LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

Gyyan

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bro 2040 tak pakistani airforce 400 se jyada aircraft afford nhi kr payegi. usse niche hi rahega unke aircraft ka number.
Never underestimate the retarded pakis.
They shouldn't be able to buy those J10s and akincis the subs now they are still buying it.
They will sell their whole country just so that they can keep Imaginary parity wrt India.
 

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Never underestimate the retarded pakis.
They shouldn't be able to buy those J10s and akincis the subs now they are still buying it.
They will sell their whole country just so that they can keep Imaginary parity wrt India.
They are a minor paper tiger. They won't be able to afford gas, spares, and munitions in a drawn out fight.
 

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Never underestimate the retarded pakis.
They shouldn't be able to buy those J10s and akincis the subs now they are still buying it.
They will sell their whole country just so that they can keep Imaginary parity wrt India.
Exactly FM Jaishankar said the same: Should not take a person/country for granted whose sole motive of existence is to destroy you. Whatever be the state of Pakis, Four Fathers shall keep nurturing Paki Army for its nuisance value.
 

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Delayed due to import issue due to covid, the remaining will arrive quickly. Provided the covid related news is authentic.
The Covid delay was originally attributed to the IOC and FOC delays. I was hoping this delay is due to trainers being configured for Mk1A setup. Anyway this is quite disappointing. Hopefully they deliver the 18 trainers by end of next year.
 

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It's total airborne testing. Ground testing might be in thousands of hours.
And Airborne testing hours might've been in also increased by now. If the source is true about 230 hrs.

From wiki.
The Uttam radar has completed 230 hours of AIRBORNE testing onboard two Tejas fighter jets (LSP2 and LSP3) and on an executive jet; presumed to be DRDO's Dornier 228 "Nabhratna" used as a flying test bed by LRDE.[7]


SOURCE WEBSITE NOT OPENING FOR ME.
And in what world is 230 hours considered less? This Chinese sounds like a $7.99 buffett bawarchi in Philadelphia.
 

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that doesn’t make sense, the first jets of the MK1A order will be 2 seaters, the first single seat then will be delivered in 2026/7
The trainers are FOC variants the mk1A's are still under testing AFAIK.
 

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is there no refueling probe?
we hv 350+ aircraft which hv refueling probe..but only 6 oldy russian refueler. we will buy 6 more to replace these russian refueler. so we always more aircraft with refueling probe than refueler😝. we should buy boing MQ25 stingray UAV refuelers. that cost is near 50 million dollars. in 1 billion dollars we can bought near 20 of them. it can refuel 4-6 fighter with 900 km range. very good for tejas type CAP and point defense fighters. tejas can fly for 45 minute in one shorty. nd it can make 3 shorties in one day. that mean 135 minutes or 2 hour 25 minutes. tejas mark 2 will hv 1 hour 30 minute flying time in one shorty.
 

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we hv 350+ aircraft which hv refueling probe..but only 6 oldy russian refueler. we will buy 6 more to replace these russian refueler. so we always more aircraft with refueling probe than refueler😝. we should buy boing MQ25 stingray UAV refuelers. that cost is near 50 million dollars. in 1 billion dollars we can bought near 20 of them. it can refuel 4-6 fighter with 900 km range. very good for tejas type CAP and point defense fighters. tejas can fly for 45 minute in one shorty. nd it can make 3 shorties in one day. that mean 135 minutes or 2 hour 25 minutes. tejas mark 2 will hv 1 hour 30 minute flying time in one shorty.
...or just make our own Refueling Drones ?
seriously how hard is it ? it's just a flying machine that pumps down fuel to flying jets...we already are making that Ghatak UCAV and what not for combat roles so just fork a refueling uav out of it 🤷‍♂️
 

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...or just make our own Refueling Drones ?
seriously how hard is it ? it's just a flying machine that pumps down fuel to flying jets...we already are making that Ghatak UCAV and what not for combat roles so just fork a refueling uav out of it 🤷‍♂️
Refueling is very critical aerial act
AFAIK
Bcoz I have learnt even with those manned refuelers it becomes very difficult to control and operate
Unmanned system for Refueling needs a lot of automation and we are damn new in this
Pls don't bring nishant
If we really want uav refuelers then better import but even America hasn't inducted it
So better wait and go for refuelers
 

vin bharat mahan

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...or just make our own Refueling Drones ?
seriously how hard is it ? it's just a flying machine that pumps down fuel to flying jets...we already are making that Ghatak UCAV and what not for combat roles so just fork a refueling uav out of it 🤷‍♂️
in theory yes its simple...but if its that simple other country hv also their own version of mq 25. we r amature in UAV field.
 

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