GURU DUTT
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In way yes. The depleting squadron is not the 'primary' concern for IAF as it comes second to capability. IAF believes more on quality of a machine than having many machines of low quality. And to be honest IAF has always has been respected for its quality over quantity strategy, be it fighters or fighter pilots.
However quantity is also important and we can unequivocally say that its high time IAF goes for numbers too. today our only hope is LCA which would be able to bridge that gap and it eventually will do so. But dont only blame IAF for its delay, there are other parties who are equally responsible for the mismanagement.
If you check on couple of tests that were conducted on LCA in recent past, you will easily get an idea that these tests are coming late for a fighter which took off to the sky a decade back. So you get a feeling that either the fighter was not upto the mark to make these tests on it or they simply delayed the tests for nothing...I would hold ADA accountable for these aided by IAFs requirement changes.
that there unailed it LCA was not delayed cause it had problems it was over tested and goal post kept changing as IAF top brass dint wanted the kick backs to stop and they are still doing the same but now they have no choice they tried hard to milk the Tax payer and dragged too long with MMRCA Trails and now french have started to show uneasiness french even used the M2K deal to fill the coffers of IAF top Brass and Baus and netas alike to speed up MMRCA deal now french are getting restless cause americans are the new darling of IAF and since LCA MK2 and F 18E/F have the same engines and talk american are ready to share source codes of the ASEA radar and willing to give 60 ready made jets within half the period(12-18 months) as french had promised (36 months) and since there is a possibilty of the change in central govt fench are cornered so are the over greedy IAF /Beurocracy & netas
so the point is IAF might have to choose F 18 (which they delliberatilly sabotaged for expensive rafale) and LCA MK2 deu to comminality in engines
but dont rule owt a master stroke from the french as of now they just might give something very special to sweeten the deal