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Perhaps you right or perhaps they will achieve some figure near that. In defence aviation delivery timelines are most of the times stretchy across world esp when you are ab initio establishing production lines for new type. In 8 years HAL was not only just delivering aircrafts but taking...

https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/delivery-of-single-seat-tejas-lca-mark-1-fighters-to-iaf-completed-123082300824_1.html

I doubt chinese knew exact type of aircraft. I am pretty sure they know average rc of MI17, and small combat helis they fly. They saw something different on screen which might have rc in ballpark range of typical length combat heli - and thats what they protested.

a) I think simpler explanation of Air defence Radars picked up when heli approached DBO? b)I think what officer says in article that Prachand EO -sensor used to lock onto heat emitted by pitot tube. Seems to the heat source was too close - that effectively overwhelms EO sensor(jams it) ...

Generals speak when he wants to build urgency. What looks like is Govt is dithering on making decision on procuring 3rd party ATGM. And Army is getting impatient.

He wants Apache choppers for Army. He is not satisfied by Rudra Alone. Airforce is going to oppose it. EDIT: HE is not criticizing Platform. He is lamenting lack of suitable ATGM missiles for platform

LCH has been designed to fire its weapons from safe range, out of reach from shoulder fired SAM, RPG and the likes. I am not the designer and I do not know what specific requirements had priority which lead to EO above nose. Thats the answer user or designer can answer. As I said earlier, try...

@Scrutator understand that LCH has been designed to attack target from distance and not hover over targets and destroy. Hovering over targets esp where you could have rpg,shoulder fired sam, or mmg would be suicidal. IAF have more brains than you and me and they know their requirements for LCH...

Instead of manned helicopter an unmanned hovering UAV with FLIR would be more suitable in this scenario Yes in this case, Having the EO/FLIR pod below nose may be more beneficial than having above nose. EO pod on the mast would be pretty useless. However In both cases you will need to turn...

Well what advantage you are going to get on seeing downwards for fleeting seconds? And that too when you cant fire anything at it. While on move, before things which are going to come below you, are going to come first in front of you. And there you will have flexibility of pointing your weapons...

What was loh has now become luh. There wont be any fantail version of luh