Sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine have impeded the planned upgrade of 85 of the Indian Air Force’s licensed 260-license-built Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jets. Announced by former IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal RK Bhadauria in 2019, the upgrade involved replacing the N011 Bars passive radar with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) … Continue reading India’s ‘Super Sukhoi’ Plan Delayed! Sanction-Hit Russia Defers IAF’s Plan To Upgrade MKI Fighters To SM Standards