India has a surprisingly powerful airforce

>>64065298 (OP)
How the fuck is Russia before China ?
>t. Frog surprised that our marine aviation makes it in the list that's kinda cool

>>64065300
Russia has many more aircraft than China. Also Chinks only have copied and downgraded flanker clones.

I understand copies can surpass what the original was but does anyone thing China can successfully make knockoff Russian stuff to the same standard? Aren't they still incapable of making jet engines that don't vaporize themselves after a hundred flight hours?

>>64065300
Since this is a brown or chink bait thread, I'll derail it already. France is updating the ASMP that is carried by the Rafale carrier group. Just for ref here's the missile :
>500km range
>Mach 3 statoreactor
>300Kt thermonuclear
And here's the new missile specs :
>1000km range
>Mach 7 statoreactor
>New 300Kt thermonuclear
Is it even possible to defend against this shit if it's sent towards your carrier group ?

>>64065308
Your image says the most powerful, not the biggest fleet. Russian planes can't fly without a Garmin GPS strapped on the pilot that's not what I call being powerful. And as much as I love the su57 style, Russia clearly can't into 5th gen

>>64065332
Didn't a couple months ago French jets got wrekt by hand-me-down China shit in south Asia? I wouldn't worry what a bunch of braindead Algerians can make anymore

>>64065300
USA is 1st and China is 2nd. Is Russia 3rd? Most countries have a lot less aircraft than Russia although the F-35 is stealthier than Russian jets.

>>64065346
Retarded take, if Ukraine loses a f16 to Russia then the F16 is made by brownies and Russia tech is superior ? It's really the worst argument

>>64065298 (OP)
I would bet good money that the Australian Air Force would rape the Indian Air Force, and even with saying that I’m deeply surprised that not only is the RAAF on this list but is that high up wtf?

Russia's VKS is so mighty that it can't even establish air superiority over Ukraine

>>64065298 (OP)
> 03 Russian Air Force
upgrading your Su-24 with a fishermen's chartplotter truly takes it to the level of an F-15E I reckon

>>64065298 (OP)
The F-35 (and F-22, but it will die a virgin) is the only fifth gen fighter in the world and as such the strength of various air forces is determined by how many F-35s they possess. I believe the top five are
>USAF
>USMC
>USN
>Japan
>Australia

>>64065298 (OP)
The USMC is more powerful than the US Army on account of having a shit ton of fixed wing aircraft, including over 100 F-35B/Cs and plans to procure 280. That already makes it more powerful than every single non-US air force in the world except for China.
China has qualitatively far greater equipment and training hours than Russia, and they're also numerically superior in practice considering Russia's poor readiness rates and shortages of munitions.
India's ranking is a non-starter considering that they have consistently lost to an air force 12 ranks below for the past several decades.
South Korea should be ahead of France and the UK and has more aircraft, especially combat aircraft, than either of them and are also qualitatively superior.

>>64065449
Norway is surprisingly up there and their order got delivered faster than others for some reason.

>>64065300
Even if it's a small force, the Aéronavale is still operating nuke-strike capable 4th gen jets and AEW form a nuke CATOBAR, which is something only the US and Chinese naval aviations can top. Also add the helo and land-based surveillance and ASW capabilites + over half a century of relevant operational experience, this ranking takes more into account than a thirdie cope headcount like >>64065308

>>64065298 (OP)
a very powerful airforce.

>>64065551
A strong army as well!

>>64065308
China's Flankers are pretty advanced and have better avionics(you can thank France and Israel for that), but Russia has better pilots who have actually seen combat while 99% of Chinese pilots have never pulled a trigger.

>>64065298 (OP)
+₹5 into your account saar, dank you veddy much

>>64065332
>Is France willing to get Trident II'd over a CSG?
No, not really.
France would be a nice ally to have in a world war.

>>64065332
>Is it even possible to defend against this shit if it's sent towards your carrier group ?
sure
the hypersonic cruise missile will still slow down to mach 3-4 during terminal
still hard to shoot down, but it can be done

>>64065300
The ratings are pretty much nonsensical in reality.

>>64065308
Not really, no. The Russians were slow to update their electronics so the newest J16 jets are actually superior to the Su35 jets because they have better radars. This might change with the introduction of the Su35M, but fuck if know when that's actually going to be introduced.

>>64065503
>>64065534
Norway acquired more planes than they can maintain and had to fuck around with paying LM to bring their technicians to service the planes.
But in general, none of that matters because literally not a single person on this planet cares about any one European air force because every single one of them is a joke.
>but France has nukes
Nobody cares about free fall bomb nukes

>>64065579
i'll add that a salvo of 3-6 will get through any defenses though. which is how they'll be fired anyway.

>>64065586
>free fall bomb nukes
>>64065332

>>64065308
>J-10C
>worse than Flankers
Only in the eyes of vatniks. Otherwise, they are doing exceptionally well and have capable BVRs.
The fact they can produce them in decent numbers as well shows China is doing better while Russia can't even replace their fleet of glide bomb throwers.

>>64065628
Oh right, I mixed them up with nevermind.
Thankfully it's still France we are talking about and I wasn't far off the mark in that nobody cares.

>>64065298 (OP)
>greece not included but germany australia and saudi is

is this a joke or something

>>64065676
Australia already has their F-35s delivered.
The HAF is smaller than the Saudis, who also have newer stuff. Once Greece gets their F-35s and their F-16s receive modernization in the near future then the balance might change.
And yes the list is a joke. Any European air force being above South Korea, India being where it is, and Brazil being on the list at all is pure insanity.

>>64065707
i highly doubt having f35s makes an air force competent...
second of all
they have as of (assuming i read correctly)june 2025 recieved the 97th upgraded to block 70 f16
if this is correct they literally have the biggest fleet in europe with aesa on it
tho i cant find any info on what their block 50s will become
maybe they will scrap them or upgrade them to 70

>>64065298 (OP)
India got spanked by Pakistan in air battle. Multiple times.

It goes USA>China>Russia. Russia does have the advantage of war time experience over China, but China has superior avionics and a much more updated force and production capacity. After that it's the F35 operating US vassals.

>>64065298 (OP)
>India above China
I can tell immediately who made this infographic

>huehuezil
Ah yes, their mighty F-5s, monkey model Grippens, out of ammo and parts Mi-24s, and ancient A-4s without naval carriers are a real threat compared to the people they are above in the list.

>>64066202

>>64065485
>South Korea should be ahead of France and the UK and has more aircraft, especially combat aircraft, than either of them and are also qualitatively superior.
eat your kimchi and sit down, Park-Bench

>>64066343
This post makes me laugh whenever I see it since it's the most poo in loo shit I've seen in a bit. He could have put Japanese, Korean, or Swedish autos or something there instead. The only Indian brand I've heard of is Tata, and that's only because I've seen their trucks when traveling to certain third world countries.
>>64066412
Not a refutation. Having Strike Eagles and F-35s is clearly better, especially when the number of F-35As currently in ROKAF inventory is greater than the number of F-35Bs currently possessed by the UK, or the F-35As they plan to order in the near future. France would just be a non-starter if not for their nuke slinging capability.
They only have South Korea beat in tanker and airlift capability, which pretty good for non-US countries but it isn't as relevant to South Korea's security needs.