Originally Posted by pr00ne
According to the Indian AF, MMRCA is a Mig-21 replacement
I would love to see a source for that! I'm sure the MMRCA can do a fair bit of what the MiG-21 could, but not at the fly-away cost. The hope is that the Light Combat Aircraft/Tejas will do the job and till then the Mirage 2000 covers some of the role (interception) and the MiG-27 the rest (CAS).
Originally Posted by Wannabe Flyer
So I think they are not doing an apples for apples but re configuring for the current scenario where Mig 21 - 27 and the Jags will be retiring to be replaced by a single aircraft to carry that load.
This is what I believe, too. Not all Jags, though, some of ours are not even ten years old!