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Atomicfrog said:

Don't know why they don't built 50 a year...and buy 250. It would build up their industry and give a lot more weight on developing an indigenous engine for it. It's clearly not a top of the line fighter but it's still a descent light fighter. Tejas MK2 need to hatch soon if they just build a handfull of these.

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Soldier30 said:

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew on the Indian-made Tejas multirole fighter aircraft. The flight took place during his visit to the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in Bangalore, which produces a light multi-role fighter. The Tejas fighter was developed in 2001 and is equipped with engines jointly developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and General Electric USA; Israeli specialists also took part in the development of the aircraft. All airframe elements are manufactured in India. The Indian Air Force is expected to receive a total of 123 aircraft. The rate of their production is stated at 20 aircraft per year. The Tejas aircraft costs $26 million.

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Pataliputra said:

Actually, there's an order for 183 Tejas Fighter jets in place. These jets come packed with cutting-edge features such as an AESA Radar, Quadriplex digital fly-by-wire system, BVR Missiles, Carbon Composite body, reduced radar cross-section, and various other modern capabilities that you'd find in elite fighter jets.

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Atomicfrog said:

The problem with that is with 20 per year... it will take near 10years to build that amount of a base of the line light fighter when better alternatives are just around the corner with Tejas MK2 or abroad.

So either they will :

1: not build the intended number or Tejas MK1
2: they will build them in that time and Tejas MK2 will be ready way beyond the time that it is needed.
3: they will buy from elsewhere and drop some projects
4: they will stay way behind their neighbors capabilities and continue in their culture of Dunning-Kruger effect.

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Soldier30 said:

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew on the Indian-made Tejas multirole fighter aircraft. The flight took place during his visit to the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in Bangalore, which produces a light multi-role fighter. The Tejas fighter was developed in 2001 and is equipped with engines jointly developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and General Electric USA; Israeli specialists also took part in the development of the aircraft. All airframe elements are manufactured in India. The Indian Air Force is expected to receive a total of 123 aircraft. The rate of their production is stated at 20 aircraft per year. The Tejas aircraft costs $26 million.

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India is set to add another aircraft carrier to its fleet worth almost 400 billion rupees (US$4.8 billion) as it seeks to counter China’s naval presence in the Indian Ocean region, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Defense Acquisition Council – the country’s top defence decision-making body headed by defence minister, Rajnath Singh – is expected to clear the acquisition of its second indigenous carrier on Friday, people with direct knowledge of the development said, asking not to be named because the discussions are private.

The new carrier, which can hold at least 28 fighter jets and helicopters and displaces 45,000 tons of water – a measure of size for ships, will be flying the French Rafale jets, the people said. India’s first home-made carrier, INS Vikrant, joined the fleet last year and was built by Cochin Shipyard Ltd. The country also has a Russia-made aircraft carrier.

A three-carrier battle group will be a show of strength for the Indian navy in the Indian Ocean at a time when the naval wing of the China’s People’s Liberation Army – the largest navy in the world, with 370 ships and submarines – is increasingly marking its presence in the region.


An enlarged fleet also gives India the ability to exert influence in the seas by being present at many faraway places continuously, the people said.

Representatives for the ministry of defence and Indian Navy declined to comment.

The Indian Ocean is already heavily militarised with as many as 125 naval vessels, including those from the US, France and Japan, roaming its waters any given time, roughly three times the number of vessels deployed in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks when the Washington invaded Kabul.
The waters off India haven’t seen such intense competition since World War II as both China and the US and its allies deploy more warships in the area. That’s forcing the South Asian nation to also raise its game.

India plans to have 160 warships by 2030 and 175 by 2035 at an estimated cost of 2 trillion rupees, according to people familiar. More than 60 vessels of the Indian Navy are currently at various stages of construction, they added.

The country is carrying out more warship patrols than ever before, amid growing concerns over China’s rising naval prowess.

India has also upgraded the runway facilities at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands allowing the aircraft to land at night, the people said. That’s a bid to keep a tighter watch over the narrow water straits of Malacca, Sunda and Lombok in the southern Indian Ocean.

The island chain is used by India and its partners for maritime surveillance.

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Gloire_bb said:

Well, courtesy of exceptional economic successes in Japan and Germany, India is on track to become #3 economy pretty soon...

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