One needs to be factual and should have first hand knowledge before making such general statements.
Factual? I will give you some facts.
1. LCA was meant as a Mig-21 replacement and it is yet to be given the green light by IAF.
2. LCA took 32 years in the making and it still has 57 deficiencies
3. LCA has no EW suite
4. LCA has no modern radar. Forget AESA, LCA does not even have a radar that can track and lock on to BVR targets.
5. LCA cannot fire BVR missiles
6. LCA has a very limited combat radius of 300-400 km.
7. LCA lacks mid-air refueling capability
8. LCA is useless in strike role and in air defense it is vulnerable to frontline aircraft like PAF F-16 and Chinese Sukhoi-30.
The above are FACTS.
You need to visit a defense psu first and interact with a few there to draw any conclusion.
I don't need to visit any PSU. As an Indian I am paying taxes and the PSUs are wasting them. I need those suckers to have accounability instead of wasting 30-40 years in building tanks, arty guns and aircraft.
By the way the engine, radar (to be inducted in future models), missiles in LCA are all imported. Soif critical technologies for Indian aircraft, tank and other weapon systems have to be imported then what is the logic of wasting 30 years of time and public money?
The poster I replied to had an opinion about you for which I described what I think of it..I am perfectly within my rights in telling him what I think.
You are in your rights to tell him what you think but as I said this is not your home where you can talk as you like. This is a public forum and you will maintain decency. I can also tell a lot of things about you or your family so let's not go down that road and keep things civil.