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What is this utter bullshit? It's the Tejas Mk.1, it's not even the fully matured version of the fighter for heaven's sake. The IAF is looking towards to the Mk.2 (waiting on its specs but highly suspect it'll be a significant improvement considering increased experience) and hell there may even...

Wow, 40 years? How comparable will it be to the MiG-29K? The fighters on show by the IN and IAF in a good 10-15 years is scarily lethal. Top end of Rafale, Su-50, AMCA, Su-30MKI, Tejas Mk2 and possibly the F35 for the INS Vishal supported by the likes of upgraded Mirage-2000s, MiG-29Ks and...

"The Indian Air Force is extremely pleased with the technical definitions. We have finalized our industrial agreements with the largest industrial partner HAL, which must manufactured a large part of aircraft locally. We have a contractual sharing of tasks on which we agreed. Now we have to...

"At the moment, the greatest hypothetical weight configuration of the AMCA design (with fuel and a certain weapons mix) has been calculated to be around 24.2 tons and ADA designers are confident that even with 105 KN engines, the AMCA would be able to meet design aerodynamic parameters. However...

No idea, sorry, dude, better off asking one of Sancho/Abingdonboy/Oscar. This might help from them: LCA Tejas Detachment | Sept - Oct 2014

Why is there still little indication about the specs of the Mk.2? Also, surely won't the internal fuel increase be offset by the heavier F414 engine? But then again, if they are lengthening and widening the aircraft thus in turn increasing internal fuel, surely not so much extra weight would...

With the distinct possibility of 189 orders + likely that the Malaysian Air Force/UAE will be more confident in following suit (thus further orders) + debacle of Mistral, it is in the French government's and Dassault's interests for this deal to go ahead. Was it not the quality of the...

Rafale Deal on Track, PM Modi to Take Final Call New Delhi: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drain and his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar appear to have sorted out one of the key issues holding up the estimated $15 billion deal to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force...

Which the French were fullly aware of and agreed to when they entered the tender...

With much of the hype and attention on the Tejas/Rafale/AMCA, what is the current state of India's fighters? Where do they stand in their capabilities? I've heard about countless upgrades but how good are the likes of the Mirage-2000/Jaguar/MiG-29UPG/MiG-29K/Su-30MKI? 3+ generation? 4+...

What a tie! Regardless of your nationality, you have to have the utmost respect for the opposing team. Without Pakistan, India wouldn't be taking part in the greatest sporting rivalry of all time and vice-versa. As much as I want India to win, as much as I hate the Pakistanis team/fans...

Things like this, if anything, make me believe less in a God/supreme being.

$22 Billion? Woah...

Whilst the Mk 1 gets a lot of crap, surely it's the Mk 2 that we should all be looking for? It's the aircraft the IAF want and want in large numbers, no? So with that in mind, I have one question, the Mk2, is there scope for it to be a very, very good fighter? Obviously not F22/PAK FA but very...

I've always wondered, in wartime, how long would it take to put together a Su-30MKI or a Rafale with the greatest of urgency required?

Independence which was, ironically, due to India's intervention yet despite suffering at the hands of Pakistanis and despite being viewed as inferior and despite being suffering a mass genocide...lungis still prefer Pakistan over India. Bizarre.

Yes, but you're not "everyone" in Bangladesh are you. Citing your family as evidence is pretty poor from a lungi.

What's a Brit doing on a PakDefence forum? Plus, are you English, if so, what's your views on the Asians (Indians/Pakistanis etc.) in the UK?

Hi all, I'm a person of Indian origin (PIO) and get my fair dosage of Indian culture/news from my parents and I have a couple of questions, feel free to move this thread to the appropriate section, about the subcontinent which I've always been intrigued about. 1) Is India progressing? Is it...

Questions from a newbie: 1) Is a Tejas Mark III likely? 2) Will the Tejas Mark II be a formidable fighter with export value?