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  1. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    The plan was to always order hundreds of Tejas, not buying Cold War relics to keep up squadron numbers. IAF needs to get out of the junkyard mentality and start buying new indigenous systems.
  2. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Just think for a minute about the actual state of these airframes. They have been stored in Siberia without any environmental controls. They endure extreme cold and thawing thousands of times expanding and contracting the welds and warping metal season after season, year after year. Russia...
  3. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    That is cannablising Tejas orders. It is no more advanced than the current Mk1 which costs the same and vastly inferior to Mk1A. The airframes were made during the Cold War, this will not last 40 years.
  4. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    They are the same engines used in the MiG-29K. As per former Chief of Indian Naval Staff Admiral Prakash interview in 2016... "The engine-design defects should be rectified with the utmost urgency at the Russians' cost," Prakash said. "Any respectable company, conscious of its reputation, would...
  5. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    MiG-35 is the only MiG with an AESA. With a 62% defect rate it is not likely. Those engines are the bane of IN aviation's existence. Quality control for all components of MiGs are suspect.
  6. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Considering how long it has been since HAL has received payment it appears the MoD has given the message loud and clear. Corruption, incompetence and poor quality control will no longer be tolerated by PSUs of any kind, including OFB which is on the verge of privatisation.
  7. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    MiG-29K at Goa ___________________
  8. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    It wasn't the only fighter that month to drop a naplam bomb off the runway. 99% of HALs work can be world-class, but it is that last 1% that can cause catastrophic failure. HAL does not have good QC and until it does, IAF will continue to have high attrition rates.
  9. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Is that why the fuel tanks are falling off of it? That is all due to HAL's superior workmanship?
  10. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Of course you have no response because you know that most of the flight hours are trials which are far less rigorous than active units with clearance for the full flight envelop. Nothing gets flown harder than a trainer. My opinion of HAL is no different than yours of OFB. There is a very...
  11. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Has it achieved FOC or does it still have restrictions?
  12. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    They are dying because of HAL's shoddy workmanship.
  13. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Is there any chance India wants to revive MTA with Russia? It only took 8 years from the first planned flight! :hail:
  14. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    He was a Wing Commander, it is safe to rule out human error, bird strike maybe, technical problems most likely.
  15. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    It is conclusive he is dead and the plane he was flying should have been decommissioned years ago. I doubt anyone cares about the aircraft lost but his life and training were worth far more. The amount of hours required to train a Wing Commander is worth tens of millions and his vast...
  16. Armand2REP

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Trump won't clear critical F-16 technologies, Saab uses many American components in its critical technologies which also won't be cleared. This tender with a Make in India initiative is a waste of time because nothing will be cleared under Trump.
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