You think that will be suffice?? they inducted a half baked plane which coming out at blocks every now and then, even before the earlier block completed its test flights.Thats tell you the whole story .
KEY SUMMARY
SP1 and SP2 handed over to IAF, SP3 almost ready and SP4 will join later by end of July. First Squadron by the end of July or early August with Four aircraft in Bangalore (SP1-SP4).
SP-5 ,SP-6 and even SP-7 seen in Sub-Assembly Jig .
Work seen been carried out on Rear Fuselage...
Never post things faster than brain processing speed.
Did you check my post ,ironhead ?Am talking about standard practice in IA firing range. At least We have a police for policing,while pakistan got army even to do policing .That how pathetic condition should be define.
I have seen many things like troops wearing salwaar kameez or putting charpayee as obstacle.All am talking about is Indian army practice range doesn't allow these thing.
Well you don't need just to reply every other post ,specially when in comes from a senior member. He doesn't mean to insult any nationality ,he just raised the question .A glass with I Pod headphone in shooting range is not common atleast in India army ranges.
there is clear cut malfunction of LGB. Also The so called indigenous plane is still hold the edge over All metal Starship Jf17 .
LCA is flying high and faster while a squadron is due for next month.
First we need to kick out this carter a$$ then we should ask US why they are providing Naval frigates,AMRAAM ,F16 etc etc .Is it to fight against Talibans on flying Carpet ?
And ??? Anything substantial you added here ?? No . @Oscar Why people like him go Scotfree ,posting negative ,looking for negative is what an Elite member contribution here in PDF. @Irfan Baloch
Well Actually when it comes to heat seeking missiles ,sensors play utmost important role .Their might be some issue with sensors but then again ,it just a randomly picked missile from inventory.
Well I guess India is not a pawn to play with,why should we put our bloody nose in someone fight...Yes we do provide military assistance else to SCS nations but then again Isn'r chinese do the same to our neighborhood in a big way.But lastly both nations are old and wise .
To all Indians...
Sources confirmed to 'Mathrubhumi' on Thursday that the Limited Series Production (LSP-3) variant of Tejas had its first flight fitted with the new quartz radome from Cobham.......
Bengaluru: India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas achieved yet anothermilestone ahead of the Final Operational...
Guys relax,Prithvi is in last leg of deployment. In 5years they would be replaced by something new.
Also out of more than 80 user testing and training ,if half of dozens failed that means we still got a very reliable system in place.
PS- More than 500 units of Prithvi produced and stored.
My Calculation is from both official websites:You do the maths
LCA tejas- Empty weight-6560kg,Max Thrust-20200lbs(84.6KN),MTOW-13000kg(inclusive of 300kg of Balast for COG will be removed in coming months)
Jf17-Empty Weight-6586kg,Max Thrust-18659lbs(83Kn),MTOW-12,474 kg