Tejas FOC Delayed by another Six Months

[Khamlun News Reporter]

Ask anyone, JF 17 is a pride for us.
You can be proud of Tejas for whatever accomplishment it has achieved till now.

We are proud of both Tejas and Su-30 MKI (Around 200 built by HAL).

 

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Pakistan was forced to induct 50 JF-17 without air to refuelling. That itself is a major embarrassment.
Also if Tejas is on trailer how did it complete 4000?+ Flight

It was not forced. We planned it this way. And we are pretty satisfied with it

 

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We are proud of both Tejas and Su-30 MKI (Around 200 built by HAL).

Good for you.

 

[Windjammer]

We are proud of both Tejas and Su-30 MKI (Around 200 built by HAL).

Except your SU-30s have to wait for spare parts from Russia due to which they remain only some 60% operational.

No, ifr was fixed on 79th aircraft onwards. Older aircrafts didnt hav ifr.

They are all compatible now after being upgraded to Block-2 standard.

 

[Shamsher1990]

This should tell the reality. Freaken fighter ordered in 2006 (in IOC none the less) and TILL DATE only 9 have been delivered. That takes the cake. 12 years and 9 fighters. Heck lets see it this way. In 2015 first fighter was handed over. And till date only 9 fighters have been delivered. Thats 3 and half years for 9 fighters AFTER the damn production started.

 

[Windjammer]

Again wrong. Older jets didnt hav ifr (1-78)

You are dense mate, i said it was introduced on Block-2 and later when the earlier JF-17s were upgraded to B-2 the IFR was installed on them.
Dragging in the JF-17 will not diminish the fact that your LCA has been now pending for operational service for over two decades, most aircraft by this time are nearing their service life.

 

[Imran Khan]

tejas FOC late for 6 more months

PDF indians logic LETS BASH JF17

 

[Shamsher1990]

tejas FOC late for 6 more months

Well, Tejas FOC is more like nuclear fusion. It is always six months away.

 

[Windjammer]

What is the availability of your F16&jf17?

I will give you something more to ponder about.
Can you even dream of any of your aircraft achieving this milestone.
F-16 Fighting Falcon News
Pakistani F-16s reach 100,000 accident free flight hours
http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article1468.html

 

[Shamsher1990]

Yes it can...
Only a few things are left... Mid air refueling is under process....mid air Dry contact has been achieved... Gun firing is demonstrated...
So even with delays it's good...
Lca after FOC will be better then jf blk2... And we will have all those goodies from aircraft no 21...

Lets face it. Likes of Tejas aren't meant to be 'top of the line' fighters. They are more defensive short legged fighters and a jack of all trades. Tejas and JF-17 shall seldom face each other because they both will operate close to their bases. In such a situation its the numbers that matter the most.

You don't want to tie your top of the line air superiority fighter like Su-30 or Rafale in air defence or point defence role. You want to leave it to likes of Tejas and free up these fighters to dominate enemy airspace. The way the things are, you will be left to defend six times the airspace of Pakistan with your top of the line aircraft. Meaning, you shall hardly be able to achieve any air superiority over enemy which defeats the point of having a Su30 in the first place. You could have bought a number of upgraded second hand F-16 A/B for cheap and called it a day if that is what your plan was anyways. A Su30 defending your bases or doing CAS is a waste of fuel and money. Rafale, even more so.

 

[I S I]

Indians are smart. They will just go ahead & issue a FDC instead. (Final Death Certificate).

 

[war&peace]

I think this is all negative propaganda by anti-Teja lobby. Tejas will be ready to fly with all latest gears by 2028.

 

[Imran Khan]

Well, Tejas FOC is more like nuclear fusion. It is always six months away.

here is a little diffrence of civilion matters .indian armed forces are under civilion gov and pakiatani armed forces act as they needs.soit will sure late as civilion matters in indo pak are worse .they can late few decades

 

[Shamsher1990]

Some times back I saw this

https://twitter.com/x/status/749228679255863297

This was supposedly presented by then Defence minister Manohar Parikkar.

Not going according to plan, eh?

 

[Windjammer]

Pakistan JF-17 is also dependent on China for many many spare parts. As Pakistan manufactures a mere 58% of the airframe.

Also Su-30 availability is ~70% now

Pakistan may very well be getting parts from China but the fact is unlike the SU-30s, the JF-17s have never been grounded due to lack of spares.