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Harriers are an overkill but they too make awesome CAS aircrafts.....

Well I thought the CAT wit the K 9 Kaveri will be a great addition for CAS and deep strike for IA.

Yak 141 must be funded and produced...it is an awesome aircraft with great capabilities.

It also has an all metal body, it is durable, It is cheap and is slow flying. These are its advantages...or stick with the Deepak...an armoured one.

According to me our IJTs can make very good strike aircrafts....HJT 36 in CAS role is aso nice to hear...

Yes Yusuf...agreed but can the army do it within its budget...I dont think so. The army has a long way to go in modernization. Fixed wing aircraft has a lot of uses agreed but the budget of the army cant support it.

Sir I agree that the army must have its own aviation wing. But what kind?...I tell that rather than investing in fixed wing aircrafts like the A 10 Thunderbolt/Warthog we rather invest in UCAVs. The cost of operating them is lesser and they are more effective. According to me an AC 130 would be...

Well sometimes LGBs are not feasible. UAVs can do a wonderful job.

Well SEAD will be carried out by the AF...the first strike will be on their air defence and C4I. The CAS will move in before the armoured thrust...CAS is mainly used for advancing troops and Armour. The biggest problems faced by CAS are MANPADs

SEAD are the first air missions in the assault...The ARMs are usually used for it.

No Jaguar is a DPSA...MiG 27 is used for CAS and with getting a Darin 2 upgrate it is also a DPSA now. It will soon be replaced by MRCA

Ray sir...Will a Jet proppeled aircraft be suited or a prop driven?...The A 10 was really good..but I say we modify our IJT for a CAS role. What is your say in it?

I think the US is the only country that uses the A 10. That is why the supply chain might be hampered.

Yusuf...You still dont get the Logistical nightmare the Army will be facing, training pilots, recruiting them. Then we have the issue of spares. I say we go for an indigenous CAS aircraft. The IJT can be modified into one. Or the Super Tucano can also be used. But A 10 is a strict no no.

A 10 is a good fighter. It can take a lot of damage and still fight back. But can the army maintain it along with the Apache?...That is the major question. The attack chopper deal has been canceled FYI. The army will need a seperate base to operate them. They need dedicated army air bases.

Yes sir. That is why I propose low cost CAS aircraft and tactical air lift for the Army.

Sir Heavy transport planes and Bombers are Air forces domain. They need to fly CAP along with those. Or else they will be made minced meat by the enemy fighters. Tactical transport and CAS must be kept by the Army. IMHO.

Sir we have a huge desert, a nice swamp and plains...these are the places where the tanks will be strolling...So I think we would rather have a seperate aviation wing sir..

Yusuf, I dont think the Army has the funding to operate something like the A 10, But we can modify the IJT to do that. It is small and has a low altitude manueverablity, I would rather let us have CAS aircrafts than the Ground attack ones.

Why do we need A 10s we can rather use attack choppers in large numbers...The A 10s hare also hard to maintain.