 hopes to greatly increase the capability of its MiG-29 fighter jets with stand-off ground assault weapons){kind=link}
By fitting its MiG-29 fighter jets with stand-off ground assault weaponry, the Indian Air Force (IAF) hopes to greatly increase the aircraft’s capability.
The IAF’s No. 11 Base Repair Depot will be in charge of this project, and the Ministry of Defence has invited industrial partners to work with them on it through a recent Request for Proposals (RFP). In order to equip 24 MiG-29 aircraft with the High Speed Low Drag (HSLD) Mark-II stand-off armament, which can hit targets over 180 kilometers away, the IAF has determined that it is urgently necessary to modernize these aircraft.
The airplane must be significantly altered in order to implement this improvement, which also calls for the addition of new electronics and software.
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Although the MiG-29’s primary purpose is air defense, this update