My gud friend Kunal never get what you Trying to make sense for?
Well Tejasnk1 is no full Fledged 4th gen aircraft in current picture.. it's nothing more than MIG21 bison ++
it is like saying PAKFA is just a replacement for SU-30 MKI.
Tejas has more than double the range, weapon weight and radar tracking range and BVR missile range as that of MIG-21.
The radar of Tejas is equal to the RAFALE, MIG-29 radome dia, BVR missiles of tejas are also equal to the missile ranges on RAFALE, As ADA chief said in his interview the tejas-mk-2 will have radar interfaces to carry METEOR.
And tejas mk-1 has the lowest RCS of any fighter currently serving in IAF. It is very significant advantage, In simple air to air roles with no external fuel tanks , once tejas mk-1 fires it's long range BVRs(high RCS external stores) , it's RCS will drop significantly allowing it to evade the tracking thresold RCS range of most fighters in PAf and PLAF to aim their long range BVRs at it,compared to MIG-29 and SU-30.
So in this regard it is the best air to air fighter in presently IAF.
But yes mk2 is better and hopefully few issues will be resolved with time. At its best this jet will be Tejas mk2 of similar capability as Gripen and am talking about the current one not GRIPEN NG.
mk-2 is equal to grippen NG. Mk-2 will have lesser RCS and more powerful radar than grippen NG(considering radome dia)
The designing had flaws too but it's getting checked on as when comes to avionics they will be under the first grade hopefully by 2016.
No design flaws as tejas clocked the same top speeds as that of MIG-29 and SU-30 in seal level flights in hot indian conditions (a power less dive from 4Km alt as part of it's flutter test) , so the so no design issues hasn't stopped it from achieving this.
And For GOD Sake what gave you the idea that tejas are of same level as mig 29.. i assume you are talking about the upgraded mig 29s
Tejas has lesser RCS and in mk-2 version once the critical fuel fraction spec is known , we may see it having almost the same range as that of MIG-29 K, as MIG-29 K upgrades is constrained to carrier adoption and cockpit modernization.
Tejas mk-2 is supposed to carry 120 km range BVRs and expected to carry close to 5 tons weapon load along with vastly reduced thermal signatures and radar signatures.The MIG-29 can't.
Mig- 29 is way much better right now but yes we will improve in future. Tejas will be used primarily to provide flying hours to pilots.
Mig-29 development is almost closed. Infact there is no future development programs for any of the MIG series fighters considering the clouds over MIG-35's future.But Tejas has just started out as a modern 4.5th gen fighter with lower RCS, lower wing loading , higher composites longer BVr ranges,even an ASEA upgrade in MK-2 and later in MK- 1 MLU
And yes since we are lagging in no. games will be in good use when it comes to pak as they are still using the third gen era jets or jf-17 as far as f-16s are concerned they will start dying soon as USA is putting it's hand out now.
And i don't mind Tejas as supersonic jet trainer filling the gap to switch over other platform plus being a cool interceptor it's worth considering we need this to establish our own Aviation industry otherwise SORRY on any given day IAF will say no to this.
Even some sukhois have to be used as trainers for IAF sukhoi pilots.
So what is the problem ?
It is like going to USAF and saying , since F-22 and JSF are here all your F-15, 16, 18-super hornets are simply trainers.
But let's see the big picture how much we have gained and AMCA the best thing is yet to come out CHEERS
AMCA is an evolution and extension of Tejas tech.
Guys i would like you to join and share your views on this thread.
In the closed Tejas -III, and in the past 60 pages of this thread all the matters you have raised in this post have been discussed to death.
defenceforumindia.com/forum/indian-air-force/52003-multiple-platforms-airforce-2020-2025-a.html
Thank you very much.
