1. 1993 as money was clered then
2.some 2.6 billion including every thing (R&D, buing engines, weapons , tools, avionics& pauing salries& making protyps)
3.25ofwhich 8 have been inducted till date in IAF
4.unit cost of Teajs 32 million can come down when mass production comes online
5. you are a dunce if you dont even know that DRDO does not do R&D for LCA but HAL & ARDE
last but not the least Tejas is at best a R&D project to make a aviation ecosystem in india which it did and india is proud to have it and its even in its MK1 format has all those capabilities and more that JF17 wants to aquire in its BLK III version weather you like it or not i does not change the fact
and weather tejas has less number it does not makes any diffrence as tejas is not the only fighter for IAF's future but JF17 sure is the future war horse of PAF so be reday for combined force of Jaguars+MIg29s+Mirage2000V5s+Su30MKI+Rafales+ Mig21 Bisons and then maube LCA
do you know tejas has 17 prototypes flight testing even now made more than 4000 flying hours of flight testing since jan2001 and it got FINAL OPERATIONAL CLEARENCE IN 2015 go do some research kid
cause the changes in latest techonoly of war once Pulse doppler radar was the best then PESA radar was the best ten came GaA radar now GaN radar in the best who know whats the best tomorrow ,, its called pushing the envelop thats why so much money is keep piurung in R&D of weapons and such non fruitfull things
tell me
@Vapnope if JF17 is so great why did PLAAF reject it
so you mean IAF is sleeping about PAF and its war palns
and do you think there is no curruption is pakistani militarry procurment
have you ever seen the life stayles of even third genration of kids of pakistani militarry(army, navy & air force) women & kids living in UK , USA & europe
even richest indian kids from industrialist familes can only dream to spend like that