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IAF has nothing that outranges the PL-15. Nothing, not even Meteor. PL-15 was specfically designed to outrange anything in service.
There are literally pics of 10-12 Block 15s in final stages of asemmbly, if you have been following the news on JF-17 (which seems like you have not) you will realise PAC deliver in batchs of between 12-16, as opposed to HAL which delivers (to much fanfare) one plane as soon as it is assmebled.
If we go by the last years you can expect a big batch anytime now. If we go with HAL average production last year it was....2 planes?
This is not hill you want to die on, trust me....
I only asked that is it delivered? if not then, it is called planned or projected,,
IAF has nothing that outranges the PL-15. Nothing, not even Meteor. PL-15 was specfically designed to outrange anything in service.
Asked your experts before quote anything BS!
There are literally pics of 10-12 Block 15s in final stages of asemmbly, if you have been following the news on JF-17 (which seems like you have not) you will realise PAC deliver in batchs of between 12-16, as opposed to HAL which delivers (to much fanfare) one plane as soon as it is assmebled.
India has not such leverage as Pakistan.. China will do everything and mostly replicate the most technically from J10 to JF 17 block 3 and Pakistan can do assembly..
So India has to start from scratch and it takes time to develop. We are ok with that.. now even AESA RADAR, Missiles, fly by wire etc are also developed and manufactured by India.
If we go by the last years you can expect a big batch anytime now. If we go with HAL average production last year it was....2 planes?
As same as JF 17, our joint product Su30 mki- more than 20 aircrafts manufactured by India in a year... Production rate is not a problem... if we want then can increase..
As you are happy with Jf 17 block 1 and block 2, Similarly capable aircraft Hal Tejas MK1 (FOC), Not much acceptable by IAF.. because of chinese PLAAF most probably... Our requirements are different than PAF... CHIna hs much more capable fighters then JF 17 and by looking at them, need better fighter at least AESA with Missile over 150 KM.
IAF Wants HAL Tejas MK1a with ASEA Radar and missiles with 160KM... So, better to wait... Yes absolutely true, there is a delay but we are fine as there are no major threats...
OEM products are OEM products... These upcoming decades are now opened for HAL - Trainers, fighter planes .. NOw only major painful work is pending on the Aircraft engine.. I hope, it will also be done after some time.
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