Now Tejas Will Not Replace MiG-21s

[Windjammer]

Tejas Aircraft Not A Replacement For MIG-21 Fighters: Defence Ministry
Considering the contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited by Air Force, 123 Tejas fighter aircraft are to be manufactured, the Rajya Sabha was told.

All IndiaAsian News InternationalUpdated: December 20, 2021 8:59 pm IST

24 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been delivered till September 30 (Representational)



New Delhi:
Tejas is not being inducted as a replacement of the MIG-21 fighter aircraft, but as part of the modernisation of the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of Defence told the Rajya Sabha today


"Amount spent so far on the manufacture of 24 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas delivered till September 30, 2021, is ₹ 6,653 crore. Considering the contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) by IAF, a total of 123 Tejas fighter aircraft are to be manufactured. Further production depends upon the requirement for Indian Defence Services/export to customers," Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said.

Meanwhile, this is what was said and claimed earlier.

The indigenously developed light combat aircraft 'Tejas' would officially replace the MiG-21 FL fighter jet, chief of air staff of the Indian Air Force, Air chief marshal N A K Browne said on December 12, 2013.
We will get 40 aircraft and that will be the Mark-I type. Tejas will be battle ready by end of 2014," he said.

 

[hussain0216]

Tejas Aircraft Not A Replacement For MIG-21 Fighters: Defence Ministry
Considering the contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited by Air Force, 123 Tejas fighter aircraft are to be manufactured, the Rajya Sabha was told.

All IndiaAsian News InternationalUpdated: December 20, 2021 8:59 pm IST

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24 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been delivered till September 30 (Representational)



New Delhi:
Tejas is not being inducted as a replacement of the MIG-21 fighter aircraft, but as part of the modernisation of the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of Defence told the Rajya Sabha today


"Amount spent so far on the manufacture of 24 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas delivered till September 30, 2021, is ₹ 6,653 crore. Considering the contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) by IAF, a total of 123 Tejas fighter aircraft are to be manufactured. Further production depends upon the requirement for Indian Defence Services/export to customers," Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said.

Meanwhile, this is what was said and claimed earlier.

The indigenously developed light combat aircraft 'Tejas' would officially replace the MiG-21 FL fighter jet, chief of air staff of the Indian Air Force, Air chief marshal N A K Browne said on December 12, 2013.
We will get 40 aircraft and that will be the Mark-I type. Tejas will be battle ready by end of 2014," he said.

They don't want it
They are just stuck with this samosa shaped lemon

 

[Pak-Canuck]

Of course! Why would they want it to replace all the Mig-21's? Those are all planes that are still capable of downing F-16's without firing any missiles so why would they get rid of them!

 

[SQ8]

The Indians really ruined this program - actively ruined it. Could have been inducted 15 years ago provided the IAF bureaucracy wasn’t being influenced by special interests and HAL project management was run by a idli-sambhar party only interested in shining their resumes.

 

[HalfMoon]

The Indians really ruined this program - actively ruined it. Could have been inducted 15 years ago provided the IAF bureaucracy wasn’t being influenced by special interests and HAL project management was run by a idli-sambhar party only interested in shining their resumes.

Can't blame IAF. The Tejas LCA fighter program was a failure. IAF cannot induct a lemon to make people happy.

 

[Windjammer]

The Indians really ruined this program - actively ruined it. Could have been inducted 15 years ago provided the IAF bureaucracy wasn’t being influenced by special interests and HAL project management was run by a idli-sambhar party only interested in shining their resumes.

In other words the IAF will still be stuck with MiG-21s for foreseeable future.
The Tejas debacle is like a war kicks off and all the commanders gather in the bunker making plans, strategies setting dates and times for counter offensive and by the time they come out in a bid to execute, the damage is done and the war is over.

 

[SIPRA]

Why this aircraft is called "samosa"?

 

[MisterSyed]

They exposed their own Airplanes Capabilities. Pakistan is Retiring its J7 by Inducting JF17 yet still some Pajeets think "It's a Failure".

Why this aircraft is called "samosa"?

Because it has the Aerodynamics of a Samosa.

 

[SQ8]

In other words the IAF will still be stuck with MiG-21s for foreseeable future.
The Tejas debacle is like a war kicks off and all the commanders gather in the bunker making plans, strategies setting dates and times for counter offensive and by the time they come out in a bid to execute, the damage is done and the war is over.

They’ll replace it with some buy of additional Rafale’s and call it a day but their squadron number target of 42 isn’t being fulfilled until 2050-2060

They exposed their own Airplanes Capabilities. Pakistan is Retiring its J7 by Inducting JF17 yet still some Pajeets think "It's a Failure".

Because it has the Aerodynamics of a Samosa.

Pakistanis are behind on projects too but one country has had little to no resources to make it happen while the other has billions in their pocket - which is the greater defense procurement fuckup?

 

[MisterSyed]

Pakistanis are behind on projects too but one country has had little to no resources to make it happen while the other has billions in their pocket - which is the greater defense procurement fuckup?

Exactly , Had it been some Extra bucks pumped up to the project , we would have a Medium-Heavy Fighter Aircraft and it would have been lauded for (which it still is) Unlike India , Billions in Pockets , Using Western Technology and still ending up with a Aircraft that looks right out of 80s, hell its paintjob is also sh1t as fcuk

 

[INS_Vikrant]

Poor choice of words by MoD, reading in detail what they meant was Tejas is not just a replacement of mig21 but part of broad modernization of air force.

 

[Windjammer]

Poor choice of words by MoD, reading in detail what they meant was Tejas is not just a replacement of mig21 but part of broad modernization of air force.

Well, it's not exactly rocket science that when you do induct a new platform, it helps in modernisation of the force. But as a former IAF ACM said that Tejas will replace the MiG-21s......abeit, several decades late, the so called modernisation is just a play of words.

 

[HalfMoon]

Poor choice of words by MoD, reading in detail what they meant was Tejas is not just a replacement of mig21 but part of broad modernization of air force.

Do you know Indian Air Chief stopped talking about Tejas MK2?

No amount of your propaganda will work. IAF is simply not interested in this lemon called Tejas.

 

[alikazmi007]

 

[Zapper]

They’ll replace it with some buy of additional Rafale’s and call it a day but their squadron number target of 42 isn’t being fulfilled until 2050-2060

Another Rafale deal is unlikely to happen...but if it does, the induction will be significantly delayed unless the deal is signed by 2022

given our lethargic negotiation and procurement policies, it'll take another 5yrs just to get MoD & cabinet approvals, negotiate further kickbacks with Dassault, decide on the numbers and if they're anything over 2 squadrons, MoD/IAF will go back n forth on ToT and localized assembly which again is a huge mess