Those wargames taht you're having with russia are for this purpose:
The purpose of the military exercises is to test the reliability of signal communication ... so as to prevent possible dangerous military
activities in the border areas and maintain peace and stability in the region," official media on Friday quoted Liu as saying.
Its a bl00dy failsafe of sorts.. no training of troops..
the indian airforce stats are not going to go past 190 hours if it did it would
write 190+. it didn't say max 180 hours just said 180 hours and with those 180hours chinas 228 su-27 and 90-100 j-11 and 176 su-30 planes would
easily overcome the small indian airforce thats 494 su fighters with 180 hours training againest indias 30-40 su-30s.
Well then they can't say 181+ also then can they?? Maybe FAS knows thats ita 181.78 hrs or something..

What 180+ means is is its definitely more than 180 hours but the figure is unknown..
And what one trains in those 180 hours or less is v. v. important too..
What flight regime does china employ..
Mostly probably russian.. (correct me if I'm wrong with a source)
The IAF has found numerous shortcomings in the Russian engaging techniques and has incorporated a meld of many enagaing techniques
(french/british/Israeli) to get the most out of it..
Thats why we see those arabs/yugoslavs getting shot down soo easily against their american counterparts.. They probably use the russian regime
too..
And you got to train with tthe french/british etc etc. to prove one self worthy of "exchanging" engaging techniques...Can't do it sitting at
home..
thats why the americans were stunned at Cope India and Cope thunder for they expected the IAF to stick to russian engagements methods
The exercise you got planned with Russia was as mentioned above no "exercise" but a sysytem put in place to avoid accidental
skirmishes..

Also the Russians and the chinese HAVE (be happy

) planned in 05 I think but its purely naval..that I can assure..
Same with the French thing.. purely naval.. We have naval exercises with
the US, Russia, UK,France...
But our concern is tibet and navies don't come into the picture..
Now to address your Su-30 claims..
the IAF will have over 150 Su-30 MKIs soon.. not 40 etc..
THe Su-30 MKI is considerably superior to the chinese Su-30MKK in air
superiority roles..
U2U w4rlord and ask him.. the chinese ones are purely meant for anti-ship/naval roles.. thats where the sunburn comes in..
The PLAAF has NO TVC, and has the Zhuk radar which is inferior to the N0-11M onboard the Su-30 MKI...
So the MKI is superior to the MKK in BVR,MVR and VR combat..
game, set, match..
Here are w4rlords statements:
About the Su-30s,i thought i'll bring it up,The Su-30MKKs were meant for anti ship and as a fighter-bomber,not as an aerial supremacy fighter
like the MKI,so you cannot compare those two going one on one,likewise for anti-ship or bombing capabilities the MKK would win.It seems like I am the
only Chinese/Indian person not to get warned
what areas are you talking about the chinese indian border is in two places. ones mountainous(very hard fight. difficult to advance) and the
other is jungle.
huh??!! come again??
jungle or mountainous.. IAF bases are MUCH closer to the Indo-China Border than PLAAF ones.. Even a five year old can tell that!!!
And did you FIND
Yinchuan finally?

THIS SHOWS YOUR COMPLETE MISUNDERING OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALLER COUNTRIES IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA THAT FEAR THE
RISE OF CHINA IT WOULD BE STUPID TO SEND A LOT OF MILITARY PERSONAL OVERSEAS. EVEN IF ITS HUMANITARIAN. IT LOOKS LIKE A ACT OF AGRESSION. you dont get
military experience from peace keeping (except iraq)
What is wrong with you??!!

one more statement like taht and you WILL get on my ignore list!!
UK UN operations abroad:
UNFICYP (Cyprus): 431
MONUC (Congo): 6
UNMEE (Ethiopia/Eritrea): 3 including 1 observer
UNOMIG (Georgia) 7 observers
UNOMSIL (Sierra Leone): 21 including 14 observers
ARe they scared of someone.. well used to be scared of the USSR but not now..
I won't even include US ops under UN..
. you might be fighting militants(big deal) or pakistan but your helicopters are going to be useless againest hand-held SAMs.
our chinese RAMBOs got these babys
The Qian Wei-1 (QW-1) is the second-generation shoulder-launched, IR-homing, 'fire-and-forget' air defence missile of the PLA. The missile was
developed in the early 1990s as a successor to the HN-5. The missile entered service in the mid-1990s in a small number. The missile is said to be
similar in designs and performance to the U.S. FIM-92A Stinger.
And what do think the militants/Pakistanis have for anti-air.. bows n arrows??
Twigs?? stones??
Do you know what handhled missiles these militants operate??
The best of US and Russian stuff...
How do you think all those US helis keep going down in Iraq??
The militants have stingers,IGLAs.. the best the world has to offer in hand held jazz..
And in contrast to the US in Iraq... The IAF lost JUST ONE Mi-17 in Kargil and preve anti insurgency ops..just 1..
And yes those chinese helis dont look so good ..
Wait they're modified civil helis!!
modified Eurocopter AS365N1 Dauphins!!
Check out the Mi-24s and Mi35s respectively in contrast!
The Mirage 2000H..Yes..Thanks for the pic its a good one..
The Mirage2000H plain is comparable to the F-16 blk 50/60 types..
The IAF ones have many Israeli/Indian upgrades for avionics radar etc..
I'd say a pretty good jet..
Maximal armament weight : 5,900 kg [Mirage 2000C]
6,200 kg (9 store stations) [Mirage 2000D]
Power plant / Thrust : SNECMA M 53 P2 jet engine / 9.7 t with afterburner
Maximum Speed Mach 1,2 [low altitude]
Mach 2,2 [high altitude]
Rate of Climb 17,000 m/min
Ceiling Above 50,000 ft / 16,500 m
Combat Radius
* 800 nm (1,475 km) w/
4 250-kg bombs
* 1,000 nm (1,850 km) w/
2 1,700-liter drop tanks
* 1,800 nm (3,335 km) max fuel w/
2 1,700-liter + 1 1,300-liter drop tanks
In-Flight Refueling Yes
Fuel capacity : [Mirage 2000C]
3,950 l internal / 8,000 l maximal / in-flight refuelling [Mirage 2000D]
3,1 t internal / 6,2 t maximal / In-flight refuelling
Sensors RDI radar (interceptor), RWR, Advanced bombsight
Drop Tanks 1700 L drop tank 1358 kg of fuel for 188 nm of range
1300 L drop tank 1038 kg of fuel for 144 nm of range
Armament
* Cannon : 2 GIAT DEFA 554 de 30 mm
* Air-air : missiles MICA, Magic 2, Super 530F,Super 530D Sky Flash.
* Air-ground bombs : BGL 1000, BM400, BAP 100
* Air-ground missiles : Durandal, Belouga, Armat, Apache, Scalp, AS30L, AM39, ASMP
TYPICAL LOADS
2 AM.39 Exocet, 1 1300 L drop Tank (855 nm)
1 1300 L drop tank, 2 ARMAT, 2 R.550 Magic (885 nm)
1 1300 L drop tank, 2R.500 Magic, 2 R.530D (885 nm)
4 Belouga, 2 1700 L drop tank, 2 R.550 Magic (1094 nm)
18 EU2 250 kg bombs (756 nm)
Don't know how the J-10 compares but you can compare stat for stat if you like.. I'm too tired now..
As for the flying coffin bit..
Well yes there is a problem with convrsion from sub/transonic jets too and that is sorted out by the Hawks..
Its got nothing to do with pilot skills once they get the hang of the MiG21..
It a problem with the sub to supersonic conversion for rookies..
So the skills issue is not affected..
an excerpt from one of the articles you gave links too..
But there is no denying the fact that the MiG 21 poses a real challenge to a young trainee pilot with around 250 hours of flying experience on
docile trainer aircraft like the HPT 32 and the Kiran. Due credit must go to those who fly this difficult machine smoothly.
the indian airforce doens't have alot of mirage and mig-29s
IAF contains 40 Mirage 2000-5 aircraft, 40 SU-30MKI aircraft[7], 93 Mig-29 interceptors and 88 Anglo-French Jaguar deep-strike attack aircraft
Man thats a lot of aircraft.. I doubt any other country has those many aircraft of the abv mentioned types except for the parent countries
themselves..
And remember at least 140 Su30 MKIs..50 as of now only..
Plus all the abv mentioned aircraft are upgraded w.r.t. avionics,radar & missiles..
ALL of them are comparable to PLAAF aircraft as good as the J-10 or better..
MiG21 bis in the IAF are actually better than the FC-1..will dig up info on both and then post...
And we haven't even included the 126 jets the IAF's is going to get very soon
They could be Rafales/grippens/F-16/Mirage 2005s..
All superior to the J-10..
Then there's the LCA in 2007..Again I will compare it to the J-10 and then post..
Finally.. recent wars DO help in exponentially improving a militarys strike capabilities.. we have a thread on that right here at weaponry ATS..
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Listen chinawhite..
I repeat.. Im not saying that this hypothesized Indo-China war will be a hands down victory for India..
All I'm saying is that its more or less even..
You say chinese AA and SAMs are better than those of India..
I agree.. thats true as of now.. But we have the Brahmos,Nag,Akash,Trishul all being inducted soon..
All I'm saying is Indo-china miliary strengths are not as one-sided as you may haved perceived earlier..
phew.. haven't done this kind of posting since the tibet threads!!
v v tiring!!
And W4rlord..India doesn't come into the pic with Taiwan or NK..
Infact if the US attacks China over Taiwan then IMHO, considering present relations, India will most probably stay out of it..
We do not perceive the US as an 'ally/friend' as such..
Russia will do the same too IMO
[edit on 13-5-2005 by Daedalus3]