India and China have different needs.
I don't think HAL Tejas was built response to "J-8", or that "J-10" or "JF-17" had anything to do with HAL Tejas.
HAL Tejas was built to replace Mig-21. Just that.
Similarly, JF-17 was built by China only for Pakistan, using Pakistani funded $500 million.
(otherwise, China never needed to built JF-17).
PLAAF has shown nil interest in JF-17 so far, and is most unlikely to induct it.
Generally, it is seen that people who would go to any length to defend J-10, would never defend JF-17. Only pakistanis defend JF-17. If anyone else buys it, all the better.
I do think JF-17 deserves more respect than it gets, from the people who built it.
Coming back to HAL Tejas, it will run it's own course. India has it's own standards for acceptance testing. IAF requirements are very different from PLAAF.
Just because China claims to have operationalized J-10 ... this is no reason why HAL Tejas squadrons should be inducted in a hurry !!!!
Further, India isn't sanctioned on arms sales, as China is.
In any case, J-10 is not really targeted at India. Primary reason for building J-10 was to build capability for 4th gen aircraft. Capability building is also the reason for WS10A.
J-10 is a good aircraft .... there is hardly a need to be defensive about it.
But I don't see how a J-10 type aircraft meets the needs of IAF.
What role could a J-10 fulfill, for IAF ?
Su30MKI should be good upto 2025 or 2030.
And the next generation of front-line aircraft for IAF would be fifth generation aircraft or an advanced unmanned combat aircraft.
I think India should buy F-18 Super Hornets, among the planes in the running for the MMRCA competition. Not only it boosts Indo-US relations .... it injects the latest technology (that India is currently offered). - F-22 is not offered !
It's costly at USD 58MM, but India could reduce the size from 126 aircraft to 100. But getting the Super Hornet would be nice for the IAF.
China is indeed badly sanctioned .... even Russia hesistates to offer the latest technology .... because of intellectual property issues.
I think China is doing whatever best it can .... reinvent wheels, reverse engineer and put more money into R&D.
India too had to do the same thing for nuclear power technology .... since it was as badly sanctioned, on that front.
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I don't think HAL Tejas was built response to "J-8", or that "J-10" or "JF-17" had anything to do with HAL Tejas.
HAL Tejas was built to replace Mig-21. Just that.
Similarly, JF-17 was built by China only for Pakistan, using Pakistani funded $500 million.
(otherwise, China never needed to built JF-17).
PLAAF has shown nil interest in JF-17 so far, and is most unlikely to induct it.
Generally, it is seen that people who would go to any length to defend J-10, would never defend JF-17. Only pakistanis defend JF-17. If anyone else buys it, all the better.
I do think JF-17 deserves more respect than it gets, from the people who built it.
Coming back to HAL Tejas, it will run it's own course. India has it's own standards for acceptance testing. IAF requirements are very different from PLAAF.
Just because China claims to have operationalized J-10 ... this is no reason why HAL Tejas squadrons should be inducted in a hurry !!!!
Further, India isn't sanctioned on arms sales, as China is.
In any case, J-10 is not really targeted at India. Primary reason for building J-10 was to build capability for 4th gen aircraft. Capability building is also the reason for WS10A.
J-10 is a good aircraft .... there is hardly a need to be defensive about it.
But I don't see how a J-10 type aircraft meets the needs of IAF.
What role could a J-10 fulfill, for IAF ?
Su30MKI should be good upto 2025 or 2030.
And the next generation of front-line aircraft for IAF would be fifth generation aircraft or an advanced unmanned combat aircraft.
I think India should buy F-18 Super Hornets, among the planes in the running for the MMRCA competition. Not only it boosts Indo-US relations .... it injects the latest technology (that India is currently offered). - F-22 is not offered !
It's costly at USD 58MM, but India could reduce the size from 126 aircraft to 100. But getting the Super Hornet would be nice for the IAF.
China is indeed badly sanctioned .... even Russia hesistates to offer the latest technology .... because of intellectual property issues.
I think China is doing whatever best it can .... reinvent wheels, reverse engineer and put more money into R&D.
India too had to do the same thing for nuclear power technology .... since it was as badly sanctioned, on that front.
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I wonder, if this post will trigger closure of this thread.
