Problem is that when GoI tries to exercises accountability, these generals run to the nearest Congress MP or High Court and they look for any reason to start intefering with GoI's exercises of accountability.
He did try to replace it with more LCAs but IAF kept resisting the efforts. It was only by sheer stubbornness and will displayed by DM Manohar Parrikar to get IAF onboard.
He through DM Manohar Parrikar tried to get IAF to buy more LCAs but they kept resisting. So not fault of Modi however you want it to be.
And shows the shortsightedness and shallowness of your posts.
This will be recorded as the first time that a live action video took place as the air accident unfolded. You can hear the screams as the fire raged through.
The guy was enjoying his life at the moment and then in a brief matter of seconds his life was gone. Very surreal for me.
Learning curve and they had no working engine program at that time. Kaveri program wasn’t producing the results they were looking for.
It have been easier to do a one engine fighter plane than a two engine plane and learn what it takes to be a successful naval fighter plane.
No surprise there. Because of the unforgiving environment and harsh landings/takeoff, naval planes wear out much faster and are much more maintenance intensive. Only country to figure how to deal with these things is USA and its company, Boeing.
That is what happens if you have no spares and no maintenance. Pretty soon all those pretty American toys would be unusable and only fit for static displays.