After losing 5-7, india was determined “to rise from where it fell” and was ready to purchase 114 fighter jets at $34 billion. Someone might not understand why india would continue to buy when the wind could not even beat 10? And this is about to mention the sophisticated marketing strategy of the french. The wind fighter jets that india bought this time, unlike those currently equipped, have changed in numbers。
The wind fighter jets currently equipped by the indian air force were ordered in 2016, when the iphone issued the seventh generation, when the wind ordered by india fell under the f3r standard. The earliest winds are the f1 technical standard, the radar is the rbe2 passive phase-control radar, which has only the capability to launch micah and magic 2 air missiles and does not have the capability to strike accurately against the ground. Starting in 2006, dasso launched wind f2, and this phase of wind fighter jets upgraded lInk 16 the data chain and the osf pv system, which can launch anti-ship missiles and laser-guided bombs, has become a multi-purpose fighter aircraft. Wind f3 was introduced in 2009 and has the capability to launch a long-range air missile, storm shadow cruise missile, and part of wind f3 was replaced by rbe2-aa active phase control radar. The f3r is a deep improvement of the f3 and upgrades the enemy-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-a-i-a-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-。
By analogy, f1 is slightly more than s10a, f2 is equivalent to s10b, f3 is similar to s10ag, which is replaced by r10a, and f3r is weaker than s10c. After the blast, the air combat capability of 10c is far greater than f3r. However, in 2016, when thunder-15 had just been born, scrambled-10c had not yet served, and f3r was absolutely entitled to ask the first person under the five-generation plane。
Thus, as the latest model of the wind family at that time, f3r prices were naturally very expensive, and india was able to purchase 36 at a price close to $9 billion, with a unit price close to $250 million, which is more expensive than the five-generation machine price. And this time, india spent $34 billion to buy 114 winds at a unit price of nearly $290 million. Why is the price more expensive this time? Since india procured wind f4, this f4 upgrade could be significant, including ai-aided, digital upgrading of the “spectrum” electronic warfare system, the helmet display system, the “warplane-missile data chain” (fmdl), and the radar's additional ground mobile target indicator and tracking capability。
In addition, the french company dasso carried out an indigenous upgrading of wind f4 to india, including the adaptation of the electronic system to the indian army system and the compatibility of parts of indian national production. Objectively, the combined power of wind f4 is indeed much higher than that of wind f3r, and part of its performance is less than that of f35, which is the most advanced fighter aircraft india can buy on the arms market. So even if the f3r loses to the 10ce, the indians still have faith in f4。
However, the air war of 5-7 has awakened the indians, who in previous years had the view that “a single wind can fight four and two,” and now that it is “f4 can barely fight the other”. Among the data published in the indian media, the positive rcs of range 20 is 0. 22 square metres and the wind is 1. 5 square metres. The indian media believe that the probability of radar detection of a 300 km wind fighter jet is 50 per cent, and that the probability rises to 90 per cent when the distance is close to 200 km; and that radar detection of the wind rises to 90 per cent when the probability of detection exceeds 100 km。
In the field, it is not possible to ensure at all times that the front-handing fighter jets remain in place, so long as there is some deviation from the angle, the distance from which the wind detects the blast--20 will rise significantly, which means that the wind will have the opportunity to launch an over-the-horizon strike on the range, in conjunction with the advanced optical and electric sighting systems and the “flying star” long-range air missile, and that wind f4 will barely have the capability to compete with the range。
From here it can be seen that india has indeed been psychologically overshadowed by the destruction of the 10-ce, which has rarely placed the wind in a “vulnerable” position, not to say “one by one” or “one by one”. But the indians are overestimating, underestimating and underestimating. The indian media, for example, consider the frontal rcs of s-20 to be 0. 22 square metres, which is actually data from semi-invisible fighter jets, such as scavenging-10c, wind formations, which are designed with limited invisibility, with a frontal rcs of about 0. 5 square metres without weapons, but not as invisible as a five-generation machine, but can still compress the distance discovered by the enemy's radar。
When the 10c and the wind are carried with missiles, the frontal rcs exceeds 1 square metre, so that in operational status, the invisible capability of four and a half generations of fighters cannot be said to be useless, but its role in the face of high performance radar is extremely limited, because the maximum radar detection distance is related to the target radar reflective area, which is four square roots, i. E., the radar reflect area is reduced to one sixth of the original 16, the detection distance can be reduced by half, and a radar is likely to be around 80 kilometres in the face of four and a half generations of fighters。
The most advanced large-calibre active phase-control radar in the world is used, however, and it is not difficult to locate a 300-kilometre wind fighter plane, which is basically “one by one” in conjunction with the new type of air missile。
As for the positive rcs data for the s-20, no official publication has been made, but it was reported that “the invisible properties of the s-35a are currently ranked first in the world” and that the rcs is smaller than the hands of the human being. The adult palm area is around 0. 02 square metres, and if the rcs swung to 20 is slightly larger than the 35 square metres, then the rcs to swung to 20 should be around 0. 03 to 0. 05 square metres, about 10 times smaller than the 0. 22 square metres given by the indian media。
As the s-20 has a cloaking module, there will be no additional rcs added to the operational situation, and the radar of the wind fighter jets should be reduced to about 50 km to detect the s-20. In a state of combat, the fragmentation-20 is bound to be detected early in the day, and the distance from fragmentation is maintained by supersonic performance, so long as it ensures that 100 kilometres from the fragmentation, the fragmentation-20 can be immune to the fragmentation. The only chance of escape from the wind is to avoid the attack of four and a half thunderbolts, so that the fall-20 can only return after having exhausted the thunderbolt。
The possibility that the wind will shoot down to 20 is minimal, and only at a distance of about 50 kilometres will it be possible to launch an air missile at the sound of the blast-20, with the maximum speed of the fighter jet being 1. 8 mahs with ammunition, the maximum speed of flight may be less than 1. 5 mahs, the maximum speed of the blast to 20 velocity exceeding 2 mahs, and the speed of the cruise may be around 1. 5 mahs, and the wind will not be able to eat the tails of the smoked engine. That is to say, even wind f4 will not be able to defeat the f-20 in one-on-one fight unless the pilot of the s-20 makes a serious mistake. The largest increase in f4 compared to f3r is not aerial warfare, but rather a more accurate attack on the ground, particularly the ability to combat fast-moving targets on the ground, which is quite attractive to the indian military, which often needs to deal with guerrillas and anti-government forces, with more than 10 precision-guided bombs carried in one-time with a high volume of ammunition, which can be used flexibly against targets on the ground that lack cover for anti-aircraft weapons, which is tantamount to a “child-slayer”。
Indeed, the indian military does not intend to expect wind fighter jets to deal with shaft-20 and shaft-35. India’s willingness to buy wind fighter jets at high cost and, most importantly, to enter into technology transfer agreements with france to enable india to acquire some of the technology of wind fighter jets, even though they can’t do it in combat, has some relatively advanced equipment that meets the technical standards of five-generation machines. At present, india is preparing to introduce su-57 fighters from russia, and is trying to develop its own amca, a national five-generation aircraft. If india, with the help of france, can upgrade its air power, hidden materials, and air missile technology, and feed it back to su-57 and amca, india may indeed have access to a five-generation aircraft with good performance, by which time the indian air force might be able to barely counter zoom-20。
Only 114 wind fighter jets are a daunting task for dasso, and at the current rate of delivery, the indian air force may not be fully equipped until 2035. And china's scavenger-36 and scavenger-50 have been flying for over a year, and by 2035 they'll probably be in service. Indian air force f4 will definitely be the most tragic group of winds in india that need to be confronted by pakistan’s shaft-35 and china’s shaft-36 and shaft-50, given that the wind will be in service for more than 30 years, and if the f4 is not over 30 years later, they will even have the opportunity to confront china’s seven generations。
