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Boss products are made by machines. Machines used for defence, even civil products are very high tech products. For example not a single machine for semiconductor manufacturing is made in India. If India wants to set up an IC fab or IC packaging unit, all machines have to be imported. Suppose...

Guys India has more benefit by focusing on standoff weapons. Even an LCA Tejas will be effective with a 100km range standoff weapon. If you need to enter airspace of enemy, then you need minimum 4.5 gen today. America has perfected its stealth after fifty plus years of continuous research and...

You have a mental block. MMRCA offsets were supposed to develop industrial capacity in India for AMCA and other aircraft. You guys confuse product development with infrastructure. You cannot have very expensive factories set up just for one product. China has a 5th gen now. How far along will...

Guys building a brand new fighter from ground up is a very time consuming and expensive business. AMCA was always thought off as spinoff of MMRCA. Unfortunately MMRCA is still not awarded and offsets related to it may not benefit AMCA much. Assuming AMCA flies on GE engines; same as Tejas...

India is going up in importance for the West. While F-35 is not offered today, you cannot say about the future.

OK you are assuming that RAM coating will make AMCA 5th generation. I believe even third generation IAF aircraft have RAM coating but nobody called them 5th gen. The current LCA is 4th gen. Tejas MWF will be 4.5 gen. Obviously Tejas MWF is not here yet; it is not built. Fifth gen is a...

gryphus-scarface, I do not know about you but I seriously doubt either ADA or HAL has capability to build a 5th generation plane. It is a big leap. Tejas MWF is going towards 4.5 generation. I think serious R&D and industrial improvement are needed for 5th generation. Freezing design means...

India is very likely to buy either F-35 or Su-57. Local projects will go in parallel. There is no visibility on AMCA and it may take time. Tejas has full focus so this is where the action is. Let us see where MMRCA project takes us. Quite possible that MMRCA grows into AMCA alternative.

India may buy F-35. If Turkey is out of F-35 program, then an opening for India may open.

It is very easy to get bank financing in the USA if you have a viable business plan. Not so in India though situation is changing now. Also it is easy to find private backers in the USA. The culture is very different. How did Infosys start? From a five star hotel? HCL also started from a very...

Infosys also started out of garage, and so many other companies. You forget that USA nurtures tech companies. Microsoft may have started out of garage, but it is very easy to get funding in the USA. Not same in India.

Your statement is against all Hindus since all Hindus take blessing of their god/gods before starting any major work, even going to war. Faith and science have coexisted in almost all societies. I would loathe a USSR or China type of bland materialistic society.

Well I am not convinced with your logic. First of all India cannot be compared with USA or Europe. Both have a 200 year lead in industrialization over India. The biggest difficulty is in developing human resources (bigger challenge compared to infrastructure). Minds do not become scientific...

Why do you think Indian software quality is bad? Any evidence?

Bad logic. Software is a globalized industry. It makes no sense for India to be effective player only if it competes directly with Microsoft and Google. India has its niche where it is playing nicely.

There are Indian software products which work and are quite mature. The size of Indian market is small; and access to foreign markets is limited. As domestic market grows, the space for local software products will grow too. Overseas customers do not pay Indians for bad quality. Indians survive...

Let us face it that we are not ready to build a fifth generation fighter platform yet. I think it is logical to take LCA to 4.5 generation first. This will give us confidence to jump further to 5th generation in AMCA. I doubt government will give AMCA approval until engine issue is sorted out...

These are CGI. Please remember when they do detailed design, it can and will change. The first step is selection of an engine, as engine is must for design. Then will come the rest of major components like radar, defensive systems etc. I think FGFA project will be needed for knowledge of...

Maybe they think air-air fighting using gun is outdated. So ground attack is a better use of such gun.

This article shows significant resistance to rafale deal in current ruling party. There is a lot of speculation about corruption in finalizing the tender by previous government. The stand of Dassault is only fueling the fires.