IAF is replacing bisons as they are past there intended lifes though they are still good and have a decnt radar and wepons pakage for its point defnce role they are showing there age now
Mig-21 was a fighter in the late 50s/early 60s. They should have been retired way back in the late 80s itself. No, it does not have a decent radar. The radar upgrades that are being installed cost a bomb and that money would be better served it if was allocated on other air force needs like a basic or advanced trainer. It's weapons package is limited as well. How many hard points does the bison have? What is its ECM? Does it have the means to shake off IR-guided missiles?
Young pilots are at risk every time they fly the aircraft now. The plane has been retired for ages now. It is not an Indian aircraft and spare parts have to be outsourced from third parties. I doubt if Russia even sells India the spare parts. It is like searching the market for a Ford T model automobile spare parts and coming empty handed because the car was scrapped ages ago.
Lack of spare parts = lack of reliability = flying coffin = Mig-21
jags are not for dog fights with F16s (the ones PAF has are already too less and way too many strings are attached to them) to keep 18+42+13 F16s bizzi we already have 108 MKIs+63 Mig 29s & 54M2ks so no worries there
That's what I said. Jags are strike aircraft and for the time being they are more or less doing an okay job. But a new replacement would be welcome. M2K would have been perfect but again 55 is too small a number.
as for delta wing well bro the "pure delta dsign" like those on mirage or rafale are good for speed and canards are added to increase lift and manuvarability but have a sserous RCS issue while cranked delta not onli increases lift but is great for manuvarability & speed to so its not an issue the issue is with the drag which with MK2 is already adressed wait for some time
The canards and delta wing was mentioned to the guy who thought aircraft design was limited to color and aesthetics.
Delta design is more or less obsolete these days. Canards are the "in-thing" in 4.5 gen fighters like MKI, Rafale, Typhoon etc. because it gives the aircraft extra agility.
LCA has issues with the weapon suite integration for the simple reason that it is still not cleared. Yes tests are being conducted and the results are not bad so far but more needs to be done. As a layman I would say the intakes are seriously outdated but I hope that for once the guys at HAL know what they are doing. Can the LCA fly at night? Can it fly in bad weather?
If everything is fine what is taking the plane so long?
So what are the factors that's obsolete or not modern in LCA?
Is it the design?
Is it the structure?
Is it the avionics?
Is it the GE engine?
Is it the weapons package?
Is it the Radar and sensors?
Is it the EW suites,Pods and countermeasures?
Is it the data links?
Is it the ejection seat?
Is it the composites?
Is it the DASH HMDS?
Is it the cost?
What is it that you dont like or consider not worthy of a modern fighter.?
Please be specific and talk on basis of technicals rather than beating around the bush so that we can conclude its a bad choice to build a fighter on our own.
The first factor would be the simple fact that every goddamm aspect of the aircraft was borrowed or imported.
It was intended as a replacement for a 60s era Mig-21 not a modern 21st century 4.5 gen fighter. And if you are blind to see that then do not troll here.
How many missiles does LCA carry? And it is not only the weapons load an aircraft can carry but the number of targets it can track, lock and shoot down. What are the stats in that?
AESA is the modern standard. What soviet/Israeli/foreign radar does the LCA use since India does not know how to make a radar.
The fact that it is an 80s design and not being inducted yet is a good reason why it is not worthy of being considered a modern fighter. The second thing is that the air force is yet to field squadrons of that aircraft, why is air force so reluctant? The third is that in an era of 5th generation stealth aircraft India is excited about inducting a mig-21 replacement.
How does LCA fare against F-16, and J-10 these are the frontline fighter jets of PAF and PLAAF respectively. As a air defence fighter the job of LCA would be to go up against such fighters. How many seconds would the LCA last against PAF F-16 Blk 52?
What is its endurance? How long can the LCA remain airborne?
Can it fly at night?
Can it fly in bad weather?
Can it fight at night and in bad weather?
Is its radar superior to the ones being in use with F-16 blk 52 and modern chinese aircraft?
Does its arsenal have enough punch to knock out frontline PAF and PLAAF aircraft?
How does it fare against the stealth aircraft PLAAF has been testing? LCA is an air defence fighter so it will be up against the likes of J-20 as well.
Next time when you want to discuss a topic do not watch a sunny deol movie before posting your nonsense here. Your sentimental rhetoric of LCA being a world class fighter is no different from the same rhetoric of pakistanis who call FC-1 superior to LCA. Got that little boy?
