LCA will not be able to penetrate enemy lines

[Dazzler]

EW can be outsourced In the interim, the Indian Ministry of Defence has revealed that an unspecified number of EW suites had been purchased from Israel's Elisra for the LCA prototypes.All Listed Short Falls Can be Corrected . the LCA is in Serial production will delivered to IAF.

Read the article again, the fault rwr is clearly mentioned to be indigenous.

 

[salwararmy]

We have MKI & Rafale in future if we need to pnenetrate Pak Air Space...Why would we pitch in LCA? LOL

 

[cerberus]

Read the article again, the fault rwr is clearly mentioned to be indigenous.

its talks about Infrared & Ultraviolet Missile warning sensor Not RWR (Radar warning receiver)which New Tarang 1B.

CAG Report is Assumed 1-2 Old Data MOD is not Foolish that it Ordered 40 MK1

 

[Dazzler]

its talks about Infrared & Ultraviolet Missile warning sensor Not RWR (Radar warning receiver)which New Tarang 1B.

CAG Report is Assumed 1-2 Old Data MOD is not Foolish that it Ordered 40 MK1

CAG should consult you guys for fact verifications true that. Open the blindfolds and see what mess lca developments have become, such liability cannot and must not be tolerated at any level. There is no pride in going for a less than average system. So far, the more funds it chew, the more problems it induces.

 

[Indian Patriot]

LCA has become an issue of national pride and ego and that is a bad thing. Concern should be about defence needs not national ego.

 

[GURU DUTT]

For those vocal fellows supporting LCA. Yes the LCA is meant as air defence but what you are forgetting that in its role the LCA will have to go up against the likes of PAF F-16 Blk 52 and PLAAF J-11 which is Sukhoi-27 in chinese paint.

What chance will the LCA have against such aircraft? Instead of wasting money on LCA it would make more sense to buy more of MKI and Rafale. Jettison the LCA, that plane is history now.

LCA is for POINT DEFENCE / HOME LAND SECURITY not Offensive Jobs they will be done by Su30 MKI, Mig29s , Mirage 2000s and jags and onli it PAF is able to destroy and defeate all the big boys and then the indian air defnce network onli then it gets a chance to fight LCA ..... do you get the picture ?

as for the chinese theatre well why do you think india is buying rafales and FGFAs ?

 

[Indian Patriot]

LCA is for POINT DEFENCE / HOME LAND SECURITY not Offensive Jobs they will be done by Su30 MKI, Mig29s , Mirage 2000s and jags and onli it PAF is able to destroy and defeate all the big boys and then the indian air defnce network onli then it gets a chance to fight LCA ..... do you get the picture ?

So you are saying IAF MKIs will face invading PAF F-16s? So what is the need for LCA?

as for the chinese theatre well why do you think india is buying rafales and FGFAs ?

Again the question, why need LCA if Rafale has to do the job?

 

[GURU DUTT]

Is it also meant to carry a faulty swadeshi EW? Missiles r merciless

well even LCA has "AA-missiles" as for EW dont worry ...ifyou have any doughts try sending a squad or two of your F16s and JF17 to attack india

 

[Dazzler]

well even LCA has "AA-missiles" as for EW dont worry ...ifyou have any doughts try sending a squad or two of your F16s and JF17 to attack india

Naah, lca not having an ew would be unfair, its just a cannon fodder as of now

 

[Donatello]

your right TT sir LCA is not meant for fisrt strike/SEAD/DEAD kinda missions nor is JF 17as LCA is point defnce with limited stike capability while JF 17 is like second in line fighter but F 16s are capable of first strike no matter which block

CAG is right that LCA is late and still not 100% ready but sir thing is we dont have so much extra money that we can fulfill all whims of IAF

The problem is that regardless of the LCA experience over 2 decades, India still cannot build a medium tech 4th gen plane on it's own. The whole idea of LCA was to give India that manufacturing/designing ability which didn't work out well. IAF doesn't really want it, i mean why would IAF want Point defence fighters? (when PAF itself wants all multiroles) They could've easily procured Gripen multi-role and gotten the same experience as LCA or even better from the Swedes. Now they have to produce it in numbers and induct it to make the program feasible. That's where they are stuck at. Neither did it fulfill the role of cheaply filling up the reducing numbers, by making up for Mig21 and Mig27 retirements.

 

[GURU DUTT]

So you are saying IAF MKIs will face invading PAF F-16s? So what is the need for LCA?



Again the question, why need LCA if Rafale has to do the job?

when we have a an attacker/forward and a mid fielder in football who can take attack into opponent filedwhy do they need a "goal keeper"

how come u forgot to mention FGFA anyway they need rafales deu to there longer range , high payload capacity and superior EW suits like SPECTRA

 

[Donatello]

well even LCA has "AA-missiles" as for EW dont worry ...ifyou have any doughts try sending a squad or two of your F16s and JF17 to attack india

Mig19 also had AA missiles.
PAF and China both have credible Airdefense network that will only get better, and LCA with it's limited EW will find it hard to work....now i am not sure what the CAG is talking about here...because i believe some sort of ECCM suite was added to LCA MK-1

 

[GURU DUTT]

Naah, lca not having an ew would be unfair, its just a cannon fodder as of now

nothing is unfair in WAR dont be shy send your best of the best to attack india then you will know the real picture dont be modest

 

[Indian Patriot]

when we have a an attacker/forward and a mid fielder in football who can take attack into opponent filedwhy do they need a "goal keeper"

how come u forgot to mention FGFA anyway they need rafales deu to there longer range , high payload capacity and superior EW suits like SPECTRA

The logic behind LCA was that it will be a point defence fighter. Now you yourself admit these roles will be taken up by MKI and Rafale. So why need LCA?

 

[Donatello]

You really the LCA is at the very bottom rung of the IAF's firepower ladder? For deep strike missions the IAF has the best of the best (strike fighter)- the Rafale, Mirage 2000 (and to an extent Jaguars) who will equally be escorted by the best of the best- the Su-30MKI.

IAF does not have Rafales. Will not have for sometime. Mirage are undergoing upgrades. Su30 struggling with 75% availability...out of 200 aircraft that's like 2 squadrons not ready at any time......

So i stopped reading after that.......