Tejas As Capable As Rafale Jet: Defence Minister

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

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Tejas As Capable As Rafale Jet: Defence Minister
All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: November 19, 2016 23:32 IST

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also said that Tejas a top light combat aircraft (LCA).

PANAJI: The indigenously manufactured light combat aircraft 'Tejas', which was inducted into the Indian Air Force earlier this year, is as good as the French-made Rafale fighter jet and comparable with other top LCAs across the world, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday.

"This is a plane which is completely indigenously manufactured and can compete with any other fighter plane in the world. It is as capable as the Rafale. Only this is a light combat aircraft (LCA)," Mr Parrikar said.


"Only a 3.5 ton missile can be carried on it, Rafale on the other hand can carry a nine-ton (missile). This plane can fly at the rate of 450 km, Rafale can run 900 km because it has twin engines," he added.


The Defence Minister also said that the Tejas, which was stalled for 33 years, was expedited because of his explicit directions to those in-charge of the project.

"I told them that all shortcomings should be fulfilled and the plane should be ready in a year," Mr Parrikar said, adding that some days ago an order had been placed for 83 more planes.

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

indians you gave vote to BJP now live with it. he should have been their culture minister.

 

[ito]

@naveedullahkhankhattak You beat me in posting this news.

I have no doubt that Tejas will evolve into on the finest fighters at the such a low cost...great value for money.

 

[AUz]

Lmfaoooooo

Poor delusional bhartiye failures as always.

 

[Skywalker]

good as a Pakistani for once I agree with him, plz dont waste your money on rafael...tejas would be world beater by next decade or maybe in a century or two.

 

[Great Sachin]

Thats bit too much

 

[Dungeness]

Never cease to amaze the world!

 

[SHAH07]

Lol joke of the decade

One should ask him if tejas is as capable as RAFALE than why did India find the need to buy RAFALE which is alot more expensive than TEJAS

 

[Tsar Bomba]

Kuch b na kaha kuch keh b gey...
Kuch kehtey kehtey reh b gey...

Acctually he wants to say Tejas is better than any fighter in this world but just can't fly and needs tata trucks to move from point a to b in HAL facilities.

 

[SHAH07]

@naveedullahkhankhattak You beat me in posting this news.

I have no doubt that Tejas will evolve into on the finest fighters at the such a low cost...great value for money.

Yeah it is as good as RAFALE now
And it will be as good as F-22 after it gets evolved right ???

 

[Desi_Guy]

The feeling when all your friends have a playstation 4 and your playstation 3 which is assembled by you has finally arrived , you start celebrations . Totally normal

 

[Dungeness]

@naveedullahkhankhattak You beat me in posting this news.

I have no doubt that Tejas will evolve into on the finest fighters at the such a low cost...great value for money.

That is because you don't really have the ability to doubt.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Sounds a bit delusional.

 

[cirr]

You don't earn the title "the laughingstock of the world" for nothing.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Lol joke of the decade

One should ask him if tejas is as capable as RAFALE than why did India find the need to buy RAFALE which is alot more expensive than TEJAS

Maybe they want to donate money to the rich country of France.