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Zitat:Indien kauft von Israel Frühwarnsysteme

Delhi (dpa) - Indien und Israel haben am Freitag in Delhi den Vertrag über den umstrittenen Kauf von drei israelischen Frühwarn-Radarsystemen unterzeichnet. Die Phalcon-Systeme, für die Indien 1,1 Milliarden US-Dollar bezahlt, würden in den nächsten 44 Monaten geliefert, sagte ein Sprecher des indischen Verteidigungsministeriums. Nach israelischen Medienberichten ist es der bislang größte Rüstungsauftrag für Israel. Indiens Erzrivale Pakistan hatte vehement gegen die indischen Pläne protestiert, Phalcon-Systeme anzuschaffen. Einen vereinbarten Verkauf des Frühwarnsystems an China hatte Israel auf massiven amerikanischen Druck hin im Jahr 2000 gekündigt.

Zitat:India and America today finished a joint Air Force exercise in Gwalior, in which the top pilots from the two countries matched their skills against each other.

While the all-powerful US Air Force had an easy run in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Indian top guns amazingly shot them out of the sky.
For the last ten days, five American F-15s have been faced off against Indian Sukhoi-30s, Mirage 2000s and MiG-21s in the skies above Gwalior.

On the first day all four American planes were shot down. Never once did the Indians come off second.

Zitat:Ask him about the SU-30K and Henkel says: ``Its a big aircraft.'' He would know; the F-15 was known to be one of the biggest aircraft for a long time till the SU-30 arrived.

Over the weekend, USAF pilots convened an urgent meeting for a brainstorming session to work out the tactics to deal with the SU-30K.

``It surprised them,'' says an IAF pilot, adding: ``I don't think they were expecting that kind of performance''.

Dave Skalicky would agree with him. He has flown over the Taj Mahal, seen the Himalayas and come back to Gwlaior, several joint exercises later, with a new-found respect for his Indian counterparts. His colleagues have had a ``few rides on the SU-30K and the MiG-21 Bison''.

About the much-talked about MiG-21, he says: ``It's very good and we were surprised with its new avionics''.

On Wednesday morning, as four USAF 15C took to the skies to ``defend'' the Gwalior air base against ``invading'' IAF strike aircraft, both had a ``mission'' in hand. Forty minutes later, Gwalior was ``bombed'' by an IAF MiG-27 escorted by a fleet of SU-30Ks and Mirage-2000s.

Zitat:Mirage 2000 Crashes After Take Off, Pilot Safe

GWALIOR --- A frontline Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed soon after take off from the airbase here today but the pilot, Squadron Leader HS Gill, ejected safely.

The aircraft, which left the airbase for a practice interception sortie at 12.45 PM, developed problem with the undercarriage with a wheel falling off soon after take off, an IAF spokesman said.

Following the emergency, “the pilot undertook a planned ejection, burning out the fuel and then pointing it towards uninhabited area near the base,” he said.

There was no casualty on the ground and the pilot who was picked up by rescue helicopters was reported to be completely safe and unscathed, the spokesman said.

A Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the crash, he said.
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Zitat:Indian Air Force Loses Second Mirage-2000 in Month
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW DELHI


A French-built Mirage-2000 military jet of the Indian Air Force crashed Oct. 12 after its pilot failed to control the aircraft during midair technical snags before ejecting safely, a military spokesman in New Delhi said.

The aircraft took off from the central Indian city of Gwalior at 11:30 a.m. (0600 GMT) but within minutes developed unspecified snags, air force spokesman Squadron Leadar Mahesh Upasani said.

Zitat:Don't fret if Pak gets F-16s
RAJAT PANDIT

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004 11:24:29 PM ]
NEW DELHI: India need not lose sleep even if Pakistan manages to acquire more F-16 fighters from the US. After plastering American combat pilots in an exercise earlier this year, IAF top guns now have another reason to be gung ho: their top-notch mean machines have proved more than a match for F-16s, the much-vaunted 'fighting falcons'.

Russian-origin Sukhoi-30MKI jets are apparently outgunning American F-16s on "several aspects" at the ongoing Indo-Singapore air combat exercise in Gwalior.

This is the first-ever face-off between these two sophisticated war machines originating from the two former Cold War adversaries.

"Our Sukhois are doing very well against the F-16Cs (of Singapore Air Force) in terms of manoeuvrability, sophistication of avionics and weapon systems. Similarly, our MiG-29s and Mirage-2000s are also matching up to the F-16s," say IAF sources.
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Zitat:Eurofighter hat in air force ring

New Delhi, Sept. 28: Buoyed by the contract to supply Advanced Jet Trainers to the Indian Air Force, a team from a British military equipment export organisation that is in New Delhi is offering to sell the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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It is but expected that with signals going out that the race to bag the contract for about 120 fighters for the IAF could be open, other companies will throw their hats into the ring.

The US’ Lockheed Martin, the Russian MiG Corporation and the Swedes would also be interested. Lockheed Martin’s F-15K fighter is understood to be competing with the Eurofighter for a contract from South Korea.

The Indian Air Force is looking to replace about six squadrons of its MiG-21 air defence fighter aircraft. The French Dassault Aviation’s Mirage 2000-V is said to be the frontrunner in the race. The contract for an estimated 120 aircraft to be delivered — part off-the-shelf and mostly through co-production with the public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited — over a five- to seven-year period could run into many thousands of crores.

The Mirage 2000-V, if it is negotiated, could be in the region of $30 million each. The IAF is familiar with the Mirage 2000 — of which it has two squadrons (about 40 aircraft) and which have been operationally proven. But the British team is understood to be making the point that the Eurofighter Typhoon will have a “generational difference” with the Mirage. The Mirage 2000 was first inducted into the IAF in 1985.

The development of the Eurofighter Typhoon has been dogged by political problems. But it is claimed that the first of 620 Eurofighters have been delivered to air forces of the partner nations for about $33 million each.
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