Geometry of TEDBF is stealth look at these pictures
Geometry of LCH Prachanda has also very less number of sharp corners look at these picture
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Geometry of LCH Prachanda has also very less number of sharp corners look at these picture
Technically I am not responding to Chandragupt.
In the category of "Over-priced, very lighweight with extremely short range, no useful payload, and most creative domestic marketing", Tejas is the best in class and will remain so for decades. Indeed, in this category, Tejas (literally) has no peers. Talk is cheap. My proof is in how valued its sole user, the Indian Air Force, places on this precious 'asset' that all Tejas are safely based in Southern India (Sulur AS, Coimbatore) 3,000km from inferior JF-17s and J10Cs and yet perfectly positioned to defend the Motherland against massive air attacks from the Sri Lankan Air Force. QED.
In the category of "Over-priced, very lighweight with extremely short range, no useful payload, and most creative domestic marketing", Tejas is the best in class and will remain so for decades. Indeed, in this category, Tejas (literally) has no peers. Talk is cheap. My proof is in how valued its sole user, the Indian Air Force, places on this precious 'asset' that all Tejas are safely based in Southern India (Sulur AS, Coimbatore) 3,000km from inferior JF-17s and J10Cs and yet perfectly positioned to defend the Motherland against massive air attacks from the Sri Lankan Air Force. QED.
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The first squadron deployed in sulur consists of IOC variants of Tejas MK1 block
The FOC variants (in 2nd squadron) has been deployed along LOC on India Pakistan border
The 83 Tejas ordered by Indian airforce consists of MK1A block which is a further improved version of FOC Tejas MK1
My perspective is neutral not Indian or Chinese
Yeah TEJAS is clearly on Neutral...
It's a nice indigenous little fighter to to start the industry on a simple achievable fighter project. It's a light fighter similar to a shrinked mirage 2000 in capacity and size.
It's impossible to see more from that project. Presently the project is more or less in Hiatus, they hit quite a lot of performances problems but also on the engine side sadly. A couple of dozen have been build to test the water and they are waiting for his big brother the mk2.
It will be the basis of a TEJAS mk2 that they want to build in descent quantity, if the project is not aborted like most Indian projects. Tejas mk2 will be a nice Mirage 2000 replacement if it works.
Tejas MK1A is a replacement for Mig21 Bison , MK2 is meant to replace Mirage 2000 , SEPCAT Jaguar and Mig29
Some Western countries would like Tejas MK2 to be aborted to sell more Rafales or Eurofighter Typhoons to India and potential buyers of Tejas MK2 from India
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Well cannot hope to replace more than their disintegrating Mig21 Bison with it... still it's a milestone for Indian Industry to build upon. We will see if they are able to do so with MK2.
Being small and lightweight is the biggest advantage of Tejas MK1 for the role it has to perform
Tejas has smallest RCS, smaller than any 4th gen fighter jet in the world it's hard to spot from naked eye in WVR combat because of it's small size it's sneaky little fighter jet has a powerful Indian made Gallium Arsenide AESA radar (UTTAM MK2) with 992 TR module the weight carrying capacity and number of hard points is is also the best for it's size , it has a thrust to weight ratio of 1.07
I have read about this little fighter jet it's indeed the best in it's category.
It's smaller and lighter than Mig21 Bison maintenance cost is low and less time consuming body is made up of carbon composite making it strong light weight and maintenance free look at this picture size comparison of Tejas and Su30MKI
Looks compact , modern and sturdy like a Hornet
Look, the Tejas is considered a piece of junk exactly because of it's size. Nobody really wants a fighter with MTOW of 13.5 tons in 2023 unless they are cheap and have good value like JF-17 and FA50.
Slightly smaller RCS (that's still orders of magnitudes larger than 5th gen standards) does not make up for the drawbacks like lack of range, low payload and weaker radars which matter more for 4th gen fighters.
India tried too hard to make Tejas an advanced, high tech do-it-all fighter when they should have stuck to making a cheap bomb truck with passable a2a capabilities.
@Atomicfrog
Su30MKI despite being a huge fighter jet has 12 hard points and can carry 8000 kg of weight
Tejas MK1A which is almost of the size of nose cone of Su30MKI has 9 hardpoints and can carry 5000 kg of weight
No fighter jet in the world packs this much of firepower in such a small size
Su30MKI despite being a huge fighter jet has 12 hard points and can carry 8000 kg of weight
Tejas MK1A which is almost of the size of nose cone of Su30MKI has 9 hardpoints and can carry 5000 kg of weight
No fighter jet in the world packs this much of firepower in such a small size