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They wanted a multirole fighter and chose an interceptor delta wing design. No wonder it ended up underpowered and overweight.

Should've stuck with a conventional cropped-delta wing+ horizontal stab design or made the delta wing smaller and add canards. Which surprisingly they are doing for the Mk2 lmao

Talk about trying to rectify problems that could've been avoided in the first place.

Meanwhile that what the Tejas should've been is in service since 2007, built in the high 100's and underwent subsequent upgrades.
 
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sequ said:
They wanted a multirole fighter and chose an interceptor delta wing design. No wonder it ended up underpowered and overweight.

Should've stuck with a conventional cropped-delta wing+ horizontal stab design or made the delta wing smaller and add canards. Which surprisingly they are doing for the Mk2 lmao

Talk about trying to rectify problems that could've been avoided in the first place.

Meanwhile that what the Tejas should've been is in service since 2007, built in the high 100's and underwent subsequent upgrades.
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Amen … an almost perfect summary of the situation!

Again, no-one wants to belittle the Tejas but one should be realistic in what it reached against it’s initial aims and claims, what it is now and maybe will be in the Mk.2 variant.
 
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sequ said:
They wanted a multirole fighter and chose an interceptor delta wing design. No wonder it ended up underpowered and overweight.

Should've stuck with a conventional cropped-delta wing+ horizontal stab design or made the delta wing smaller and add canards. Which surprisingly they are doing for the Mk2 lmao

Talk about trying to rectify problems that could've been avoided in the first place.

Meanwhile that what the Tejas should've been is in service since 2007, built in the high 100's and underwent subsequent upgrades.
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The Tejas MK2 is as big as F16 and cannot fulfill the role of a light fighter as intended by the Indian Air Force (IAF). The IAF demanded a small and light fighter to replace the Mig-21, a Medium Weight Fighter (Tejas MK2) to replace the Mirage 2000, Mig-29, and Jaguars, and a Heavy Weight Fighter (AMCA) to replace the Su-30MKI.
 
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I sure hope its not as big as the F-16, F-16’s engine is almost 40% more powerful than MK2’s planned engine.
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It is … and as such taht‘s again the problem! A fighter project too late after yet another complete redesign and instead of going from Tejas 1/1A to a useful larger one directly they tried again but forgot again the mots important part! The engine issue.

As such, you surely get a decent fighter - like the Gripen E - albeit again decades too late and most likely still not on par, while all potential adversaries around use even more capable fighters in at least one class above (J-10C, J-16 …)
 
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Pataliputra

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Deino said:
It is … and as such taht‘s again the problem! A fighter project too late after yet another complete redesign and instead of going from Tejas 1/1A to a useful larger one directly they tried again but forgot again the mots important part! The engine issue.

As such, you surely get a decent fighter - like the Gripen E - albeit again decades too late and most likely still not on par, while all potential adversaries around use even more capable fighters in at least one class above (J-10C, J-16 …)
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No single engine 4th generation fighter jet in the world is as capable as Gripen, Gripen is by far the most capable single engine 4th generation fighter jet
 
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