CAP Talk

Operations => Aviation & Flying Activities => Topic started by: cnitas on February 08, 2011, 01:16:47 PM

Title: New Indian Fighter Jet
Post by: cnitas on February 08, 2011, 01:16:47 PM
http://www.en.rian.ru/world/20110110/162090932.html (http://www.en.rian.ru/world/20110110/162090932.html)

Looks like this has been in the pipeline for a while, but will be a significant improvement in capability from their old Migs. 
Title: Re: New Indian Fighter Jet
Post by: Al Sayre on February 08, 2011, 02:13:45 PM
Vaguely reminiscent of the Mirage III/KFIR.  Interestingly, no canard which seems to be popular with the European fighters it resembles.  At 13 tons, it is pretty light, I'll be interested to see what kind of loads/ranges it has.
Title: Re: New Indian Fighter Jet
Post by: Elioron on February 08, 2011, 09:29:44 PM
Here (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/lca.htm) is another, more in-depth version.
Title: Re: New Indian Fighter Jet
Post by: Smithsonia on February 08, 2011, 10:26:11 PM
India's regional rivals - Pakistan and China have a new export fighter that they've jointly developed - Indonesia is buying JF-17's too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JF-17_Thunder

It looks like an arms race in South Asia.