Thread by @vkthakur

Very interesting report with inaccuracies typical of Indian media. The presence of a chase aircraft suggests the test was of a new missile - RVV-SD or RVV-MD - improved Russian variants of the missiles in use with RuAF. (Ukraine inherited older variants) newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/…

There was a report earlier that the RVV-MD would be adopted for launch from Mirage 2000 and even Rafale, besides MiG-29. If true, it would appear that the missile is the @IAF_MCC 's preferred CCM. Abhinandan's PAF F-16 kill probably sealed the choice.

Factoring in the unreliability of our media, it might well be that ASRAAM trials on Su-30MKI are being misreported as Russian missile trials. The @IAF_MCC had earlier stated that the MBDA missile would be integrated with entire Su-30MKI fleet & trials using 2 Su-30MKIs were due!

Here is the ASRAAM next to the Meteor BVR missile at the @byMBDA pavilion at #AeroIndia2019 So far the missile equips only @IAF_MCC DARIN III equipped Jaguars. You can read more about the ASRAAM at sites.google.com/site/idpsentin…

One day someone will explain to me why the @IAF_MCC is not focused on integrating the RVV-BD (R-37) with the Su-30MKI to blast PAF AEW&CS aircraft out of the sky, the assets that orchestrated the PAF attempt at retaliation on Feb 27!