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  1. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    I'm so black pilled i can only lol at the cope and seethe here - this is an unmitigated disaster that will show up in India's air power in the decades ahead. And we can expect other major projects like AMCA, TEDBF etc to go the same route. I hope noobs will now stop getting a hardon looking at...
  2. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    American must have finally realised what "100% TOT" means in Indian context from the Russians and French :lehappy:
  3. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    The last tweet in the quote is quite relatable TBH, almost feels like Mk2 will take longer than Mk1 for first flight. Really messed up.
  4. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    If I am not wrong all the Mig-29, most of the M-2000, and many of the Jaguar airframes will reach ~40 years life later this decade. I'm sceptical any of these will be able to fly well into the 2030's. So essentially we will have 21-22 sq of MKI+Tejas+Rafale in about a decades time and will need...
  5. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    This list is a self goal TBH - "83 LCA Tejas Mk-1A" for example is listed in 2016 while the contract was actually signed only in 2021.
  6. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    Maybe so, but that's something we need to change, F-35 is the only game for the next decade or so. We didn't bother to get a counter for Pak F-16s with Amraam c for a decade and that showed in the balakot incident. Twiddling our fingure while the tye Chinese are rapidly adding capabilities is...
  7. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    Take all these "IAF has commited to x number of squadrons" statements with a pinch of salt. Only way to show commitment is money - either firm contracted orders or development funding.
  8. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    This is the real comedy :rofl: - spreading Gucci gang wars to the Twitterverse.
  9. The Shrike

    ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

    Can someone explain what this means exactly? Testing will be completed with in 15 months of takeoff?
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