Service ceiling? I think its on par with F15,or atleast better than Rafale.
Mirage 2000H, MiG-29UPG, Jaguar DARIN III - Medium Multirole Aircraft of IAF
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Rafale have the same service ceiling as Typhoon, simply the french pilot doesn't use stratospheric suit, which limits the altitude at which the Rafale flies so that pilot ejection is always possible.
Officially it's 50000 ft, but with a stratospheric suit it's 65000 ft. It's the same for the Mirage, one day, a slightly curious pilot who was cruising at 50000 ft wanted to see what it would be like if he put on the afterburner and pulled back on the stick.... he found himself at 80000 ft!!!!
Before spreading fantacy figure, should know that 80k is where you find U2.
But the U2 flies at 80000 ft while the Mirage 2000 is only capable of reaching 80000 ft.
Typhoon's supersonic speed is fine, similar to the M2000 and Rafale. Or even the Mig-21. But performance is different, it has higher acceleration and greater G performance at higher speeds. The Swiss tender gave the Typhoon extra points in this metric. For operational use, a speed greater than mach 1.4 is not necessary.
All these aircraft have pretty much the same ceiling. It depends on what suit the pilot's wearing. If he's wearing a g-suit, then he's gonna stay below 15 km altitude, but with a pressure suit he can go above 18 km. Above 18 km, if he's not wearing a pressure suit, his body fluids will boil and kill him in minutes from the inside. So, for safety reasons, they tend to stay below 15Km or 50,000 feet. And that's why you generally see this figure as the standard ceiling.
G-suit
Pressure suit
Not surprising as they have decided to continue with Mig-29 UPG till late next decade. There is no way it would have got the B-Net if it were to be retired completely by the next 3/4 years(original plan).
B-Net is very high-tech SDR and would enable Mig-29UPGs to fully tag with our other airborne/ground based sensors(and much more
) for a full net-centric warfare.
Explain this buddy.Not surprising as they have decided to continue with Mig-29 UPG till late next decade. There is no way it would have got the B-Net if it were to be retired completely by the next 3/4 years(original plan).
B-Net is very high-tech SDR and would enable Mig-29UPGs to fully tag with our other airborne/ground based sensors(and much more
Good that they're equipped with cutting-edge SDR. But with them retiring soon, I don't see the point until IAF sees an eminent war.
When these aircrafts are retired, these components can be removed and reused on other aircrafts.
Basically, new fancy stuff does not necessarily mean airframes are getting life extension.
The aircraft won't be scrapped, just put into storage for many years, so it can be brought out during an emergency.
The same with the Mig-29. It's not necessary that most or all of them will get an extension, but will be upgraded anyway, for emergency use.
Won't the reserve jets attract a lot of cost for regular maintenance? Since we have to keep them in flyable condition to be able to use them during emergencies. And if there's not an emergency anytime soon, then the costs will pile up over time. Will it not be better if we brush them up and sell them to some other country? Because im sure there still are countries which would be interested in the mig 21s and 29s, if the price is good enough. I'm genuinely curious.