it has been serving the indian air force for nearly a decade and has participated in foreign exercises.
40(including prototypes) built in a decade is not really something to be bragging about, considering Mig-21s are still flying in the air force, loomwe know why it hasn't been producted in significt numbers, its b/c its not met the standards, which is why the Mark1A was introduced in the first place.
participated in foreign exercises.
Thats a completely meaningless element.
integration of multiple weapon systems of indian, western and russian origin making it particularly unique.
Thats not a good things, that a bad thing, all it means is it significant points of failures in breakdown of supply chains, and a complete headache in exporting. lol
You can justify the dealy in the rafale project despite the fact that france had a very advanced aerospace industry since the 50s yet you ignore the fact that ADA
I didn't use the rafale as an example, your friend did, thought atleast the French built their own aircraft with their own supply chains, their delays were over their engine, but atleast its flying with their own engine.
what percentage price wise is the Tejas flying that sourced from Abroad?
rectified in the FoC configuration
Oh no, FoC, lol. Just b/c you lower the standards of acceptability to start acquisitions, doesn't make the flaws go away. Again like I said the Mark1A would have no need to exist if it Mark 1 was any good. They only ordered the Mark1A in numbers, not the Mark1 for a reason.
The timeline for Mark1A is on schedule dont worry.
what schedule is that? Indian standard time? lol, maybe we will see induction by the end of the decade.
F16 and Gripen, the fact that you can't differentiate between the two just proves who ill informed
The fact that you think the F-16 and Gripen are in the same category shows that you are ill informed. lol
Its the same aircraft, just with a GE 414 and canards, it doesn't switch categories just based on that. lol, I thought the AMCA was supposed to be the "medium" fighter.
For the haters it is a disaster.
For anyone with half a brain, thats not polishing a turd for nationalistic reasons. lol, a 4th gen project from 1983, that still hasn't reached maturation while countries are retiring 4th gen fighters and few years away from flying their first 6th gen prototypes. Of Course its a disaster. lol
It has an operational readiness rate better than any fighter in the indian air force besides the rafale.
That says less about the Tejas and more of the disaster that is Russian supply chains and logistical support.
That was a toy for conducting experiments. lol that wasn't a "prototype".