Mig-29Upg Of I.a.f To Fire Russian Kh-35U Anti-Ship Missiles

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The photograph, above, shows an Indian Air Force MiG-29 aircraft, currently in Russia to receive a Mid-life upgrade, loaded with a Kh-35U Subsonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile . The entire fleet of these Russian-origin aircrafts are to receive a Mid-life/Life-extension upgrade. Following the upgrade, these aircraft are to be identified by the nomenclature UPG as suffix, i.e., MiG-29UPG. Capability to launch the Kh-35 missiles are being incorporated into the MiG-29 aircraft as part of the upgrade package decided upon.[/font][/color]

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The MiG aircrafts [MiG-29K & MiG-29KUB] that India is acquiring for flying off its planned induction of Aircraft Carriers are to have this launch capability too[/font][/color]
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[Nadimitla Abbulu]

[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]Indian MiG-29s were used extensively during the 1999 [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War"]Kargil War[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] in [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir"]Kashmir[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] by the Indian Air Force to provide fighter escort for [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_2000"]Mirage 2000s[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], which were attacking targets with [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb"]laser-guided bombs[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]. According to Indian sources, two MiG-29s from the IAF's No. 47 squadron (Black Archers) gained [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_lock-on"]missile lock[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] on two F-16s of the [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force"]Pakistan Air Force (PAF)[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3] which were patrolling close to the border to prevent any incursions by Indian aircraft, but did not engage them because no official declaration of war had been issued. The Indian MiG-29s were armed with beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles whereas the Pakistani F-16s were not.[/size][/font][/color]

[Aavakaaya Biryaani]

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