so basically our air force fighter future consist of KAAN, Rafale, n IF-21...i hope the rafale could have maritime strike capability variant..IF-21 will replace Palkon, Hawk, (patrol n tactical role) Rafale replace sukro n palkon role as air support, KAAN full replacing sukro role as strike...
"Indian military leadership - that the losses (1 x Rafale, 1 x MiG-29 and 1 x Mirage-2000 by my count) were caused due to certain tactics/rules of engagement employed on May 7"
basicaly from your statement, its true that rafale got hit by missile and tactics was the cause. Tts mean un propper...
well to be honest, having weaponary that can strike other nation is not priority for me. We are surrounded by water not land, what we need most, first and fast is AShM land base system, and lot of them to protect our ALKI.