I am from defense background and what this guy is saying is absolutely feasible , there are many rudimentary jobs in Indian army and lot of wastage of money which can be cut out , as a matter of fact all 3 forces have loads of rudimentary people just enjoying perks of defense establishment...
Tejas Mk2 with Better engines , more payload capacity , more hard points ,internal EW suite , more use of composites will be equivalent to Mirage2k,F16 being flown by IAF / PAF
Leave these keyboard warriors who are no more than well frogs , neither they have seen even handgun in their life nor they can understand basic of farming , may be they wish to eat jet fuel and bvr missiles in dinner , explaining anything to them is like playing fluet in front of a buffalo , so...
Just one like of your statement that Su34 has less multirole capability than su30 mki is enough to expose your ignorance or bigotry.
Each and every fighter i had mentioned can very well perform role efficiently as a rafale can do , don make speculative statements blah blah pilots life this and...
Sorry to see warmongers like you who in spite of nation suffering from sever drought are advocating expensive toys , nation can be defended very well even with lesser priced jets we dont have any ambitions of conquering other lands first all hungry and poor need to be attended.
2.2 trillion economy right , do you even know how many drought effected farmers are taking their lives every day , with dire situation of agriculture , infrastructure and high poverty out nation can't afford this expensive jet , same objectives of security can be achieved at 3rd of the price.