FutureTank
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This report is from a European defence source, but not confirmed, hence "expected"
Indonesia buying Mi-17s and Mi-35s from Russia
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And they got it from Kommersant. It was reported week ago and many defense related sites jumped at Kommersant wagon... btw. Chinese government sources denied this report...
That's total bs. Why would China want to export it's best fighter to countries that have high likelihood of getting attacked by US? Think about it. US capture one J-10 fighter, take it home, examine it. What could be worse? China will not compromise national security for $1 billion. The only countries more dangerous to export J-10 to are the NATO countries and the so called new Asian NATO countries.
outside of J-10 to Pakistan, that won't happen for a while. J-11B has nothing to do with MK if you ever did a little research on the project. Russians do not have any control over it. They don't even know how many China is producing. J-10 and J-11B can easily go entirely indigenous if wished. In fact, after a very recent altercation, J-11B's remaining parts are all indigenous now.
Gripenator
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Men (or boys), face it,
TP is absolutely right here.
Indonesia's logistical and support chain is almost entirely Russian with a smattering of US and other Western equipment which they have trouble getting parts for prior to 2005 due to the Human Rights related military embargo on them and subsequently it would seem they havn't even bothered ordering spare parts for their Ov-10s and F-16As, opting instead for Russian hardware-which their mechanics are familiar with. With a limited budget, it is stupidity to diversify into sources of equipment whose parts are hard to come by or unfamiliar-like the WS-1 turbofans on the J-11B.
There is absolutely no indication the TNI are about to induct Brahmos or add ANY PRC hardware to their inventory given that they seem to have overspent on their latest arms junket, which in my opinion is pure waste given the pressing need for more COIN and CT assets. I've always wondered how two Project 636s and a couple of T-90s can assist in hunting down terrorists in a jungle
FutureTank
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Is the suggestion then that Indonesian Air Force is going to remain at a dozen combat fighters?
Have some knowledge about business and economy.
FutureTank
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That is probably for another forum even if directly related to purchase decisions.
LoL, can you explain why?
FutureTank
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Well, the forum is concerned with military matters and not politics and economy. How Indonesian government makes decisions, and the economy performs IN GENERAL is for the World Affairs Forum unless you can link these directly to the subject of this discussion.
Ozzy Blizzard
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What would be the big deal if a J10 was captured and examened by the USAF? What exactly would they lean about the aircraft that would be so disasterous? It appears the J10's strength is primarilly in the airframe, ie its raw performance, and apart from exact data on stuff like pitch/roll/yaw/climb rates ect ect, they can figure the rest out from publically available data. The only thing the USAF would learn if they captured a J10 that may be a problem for PLAAF would be the exact capabilities of the radar system, (have they even chosen an radar for full production yet?) or perhaps the RWR/EW suite of the platform but i dont see were any suprises would be hiding there. You speak about it like its an F117, like it has some magical capability (like stealth on the F117) that needs to be protected or that the US needs to discover and figure out some way to counter it. Its a 4th gen platform, aparently a pretty good one in terms of A2A but i dont think the US would learn anything particularly usefull if they captured one, they are allready a generation ahead anyway.
I thought AL31 was chosen as the power plant for the J10, in spite of a local model with more thrust? Anyway the only controll the russians would have over J11B, considering the local avionics, would if anything depend on the terms of the contract, in adition to causing a diplomatic fuss. However i would think PROC would give them the bird if that cource was taken. China was never part of a true communist block, and there is no way Bejing is going to bend to any pressure from moscow now if it is contrary to its interests.
Boy!?! Who are you reffering to with that one sunny! You wouldnt be inferring that you consider some members here to be childish are you?Gripenator said:
In terms of the TNI-AU most of the platforms they operate are of western/US origin not russian. IIRC the last russian platform they flew (apart from the recent purchase of Su 27/30's) was MiG 21's which were replaced in the 1970's which they replaced with AVON sabers. AFAIK their air lift capability is composed of C130 derivatives, again of western origin. So you would think that TNI-AU's logistics chain is geared arround western parts and suppliers, so i dont know why you think indonesian fighter technitions would be more familliar with russian systems because untill resently they have only dealt with american systems. TNI-AU has constantly faced the problem of jumping ship from eastern to western block, therefore rendering their fleet useless again and again, it happened in the late 60's when they jumped from east to west, and again in the 90's with the fight for timorise indipendance.
With a limited budget, the bang for your buck you can get with J10 over Su30MK would be an attractive option you would think. Anyway J10 is/can be equiped with AL31 which is identicle to SU 30 anyway, and thats the most maintinance intensive bit. As far as not buying a platform because it's logistics come from a diferent source than your other platforms seems to be in opposition to the current state indonesia is in now. Haveing fewer parts suppliers is a good thing however if you can get a more affordable fighter from annother supplier which shares most of the most maintianance intencive parts of the platform, i'm not sure wether that alone is worth it.
Given TNI-AU's painfull past with foregin suppliers, I would assume the most important factor at the moment is finding a supplier that wont cut off all of your spair parts if you do something they dont like, like the west. Therefore you need someone who's strategic interests are very different from yours and does not have a major interest in your geographical area. Therefore russia may be a more attractive option in this respect because it does not have any strategic interest in the area (apart from arms sales). PROC on the other hand does have a large interest geographically, including the spratleys. Indonesia may be unwilling to give PROC the influence over TNI they would have if they were the only parts supplier for their combat air force. Imagine if PLAN made a move on the northern Makaka streight and on Indonesian territory. What would the effect be if all spare parts for TNI-AU's J10's and J11's were cut off a number of months before the incident? Not a pretty one IMO. I'd stick with the russians if it was my choice.
Hrm... seems like you are lost. but anyways, tphuang will understand what i meant.
FutureTank
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If you think I'm 'lost', why don't you read the forum guidelines again
LoL, whats the purpose to argue? the reply was not meant for you...If you think I'm 'lost', why don't you read the forum guidelines again
knowing the radar signature from different angles, knowing the radar used for J-10, like how it discriminates targets, knowing the capabilities of its EW suite and MAW, knowing the its flight performance at different speed and altitude are all things that would be extremely helpful. Nothing on J-10 right now is publically available. Do you realize that when China sent over J-8II for the Peace Pearl program, Americans actually took it apart to analyze all of its performance?
Of course they have chosen a radar for full production. You think a plane that has about 150 in service would not have a radar? Just by finding out strength and weakness of a system, you can fight at a more favourable setting.
America does not need to learn from J-10. But by examining it, it would know how to make its own planes more invisible to Chinese radar, make J-10's EW suite less effective, fight at an altitude and condition that's more advantageous. J-10 is already at a disadvantage against every likely opponent it will face from US side. If US is totally prepared for this plane, then the disadvantage it will face will be much steeper.
WS-10A is less mature than AL-31 and the more important part is that the production rate of WS-10A has not reached anywhere close to that of AL-31. Also, the Russians are forced to offer more advance variants of AL-31 to match the thrust rating of WS-10A. As for J-11B, it will not be exported for some of the same reason as J-10. China needs all the production slot for its own air force + it will not export its best stuff. It's not even willing to export J-8F to Iran, let alone J-10.
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It seems then that you quoted the wrong person
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Ozzy Blizzard
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I'm sure they would be interested in seeing the nuts and bolts of the beast, and exactly how she performed but its hardly a dealbreaker. The exact functions and ranges of the radar would be handy, as would the exact flight carecteristics, but the radar info would be obsolete in months anyway if that exact model was compromised. However this would not effect the way the platform could be employed or the way it would be combatted, it would be nice to know but the "threat" of a J10 falling into US hands and somehow being compromised is no reason not to export the platform. Apart from learning the exact peramiters of the platform there is no magic capability that if learned will render the system uncompetitive. Thats a tad melodramatic IMO.
Sorry, last i heard they didnt have a final system chosen. Do you have any general info? Is it an MSA or PESA?
They MAY get some marginal benifits in terns of LPI, however i doubt they would tweek their LO at all, unless chinese radars use compleatly different principles to the rest of the world's, and even for the EW suite i would bet there are plenty of similarities on how the system works with 4th gen russian systems. So i really dont see how looking over things would change anything major. It would give them exact data to do WVR engagement training and simulations on, but again i really dont see how this is any reason not do export the platform.
KK...
This is perhaps the major factor in exports within the next ~5 years. However i dont see why the threat of the platform being compromised is a reason to ban all exports of it. The consequences of such would be rather minor i would think. Iranian F14's were compromised to the soviets and that was hardly the end of that platform.