Doesn’t India typically get their arms from Russia? And why are they getting older models instead of the new ones?
Biden just scheduled a flight to India
Going to eat some Curry this evening.
>“The F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III on offer to the Indian Navy (IN) is the most advanced, multi-role, frontline fighter of the US Navy (USN) and is the workhorse for the fleet, and will remain so for the foreseeable future,” Ankur Kanaglekar, Head India Fighters Sales, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, told the Financial Express earlier.
I suppose under some particularly-tortured Boeing definition of “most advanced”, it’s the F/A-18 instead of the F-35.
Logically speaking, the Rafale makes more sense as they already operate it and it has a better thrust to weight ratio which is important when taking off from a ramp. But this is India who seemingly hate their officers in charge of logistics. So there’s a slim chance that they go for the SH.
Unlikely that the Super Hornet has much of a future now that the USN is stopping orders and the rejections by Finland, Canada and Switzerland.
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Doesn’t India typically get their arms from Russia? And why are they getting older models instead of the new ones?
Biden just scheduled a flight to India
Going to eat some Curry this evening.
>“The F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III on offer to the Indian Navy (IN) is the most advanced, multi-role, frontline fighter of the US Navy (USN) and is the workhorse for the fleet, and will remain so for the foreseeable future,” Ankur Kanaglekar, Head India Fighters Sales, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, told the Financial Express earlier.
I suppose under some particularly-tortured Boeing definition of “most advanced”, it’s the F/A-18 instead of the F-35.
Logically speaking, the Rafale makes more sense as they already operate it and it has a better thrust to weight ratio which is important when taking off from a ramp. But this is India who seemingly hate their officers in charge of logistics. So there’s a slim chance that they go for the SH.
Unlikely that the Super Hornet has much of a future now that the USN is stopping orders and the rejections by Finland, Canada and Switzerland.