You Idiot Indians don't even know about your own plane. Maybe India is filled with idiots and that's why DRDO is also filled with IDIOTS.
In Empty Weight JF-17 is 6586kgs, while LCA is 6540kgs. LCA is made with so called composites but still it is only 46kgs lighter. What bullshit did u pack into that airframe to weigh this heavy? All this is without taking the weight of Radar, and other sub systems which has to be added in the future. If JF-17 weighs like a human, LCA is going to weigh like an average American.
LCA's G tolerance is only 6Gs & JF-17 is 8Gs. After FOC it's G tolerance is going to be only 8Gs. The Promised 9Gs is never going to be achieved by incompetent & lying Indian defense establishment, as said by themselves.
Max angle of attack is only 22. After FOC it is going to be only 24. JF-17 even now has 25 degree AoA, like an F-16.
LCA has no radar, but JF-17 has KLJ-7.
JF-17 speed is Mach 1.6. LCA speed is Mach 1.03 till now. No one knows if or when LCA will achieve Mach 1.8 as promised.
Most important of all the price. JF-17 only costs $15-20 million. Tejas costs $45 million. Is LCA made up of Gold and diamonds to cost this much? So much corruption in India!!
Even your own Air Chief is calling LCA a MiG-21++ plane. He even went on to say LCA is not a 4th generation plane.
With so much bullshit, is this plane even worthy to be inducted?
This Low Capability Aircraft is dead meat in front of our Mirage-3 and F-7PG, let alone JF-17.
Few key points
LCA tejas is designed by ADA not joint manufactured by India as in case of FC1 of pakistan
Joint production fighters that India has produced in the past surpasses technological parameters of JF 17 by quite a margin, eg: Mig 23MF/VN, Mig 27, Su30MKI, Jaguar.
Top speed of LCA tejas protoype 4 is already 1.6 with FG404 engine, and will reach 1.8 to 2.0 mach with FG414
If max angle of attack was as critical as you have potrayed, then we do have Mig 29K's, Mig 29SMT and MKI whose angle of attacks cannot be matched by anything PAF has, right?
True our air chief has called lca tejas MK1 as a mig21++ plane, how is that derogatory in any sense. Mig 21 has been a champion platform all its life, and even on its extended life it's performing pretty well. Imagine a mig 21 with enhanced maneuverability, new generation avionics and pilot friendly FBW control system, Mig 21++ seems pretty good to me. As far as mig21 ++ is concerned didn't you guys buy the same f7PG which is also claimed by you guys as an upgraded mig21 from china in 2000's.
Tejas cost is not an issue, and cost is not at all issue for IAF. JF 17's cost effectiveness is excellent, but that doesn't make it a superior fighter. When we can shell out 80 mill for rafales, and 120-140 mils for FGFA, 40 mil doesn't sound bad at all.
Just to inform you about the radar, EL/M-2032 radar used in Tejas LSP-3 has a detection and tracking range of up to 150 km in air-to-air mode, the air-to-ground mode generates high resolution radar imagery of locations at up to 150 km, and air-to-sea mode can detect and classify naval targets at ranges of up to 300 km.
It's no f22 but it's still a good achievement, we have learnt a lot from this experience, developed an entire aeronautical design bureau and testing facility which will ensure better products later. Hopefully just like the India's missile program and space program, the aeronautical program will reap benefits in the future.
Yar 180-220 Mk2 are not possible before 2025-2028.
New prototype is in process and will induct in 2015 according to IAF.
So hardly 40MK2 are possible before 2020..
Actually the plan is to setup for a production line of 25 aircrafts per year for Mk2,
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