wouldn’t 131 have a different nose?
I guess thats a photo from before the upgrade
that the event version or another update?
I don’t think it’s the one tho
Thats a different plane
Yep, its a different one with Agave radar i think, it might be a even later model
" we will see another indian jet "
I guess in the future another indian aircraft (12.3 ~ 13.0) for british maybe MiG-21 Bison, Mirage 2000I, MiG-29UPG, MiG-29K, Mirage 2000H, BAE/HAL Advanced HAWK and Tejas Mk.1 IOC
I’ve included photos of other Jags with the pod in the imgur album I posted above. Albeit they are usually with RecceLite rather than Litening
The aircraft there is JM255, a Jaguar IM maritime attack variant fitted with the EL/M-2052 AESA radar as a trials aircraft before some Jaguar IS strike variants were converted to DARIN-3 standard with this radar replacing their LRMTS
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The ones without the bulge in front of the canopy are equipped with agave radar
or at least some of them
The only thing I want is the Rafale M, with the sole reason to make France mains angry.
MiG-27H tho looks pretty cool
Insane, ain’t it?
IIRC Agave was replaced on India’s Jag IMs some time ago with another Elbit radar called EL/M-2032. Then later ones with the bumps on the nose are supposed to have an AESA radar called EL/M-2052
JM255 was the first to fly with the AESA radar as a testbed for converting Jaguar IS and Jaguar IM in an airframe that already had the radome.
Agave Jaguar IMs are probably the ones in old photos with the blue/grey camo.
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So it is a frankenJag then
yep
It was stated not in the short run. Maybe in 2026 but I cant see it before XMAS 25.
so its just a basic Jag with Magic 2s and “better” engines?