Is LCA Programme finally dead?

[ziaulislam]

China plaaf can barely deploy 200 fighters in himlayers they have to defend the South China Sea Japan and Russian borders. they have 400 j10 not 600

paf is mostly junk other than 18 block 52.
it's low end budget Force dated f16 obselet mirages and the new pl15 x 50 planes are 4 years away

India has 5 awacs you forget the indengious awacs not just phalcon

we have much bigger radars better same and far more resources to beat you to a pulp if needed. you won't last 7 days your poor nation

by that logic indian and deploy 10 fighters as it has to defend against china..???
china 600+ J10 numbers comes from counting regiments. This is conservative number, the actual number may be much larger, after all by early 2000s, 15 year ago they had 200 fighters

Russians are friends with china and japan is nothing ...
India will have to face china alone

 

[Deino]

Interesting and hopefully it will be finalised this time, but we all know the term "soon" and "could possible be concluded" has a very different meaning in India!

Contract for 56 C-295 transport aircraft, 83 LCA-MK1A soon

Deal, expected to cost around ₹38,000 cr., could possibly be concluded at Aero India 2021 in Feb., says defence official

www.thehindu.com