03-03-2010, 09:43 AM
[quote name='Arun_S' date='23 February 2010 - 12:49 PM' timestamp='1266957664' post='104498']
Bharat_2009: Pls clarify, if you subscribe to that notion that buying these 126 aircrafts will make India/IAF Super Power.
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The 126+ MMRCA would only just make up for the rapid depletion in the IAF's squadron strength and the numberplating of some of the squadrons. Superpower status (superpower defined in Cold War terms here) is something else, though nobody has unambiguously defined the definition of "superpower" in today's world and/or its relevance to the IAF.
Bharat_2009: Pls clarify, if you subscribe to that notion that buying these 126 aircrafts will make India/IAF Super Power.
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The 126+ MMRCA would only just make up for the rapid depletion in the IAF's squadron strength and the numberplating of some of the squadrons. Superpower status (superpower defined in Cold War terms here) is something else, though nobody has unambiguously defined the definition of "superpower" in today's world and/or its relevance to the IAF.