a lengthy process and costs lots of money also any indigenous equipment which is under development will be based on the power capacity of the existing equipment. 1st step of upgradation... SDR integrationWhether AESA will happen or they want to upgrade BARS is still not known
What is known is that DARE has built new HBJ and RWR
Radar upgrade also depends on
Engines , I dont think we will buy AL 41
On Twitter , from whatever discussion I have followed , I understand it will be A BARS upgrade / IBRIS Followed by UTTAM
MKI has a heavy nose due to it's heavy radar, it's also heavy due to it's metal construction, not sure how it's going to fare with a lighter airframe powered by higer thurst engines, though i belive MKI may have better AoA..What about TVC and HMD ? MKI is going to be upgraded with our indigenous AESA.
And digital RWRwe are not going to upgrade the engine since it's a lengthy process and costs lots of money also any indigenous equipment which is under development will be based on the power capacity of the existing equipment. 1st step of upgradation... SDR integration
we are not going to upgrade the engine since it's a lengthy process and costs lots of money also any indigenous equipment which is under development will be based on the power capacity of the existing equipment. 1st step of upgradation... SDR integration