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Tejas was better than Mig-21 / 27s even in IOC condition. And there was no harm in ordering just 3-4 squadrons pre FOC and then patching them up later, while building up the industrial base, ironing out operational issues and ramping up production for mk1A and then mk2 That's how it works pretty...

I would disagree. In the short run, IAF is suffering because they still rely on Mig-21s and have not replaced the MIG-27s. Unless you believe those 30-40 year old obsolete jets are better than Tejas Mk-1/1As, the air force has shot themselves in the foot thanks to their disdain for Indian...

Nope, when pointed out that: HAL made them (LCH)....out of its own pocket. You responded: "I don't know where you are coming from..." and pasted an article mentioning an order from 2022, almost two years after production started. So let's accept that IAF was up to its usual and even much...

'HAL is awaiting a contract from the ministry for 15 limited series production (LSP) helicopters...HAL has already supplied three LCHs to the IAF. By the year-end, a total of 10 LCHs would have been delivered to the two services. We are retaining five LCHs for the next year’s programme to keep...

If they stay on schedule, that means 5 years of Mk1A production before shifting over. In other words, the existing order of 83 = 16 per year. I am not sure they can increase production without adding more assembly lines, which in turn would be dependent on a larger firm order than the 83 perhaps?

Thank god none of us here started to praise Hanuman, or else you would start checking your understanding of monkeys.

I was wondering myself, but congrats, excellent choice and knowledge of Hinduism - where nothing is black and white, and even the "villains" were noble, powerful, learned people. Ravan, as my wife reminded me once, was much more learned than Ram.

In all my years I have never sat next to a colleague or had food with a friend - and wondered what his or her caste is. And that holds true for the majority of Hindu Indians outside small villages. The real casteists today are the do called oppressed SC / St who are desperate to hold on to...

You and the parsi dude who wandered here some time back are in the same league, an embarrassment to yourself. No wonder Napakis are in such a mess with nearly 200mn of your type.

Pkmb mk-1971 30 chars: Atyachar, bhrastachar, durachar, char-leclerc, aam ka achar....

And why would we throw them away when our enemy uses, for a similar role, mirage-5 jets that are 20-30 years older. It's like suggesting 90s-era t-72s should be scrapped whereas they face 60s to 70s build t-59 / 69s

And their indigenous designs took decades to perfect. India will have gone from zero to tejas mk 2 in the same time it took the west to go from zero (Wright brothers) to Hawker Hurricane

I am just glad to see how far we have progressed compared to 40 years back we were petrified at seeing napaks getting 40 f-16s on baksheesh Today that that same US is trying to sell us massively upgraded f-16s, paf getiing their's shot down... And we are actually scoffing at the thought of...