LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

[omaebakabaka]

This is exactly what I mentioned, buddy!! Sleaze money by the Malaysian officials has resulted in the selection of the FA 50 over the Tejas. But the Malaysian finance ministry has rejected this being higher than what's budgeted. Tejas ticks all the right boxes! So there's still hope for our Tejas.

All countries in SEA can't seem to wait to suck some plastic infused dicks of korean or chinese lady bois. Percentage of stupid population that is infatuated with kpop, jdrama and so on is steadily increasing across boundaries in those countries. Ofcourse koreans grease everyone but I also think Tejas has bit more to prove itself in its home country before going outside. No reason to get upset in either case.

 

[sakalasiva]

The day IAF scrambles Tejas to deter the Pakistanis, It will mark Tejas as combat proven thereby increasing its export potential.

Infact, Pakistanis drone flying near the Punjab, Rajasthan Gujrant border would be its first kills.

Do you want to use expensive missiles to be wasted for knocking down cheap drones good luck with that

 

[vidhwanshak]

Do you want to use expensive missiles to be wasted for knocking down cheap drones good luck with that

That's what guns on Tejas are for.

Su 30MKI are scrambled for such petty reasons

Indian Sukhoi-30 shoots down Pakistani drone in Bikaner sector

The ground radars stationed there had seen the drone on the radar first.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[sakalasiva]

That's what guns on Tejas are for.

Are you are saying cheap drones chased by million dollars machines and shoot it down with gun will prove combat worthy ness of that machine?

 

[flanker99]

That's what guns on Tejas are for.

Hitting small drones with guns is hard..really hard...ideally for such things we should just have another cheap drone hit it

 

[vidhwanshak]

Areyou are saying cheap drones chased by million dollars machines and shoot it down with gun will prove combat worthy ness of that machine?

No, combat worthy means that IAF has confidence in the system and is ready to deploy them at frontiers.
Clearly, keeping the squadrons at Banglore shows IAF is really not accepting Tejas in its inventory whereas the newly inducted Rafale is being scrambled to deter the Chinese.
This fact itself hampers the export potential of Tejas.
cheap drones chased by million dollars machines and shoot it down with gun will prove combat worthy ness of that machine
won't do it but deploying them on forward bases against Pakistan will definitely do.

A ship is safe in the shipyard but that's not where it is meant to be.

 

[vidhwanshak]

Hitting small drones with guns is hard..really hard...ideally for such things we should just have another cheap drone hit it

yeah, I was just pointing out one of the first potential kills of Tejas against an adversary.

 

[Dark Sorrow]

Do you want to use expensive missiles to be wasted for knocking down cheap drones good luck with that

Its not about how expensive or cheap the enemy drone is but what you are protecting.
The drone may be cheap but asset you are protecting may be not.
Even if drone is not targeting any accent, overhead drones givers jitters to ground units. Shooting down such drones increases morale and confidence of your units.

 

[jai jaganath]

LCA-Tejas out, Korean Media confirms FA-50 winning Malaysian tender – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

I know u guys will say it's idrw but the source is sbs
According to it deal in few weeks and amount is 3.2 billion ringgit which very well fits into budget
It's clear that economic times report was incorrect and author was lying
So guys deal in few weeks

 

[Blademaster]

Hitting small drones with guns is hard..really hard...ideally for such things we should just have another cheap drone hit it

You are missing the point. We need to combat qualify the LCA for boosting sales overseas.

 

[sakalasiva]

You are missing the point. We need to combat qualify the LCA for boosting sales overseas.

No idiot considers aircraft as combat worthy by shooting down the small drones which you can do it through rifles also.

 

[rone]

Engineers day, Tejas.


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No it's hawak trainer airframe

 

[Blademaster]

Reported to mods for moving of post and change in title.

And report yourself to Haldilal for some administered spanking.

 

[omaebakabaka]

Are you are saying cheap drones chased by million dollars machines and shoot it down with gun will prove combat worthy ness of that machine?

At some point, they have to do patrols and interception roles of some kind actively to replace mig-21 in the least. Shooting drones is not their mission profile except may be like global hawk or predator style high altitude ones if necessary.

 

[Blademaster]

No idiot considers aircraft as combat worthy by shooting down the small drones which you can do it through rifles also.

Go and try to shoot it down with a rifle, I dare you. See how easy you think to shoot it down from a distance. And some of those drones carry munitions and spy on our formations. So it is combat worthy.

 

[sakalasiva]

Go and try to shoot it down with a rifle, I dare you. See how easy you think to shoot it down from a distance. And some of those drones carry munitions and spy on our formations. So it is combat worthy.

If you follow the news then you do not ask these type of questions. Our Army shot down Pak drones which are infiltrated into our territory. May be they are spy drone but question is how sophisticated they are and how maneuver able they are. If you take f22 and shoot down an ww2 aeroplane and say I have proved f22 effectiveness then people will laugh at you. Similar analogy applies to fighter jets and small puny drones.

 

[vidhwanshak]

If you follow the news then you do not ask these type of questions. Our Army shot down Pak drones which are infiltrated into our territory. May be they are spy drone but question is how sophisticated they are and how maneuver able they are. If you take f22 and shoot down an ww2 aeroplane and say I have proved f22 effectiveness then people will laugh at you. Similar analogy applies to fighter jets and small puny drones.

No shit talk but many times fighter jets were scrambled to shoot down Pakistani drones in Rajasthan and Gujarat. A simple google search will help you find it.

Even Isreal has used F35 to shoot down drones and I don't understand what problems you have with Tejas doing the same.

Israeli Air Force shows F-35’s first aerial 'kills' of Iranian drones in declassified video

Video tweeted by the Israeli Air Force shows footage from March last year of ‘Adir’ F-35I fighter jets shooting down two Iranian UAVs.

theprint.in

Anyways, Tejas shooting down drones >>> Tejas sitting in Banglore.

Peace out.




IAF scrambles Sukhoi-30 jets after sighting Pakistani drone | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)

IAF Sukhois intercept An-12 aircraft from Pak, forces it to land at Jaipur

The aircraft had deviated from its scheduled path

www.theweek.in

UAV, Pak F-16s detected near Punjab, forced to retreat after IAF scrambles jets

New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Amidst simmering tension with India, a large Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and at least four F-16 jets of the Pakistani Air Force were detected by Indian radars flying close to Khemkaran in Punjab on Monday morning, sources here said.

www.aninews.in

Every ops mentioned above could have been done by Tejas instead of Su-30MKI adding Tejas to the real Tejas.

 

[Flying Dagger]

No shit talk but many times fighter jets were scrambled to shoot down Pakistani drones in Rajasthan and Gujarat. A simple google search will help you find it.

Even Isreal has used F35 to shoot down drones and I don't understand what problems you have with Tejas doing the same.

Israeli Air Force shows F-35’s first aerial 'kills' of Iranian drones in declassified video

Video tweeted by the Israeli Air Force shows footage from March last year of ‘Adir’ F-35I fighter jets shooting down two Iranian UAVs.

theprint.in

Anyways, Tejas shooting down drones >>> Tejas sitting in Banglore.

Peace out.




IAF scrambles Sukhoi-30 jets after sighting Pakistani drone | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)

IAF Sukhois intercept An-12 aircraft from Pak, forces it to land at Jaipur

The aircraft had deviated from its scheduled path

www.theweek.in

UAV, Pak F-16s detected near Punjab, forced to retreat after IAF scrambles jets

New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Amidst simmering tension with India, a large Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and at least four F-16 jets of the Pakistani Air Force were detected by Indian radars flying close to Khemkaran in Punjab on Monday morning, sources here said.

www.aninews.in

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Every ops mentioned above could have been done by Tejas instead of Su-30MKI adding Tejas to the real Tejas.

Not every and not always.

Depends on the nearest airbase and fighter jet available.

When you scramble a jet you don't know what kind of flying object they are going to encounter. You won't turn away your fighter jet because a F-16 arrives in picture you will have to intercept that too.

And for that Tejas need to be fully ready up there.

At some point, they have to do patrols and interception roles of some kind actively to replace mig-21 in the least. Shooting drones is not their mission profile except may be like global hawk or predator style high altitude ones if necessary.

Shooting combat drones is mission profile of every fighter out there where it's LCH Rudra or Tejas.

But it's not the only thing they are supposed to do.

 

[omaebakabaka]

Not every and not always.

Depends on the nearest airbase and fighter jet available.

When you scramble a jet you don't know what kind of flying object they are going to encounter. You won't turn away your fighter jet because a F-16 arrives in picture you will have to intercept that too.

And for that Tejas need to be fully ready up there.



Shooting combat drones is mission profile of every fighter out there where it's LCH Rudra or Tejas.

But it's not the only thing they are supposed to do.

THey can shoot down depending on the type of drone, a low flying quadro copter is also a drone but I doubt Tejas will be sent up to take it down....these are designed to do more complex interceptions and battles not some tb2 type drone for which AA or some other shorad may be used

 

[Flying Dagger]

THey can shoot down depending on the type of drone, a low flying quadro copter is also a drone but I doubt Tejas will be sent up to take it down....these are designed to do more complex interceptions and battles not some tb2 type drone for which AA or some other shorad may be used

We Will employ lots of defence layer but if they are able to penetrate them , fighter jets and attack helis etc will be employed to do the job.

It's not like they know everything about what they are facing and will face when they encounter the suspected object. A fighter jet is sent knowing/counting the possible adventure which may surprise them.

Sukhoi aren't for shooting balloon etc only but they do when needed.