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0 pointsdogma11387y ago0 comments

India has nearly 250 SU-30’s which at least they have a chance who in the world would’ve ordered Mig 21’s to scramble against western jets after seeing how Soviet and Arab pilots faired in them against the Israelis in Mirages, F4s and F15/16s between 1967 and 1981?

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godelmachine7y ago· 2 in thread

If you know anything about CAP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_air_patrol , the fighter aircraft which is closest to the intruders responds.

In our case, it happened to be MiG 21.

Had it been Sukhoi-30, we would had shot down at least half a dozen of them.

dogma1138OP7y ago

I think you over estimating what the SU-30 can do; it stands a better chance but what you are describing is unlikely given the armament of the F16s.

The question is still why are the MiG 21s even operating in a contested environment when the opposition is much better armed when there is a better alternative.

godelmachine7y ago

Uh well, I asked the same question yesterday.

MiG 21’s are due to be phased out of service this year. India had signed a deal with France for Dassault Rafale, but the deal stumbled coz opposition party accused the government of misappropriation. Things are a bit clear now and the deal may go through soon, and delivery may take around 2 years, but’s that’s what it is.

India has also signed a deal with Lockheed to produce F16’s indigenously. That may also take a while.

That’s the grim situation here. Our Air Force needs to upgrade the fleet.

Apart from all this, we have created our own Tejas, which is a Light Combat Aircraft, But it will not see action anytime soon.

I personally believe Dassault Rafale can take down F16 Fighting Falcon in a dogfight. What do you think?

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