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I forgot to mention above that I am also worried about HAL after its recent loss in personnel due to the pandemic. In such a scenario, bringing in the private sector could help. Either way, the greater numbers of Tejas MK1A quickly are a better option, IMHO, than throwing away 30 billion on...

HAL has shown deficiencies in the past related to maintenance also. You need to involve private sector to a much greater extent because you need more qualified people due to competition in the private sector, as well as better funding and better equipment setups, etc. This would have to be done...

It will not be ready for another few years, and we need the numbers sooner than later. I say triple the Tejas MK1A order and increase production using private industry's help on a war footing by adding 2 to 3 more lines. The Tejas' greatest strength is that it's extremely economical compared...

I wish the government would triple the Tejas MK1A order and set up 2 additional manufacturing lines in the private sector as well as using our private sectors' capabilities more in terms of maintenance of the Tejas and other fighters. This will improve the reliability of the aircraft as well as...

One thing on my wish list is that the Tejas MK 1A eventually gets full 360 jamming capability by filling in the current blank areas, maybe by putting some T/R modules (air-cooled) on either side of the tail-fin.

Maximum estimated ferry ranges of aircraft in brochures are based on linear flight at optimal altitude with maximum fuel in internal and external tanks (and not carrying any other stores), starting and stopping at the same altitude. This can be achieved by getting to altitude and then refueling...

https://delhidefencereview.com/2020/05/17/removing-some-fallacies-about-the-capabilities-of-the-lca-tejas-fighter/ Some magic marketing for Gripen C/D, taken from above article: Now, how is this payload capability calculated? The designers simply take the maximum take off weight (MTOW) of the...

It's not 3.7 tons, it's 4.3 tons. Also, it depends on the way the specs are listed for aircraft. For example, the empty weight of some aircraft do not add the weight of the hardpoints/weapons attachment equipment like rails and addition of other equipment and things like weight of a loaded...

From above article:

The J-10's achilles heel is its older generation, less reliable Russian engine. The F404 engine on the Tejas is far more reliable.

https://www.business-standard.com/article/defence/iaf-gets-second-tejas-squadron-air-chief-shows-the-way-with-solo-sortie-120052800096_1.html IAF gets second Tejas squadron; Air Chief shows the way with solo sortie

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You are again going off topic listing typical Chinese propaganda points that has nothing to do with the PLAAF crashes, or the fact that the PLAAF has been caught in lies about engines and avionics.

You are expecting a totalitarian country that didn't accept its casualties in Galwan to officially release information about crashes that are humiliating for its air force? Good luck with that, along with believing Chinese brochures.

This is correct. Chinese have also been caught lying time and again about their engines and other technology in their propaganda brochures.

The J-15 crashes are listed in the article I posted. If you google J-10 crash female pilot, you will find the news articles you are looking for. The J-11/J-16 crashes are quite recent from last 2 years I think. I also have articles about Chinese fighter engine unreliability. I will wait for...

This is what I am talking about with respect to using CCP propaganda. Instead of addressing the points being discussed, you go off on a tangent about how advanced China is in this and that, which is completely unrelated to PLAAF limitations as witnessed by cracked JF-17 airframes, J-10, J-15...

India has been getting certain help from certain sources that would never help China. Even Russia has only given China very downgraded and outdated technology, because it knows that Chinese will copy it, being IP thieves and liars. Here is how Chinese propaganda works. For the last several...

Your English skills are betraying you. In any case, I've already made my argument for those who understand how the US system works. Rand is just another arm of the pentagon, and the US defence budget is far higher than China (especially several black projects that China doesn't even know...

LOL, you obviously don't understand how the pentagon operates. They always overstate the enemies' capabilities in order to get more money from the US congress, and the think tanks work for the pentagon. In reality the US military knows that the PLA/PLAAF/PLA navy capabilities are laughable...