in which area India can work ?? we dont have enough experts and Fully developed technology to implement in FGFA .
Designs , Radars , air-frames ,engines , IRST , electronic warfare systems etc will be Russian .<<<<< these are the 85% part of Fighter plane .
so what are the options ?? wait for another 20 years to develop indian technologies ?
and let me tell you developing these technology will require much more money (with no surety of development )
Russia & USA have invested trillions of $ to invent these technologies during the last 100 years ..............to challenge them we also need trillions of $ and a lot of time ..................then we will have to select some smart people & give them all that money and other resources so that they can invent something ................
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blah blah blah .............
https://sputniknews.com/military/201608011043816969-south-korea-fighter-jet-usa/
what are these 21 technologies ??
they will provide AESA radar technology ??
no .............
they will provide engine technology ?? no ,
electronic optical targeting pod ? no ......
radio frequency jammer ?? no ..........
the infrared search and tracking system ?? no ...............
they will provide syntactic mat technology ?? no
without these technologies can south korea can never build a Fifth generation fighter plane ?? Never .
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/07/116_210456.html
^ look at this a latest article , they are still begging ..............and they will not get it .
USA "assured" to provide 21 technologies , just because South korea bought 40 F-35 , they are so called "allies " of USA & these technologies are not that critical and south Korea can not make 5th generation fighter plane with these technologies .
they signed deal to provide even those 21 technology ?? no .................they just assured .
This is USA >>>
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230724/UK-anger-America-refuses-share-secrets-new-radar-evading-Lockheed-F35-fighter-jet--Britain-helped-pay-for.html
^ they refuse to provide source codes of their AESA Radar to their biggest ally & Father United Kingdom , which is the sole "Level 1" partner of F-35 program , why they will provide source codes to any other country ?? specially a country like India which is so close to Russia ??
that is limited maintenance & they have this privilege because of China and I think the
maintenance will be provided by American technicians only .
even UK dont have that privilege >>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...repair-kit-on-f-35-jets---even-though-it-was/
Only Israel Can Customize America’s F-35 (At Least for Now)
https://www.wired.com/2016/05/israel-can-customize-americas-f-35-least-now/