GURU DUTT
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Tejas is a low cost Light Point defence /multi role fighter jet and will not be abondenned and already 40+80 are on order if that is too low then i dont know what is good ammount and on top of that all still we havent spend more than 2 billion dollars on entire programme inclueiding buing of all foreign sub systems and engines and weapons and avionicks and money spend on testing R&D making and fabrication of 18+ prototypes and money spend on R&D of its kaveri engines .... tell e one other cirrent fighter jet programme that achieved all this in such a shpe string budget and still provided to maother nation with complete jet fighter making infrastruicture and ecosystem from grounds upTejas are heading wherever Arjun headed. Few units might be procured to sooth the establishment's ego, but the IAF knows it's a dud not worth indicting.which is why the IAF is looking for Western single-engine fighter planes to fill gaps the LCA was originally suppose to fill.
and our main goal is AMCA & AURA
as for the fact why we are looking for other single engine MRCA well thats not a new news it was always the plan but was kept on backburner till the twin engined medium weight and long endurence platform was selected which would make 40% pf the MRCA deal while 60% would be single engine medium endurence wherre new supre viper F16 Blk70/72 fits pefectly
and as final tally of IAF till PAKFA-FGFA & AMCA start to trickel in post 2025-2030 is
36+18 fully french built rafale +90 indian built rafale
36 US built F16s +126+ indian built F16
40+80+40 (MK1+MK1A+NLCA) LCA
backed by
270 MKI +63+45 Fulkrums + 52 M2K + 126 Jags D3 + 126 Bisons + 60 Combat hawks