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It's called work culture. Being awarded the smallest share of defence budget since decades, right from the early days IN had to plan well for making the best out of their share of the budget and there was no better way for this other than depending on local production. This culture got passed on...

Yes it may be a maintenance hog, yes it may be a handicraft, But you cant sprint before you learn to walk and I hope Tejas is where we will develop the infrastructure and industry for the future. We have relied way too much on imports, lets walk the talk and actually support an indigenous effort...

Corruption will never disappear, in India or anywhere else. I sincerely hope atleast mismanagement erodes off the system eventually.

If someone intends to, what is there in this planet that cant be bashed upon or pointed fingers at. I think it is only human to find more faults than good of things that belong to others. Regardless, JF-17 and Tejas will always have a special place in the hearts of Pakistanis and Indians...

Agreed but better late than never. For a project of such magnitude to achieve success, you need support of both Bureaucracy and Services. Clearly one of them or either were always lacking in this project, we can only hope things will improve over time and I must say there was never a better...

1. 120 LCA will be 6 squadrons. Each LCA squadron will have 20 aircraft including 4 spares. However DMs statement of 8 squadrons in 8 years is contradicting. 2. Yes it does and that leaves just Rafale and Gripen as a credible option with some upgrade potential in the future. I was only speaking...

I'm sorry i'll have to split your question to answer you better. 1. what about the guy with his cap pulled over his face The testing was carried out in high altitude which means lower temperature. This guy isn't doing a Hot refueling procedure but loos like somewhere cold? 2. and also the...

It definitely has many issues and I believe the squadron service is the best way to scrutinize it more and improve it. Again this is not the best plane in the world, nor is it designed with a purpose to rule the planet. This is just our starting step into the field, albeit a very late one.

I'm in complete agreement with you regarding this. These issues are infact very serious and should be rectified on priority. But personally I feel that these issues could have been worked out if the AF were more involved in the project. We have a similar procedure for civil aircraft where the...

Just my 2 cents on this issue. I think its unfair to compare Rafales with ASH. As a matter of fact, Rafale is expected to continue as the frontline aircraft for France, Qatar and Egypt. So there will definitely be an upgrade path to improve the aircraft further. But in an ideal world set out by...

Just to explain it a little more further brother, SOP of Certification & Testing process is to have all emergency services on stand by until a system is deemed reliable and passes all QC. The Tejas picture was clicked while being tested for its Hot refueling certification. The F/A-18 picture was...

That decision should have been made for the current Scorpenes. It was a better decision to have them commissioned with AIP rather than outfit them at a later stage. However the MOD must keep the DRDO project alive for the future indigenous projects like Project 76.

By that logic, Either China or India will have to dump their flankers :p:

If Project 75I is going to materialize soon, it could be the Germans winning it. This is just an assumption, because French are getting follow-on Scorpenes and Russians are getting limited number of advanced Kilo orders. Considering the ability of Germans to guide the local industry, which could...

Rebranded russian missile? lol...ok how about this? 5th Russian-built Kilo-class submarine arrives in Vietnam rbth.c[REMOVE]om/defence/2016/02/09/5th-russian-built-kilo-class-submarine-arrives-in-vietnam_566041

Personally I believe its going to be Rafales, One more foreign fighter and LCA Mk2 with SAAB co-operation. The reason for the second foreign fighter is keeping in mind the huge demand for Indian Naval Aviation requirements aswell.