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Costs will go down with more orders - hope GOI can ignore foreign propaganda.

Germany is rejecting F-35 and ramming Eurofighters down Luftwaffe' s throat - all for strategic Independence.They even sacked an air Force chief for not towing government line. Yet their lobbysts criticize our government for pushing Tejas. These people really have no shame.

Since GaganShakti IAF is beginning to really like and appreciate Tejas. This is pure bad news for the import lobby. Not only they lose the Indian market, a successful Tejas will simply crush the competition - Gripen in price and JF17 in performance.

They have tried every trick in the book - lobbying IAF, planting nagative paid articles to planting paid members in defence forums and celebrity photo-ops and rides. Good thing is none of this will matter. GOI will do nothing till 2019 elections and by that time we will have 20+ Tejas giving it...

The proliferation of manpads in modern battlefield has made the CAS role difficult for aircrafts. Modern manpads like Verba are increasingly using more sensors making them difficult to counter. A-10 and Su-25 won't be replaced until they be become completely obsolete. Future of CAS is likely to...

1 sec between life or death...

You have to take into account conversation values and Indian salaries. Also, this much money was spent because their was a clear project plan with clear goals and minimum risk. Open ended RnD is risky and hence only surplus budget is allocated. I am all up for higher RnD budgets though.

For a modern A2A missile to effectively take out a modern 4-5 gen fighter aircraft, the missile should be able to pull about 5 times the g value the fighter can pull. So, if the fighter aircraft can pull 9g, a 45g missile can take it out. In case of BVR, they are less maneuverable than CCM...

How much time and money is needed - There is no way to know for sure - is there? The Kaveri project did not receive this much money because of inherent tisks. The French are called in to reduce risks and reduce development time, specially since Kaveri's last minute problems of screech and...

CCMs emphasize maneuverability -having more surfaces and/or thrust vectoring. What if an enemy manages to jump you by avoiding detection - using stealth or jamming? With BVR you are left with a missile which does not turn that fast and you will lose in a dogfight. It is similar to having a...

US is trying with F-16 http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a26028/f-16-drone-have-raider-ii/

Tejas can be fitted with something like the Delilah missile https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah_(missile)

Tejas can replace Mig 21s in all mission profiles. It can replace Mig 27 in some mission profiles because of lesser range (external fuel tanks/ conformal fuel tanks will decrease payload). MK2 will replace Mig 27 in all mission profiles. IAF have to come out and say that they want to induct SEFs...

1. "The aircraft’s internal fuel tanks with a combined capacity of 3.4t are approximately 40% larger than those of its former version. The increased volume is made possible by moving the landing gear from the fuselage of the aircraft out to the inner wings." - SAAB The ferry range of 3400 Km/...

Both F-16 and Gripen-E are higher tonnage aircrafts i.e.of a heavier class than Tejas. F-16 is an old metallic airframe design and Gripen-E has design compromises to accommodate more internal fuel. There are no perfect aircrafts. So why criticize Tejas only. IAF has to specify which...

The roles of planes should be clear. If you want a bomb truck - you have the F16 - but then why does it need to be single engine? If you have a deep penetration aircraft with loads of fuel like Gripen , why does that have to be single engine? Isn't having a single engine fighter in these roles a...

The problem seems to be with the names "multi-role" and "omni-role". - No two airforce seems to agree on their definition and the names are open to interpretation. Tejas is a point defence interceptor with limited ground attack capability. For deep strike, you have Rafale. Gripen / F-16 seems...

Maybe MK2 can have conformal fuel tanks like Rafale - depending on mission.

I was under impression they are still in development. This is great news.

Brahmos has CEP of 1.5 m, same same Yakhont. Seekers are currently Russian. http://www.military-today.com/missiles/brahmos.htm http://www.military-today.com/missiles/p800_oniks.htm