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Lets hope that FOC is completed By 2018 December Tejas needs a positive narrative That will come with some good announcements They should put up Tejas in Mock fights with Mig 29 and Mirage 2000 and announce the Results

@ersakthivel For Tejas to attract the " public " attention and attain public confidence ; will be a long and tedious affair At least five more years till IAF deploys Tejas MK 1 at a frontline base ; Sulur is not a frontline air base By the way even BR people have lost interest in Tejas MK...

@ersakthivel We should have used AL 31 in Tejas for more internal fuel , a better combat Radius and Loiter time Then we could have had the range of J 10 But using GE 404 became a symbol of "improvement" in India US ties Did IAF ever specify a Combat radius in the ASQR

You do realise that 300 Tejas also means 300 pilots As things stand today , we are also short of pilots I just want that Tejas should not be "forced " to do things which it cannot How can they make the best use of its capabilities should be left to the professionals Tejas is just another...

Let me put out a few points very clearly I don't want India to loose any future war I don't want IAF to take any un necessary Risks and sacrifice its pilots just to prove a point about Tejas' s capabilities to the Indian public Having said that it is also improper to say that IAF keeps...

Here is another fictional scenario You are sending Tejas for a bombing mission inside Pakistan where it will also have an encounter with JF 17s It has taken off from a base 150 km inside India But then it's own home air base is under attack and is closed temporarily The Tejas is ordered by...

@ersakthivel In all the joint Air land Exercises for implementing the Cold Start that we have read about , it is Mig 29 and Mirage 2000 which are used along with Jaguars and Mig 27 Where as Mig 21 are used for CAP The Sukhois are for Offensive Fighter Sweeps The same thing will happen...

Ok so if you want to deploy Tejas against Bangladesh , I have no objection Three front war ,Hic Hic Hooray :drool:

@ersakthivel Do you really think that in a Joint Air Land Campaign the Tejas Mk 1 has the Ability to go in At least 50 km inside Pakistan after taking off from a base some 150 km inside India Then Fight and Bring down the JF 17s which will be attacking our Army Formations and also bomb their...

@ersakthivel Instead of going on and on about the MK 1 , why don't you write a Fictional Combat scenario incorporating the COLD Start doctrine Let us see where do you fit in the Tejas MK 1 in a battle field and battle scenario Then we can debate in a much better manner

He only talks of HMDS ,HOBS and composites all day long :blah: Whereas the simple fact is that The limited combat radius and loiter time are its Biggest weaknesses Therefore we are going for a Larger MK 2 Which would be the real Multi Role Fighter By having an AESA and BVR capability IAF is...

MK 1 has definite limitations Therefore IAF has done the right thing by asking for an AESA equipped BVR fighter That is MK 1A - till MK 2 comes along Even the latest tweet by Saurav Jha quoting IAF chief said that they were looking forward to the BVR capability for FOC Mk1 And Mk 1 A will...

Gripen C has the same engine as our M K 1 But much better combat radius You can fight or bomb the enemy only if you are flying in the air If you are out of fuel you have to turn back This obsession with wing loading and WVR is meaningless Once you have secured a Lock on with an AESA...

You can keep dreaming that Mk 1A will decimate PAF and all its Air bases on its own But that is not going to happen Without Rafales and Super Sukhois we cannot win future wars , that is why we need them All acquisitions are made with regard to future scenarios By the way SEAD means...

MK 1A combat radius is simply not sufficient for deep strikes Therefore IAF is asking for AESA and BVR So that it can take long range BVR shots MK 2 will have the combat radius of Mirage 2000 Tejas MK 1 A will always play a supporting role Because of its limited loiter time Which is caused by...

What the Pakis are doing is to have a 250 to 300 strong JF 17 fleet each capable of 4 BVR AAM They want to create a Wall to stop IAF fighters from breaching in Hence the growing Importance of Stand off Air to Ground munitions and LRCMs like Brahmos and Shaurya and Nirbhay And BVR Missiles...

Low wing Loading is useful for WVR dog fights The future wars will be won by the side who wins the BVR battle Therefore this growing need and demand for AESA What prevents the JF 17 to fire BVR shots at IAF fighters to make them abort their missions The answer to one BVR missile is another...

Tejas MK 1 does not have the combat radius for deep strikes At the most we can use it for close air support or for carrying stand off weapons like SAAW And Glide bombs The Best use of Tejas is to fire long range BVRAAMs at Paki JF 17s and F 16s which will make them break away ie take...

@ersakthivel The best use of Tejas is With long range BVRAAMs and an AESA radar That is purely as an interceptor In this interceptor role we can also use drop tanks The moment we load LGBs the combat radius and loiter time decreases We will need a large number of BVR equipped fighters...

The only problem with Rafale is its Unwillingness to work with HAL If Govt of India announces Dassault Reliance Venture right now for more Rafales it would be called a scam by the opposition This whole circus could have been avoided if HAL would have become a Minority partner with...