what I intend to say by the word dedicated is that IN never had the figter wing which was emphasized, u r right on what u said, but IN didn't took the initiative of modernizing the available fighter fleet.. Harriers were procured in 1985, this is 2012 and the fleet was only upgraded to carry...
1st of all Harrier is one hell of a jet but at its time and not now.. Mig 29K is always better than Harrier in all aspects except the capability of the VTOL feature which honestly is one of the most imp feature of the jet, and makes it most suitable for amphibious roll and not for prioritized...
As far as I know or we all know that the FGFA will be caple of deploying TVC capability whenever the pilot would intend to use it and even during normal flight.. Moreover AL-41F1A possibly being used by FGFA offers a 3 dimentional TVC giving both horizental as well as virtical lift whereas...