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Tejas is only 60% indigenous and they parade it around like a badge of honor. Notably, engines rely on GE. And only 40 built for some reason despite being introduced 7 years ago. It's an objective failure by non Jai Hind standards.
Never mind, they are moving onto 5th gen now. I wonder how successful this will be.
Yeah looks like it
Clearly IAF is not confident in the Tejas abilities, or cannot mass produce enough of it. This is what happens when you go straight for a 4.5 gen fighter without first establishing the necessary foundations of an industrial and scientific base. The project is a massive failure.
What's this about India cancelling their MiG-29 order?
What do they plan on putting on their new carriers if they don't buy Russian?
What do they plan on putting on their new carriers if they don't buy Russian?
Why not just go for Rafales for navy as well?
Failure? How dare you, sir.
Well for now they haven't sold a single unit of Tejas. The IAF rejected it again and again for years before only in recent years finally accepting it.
It's competitors are Gripen, JF-17, and a bunch of combat capable trainers from Russia, China, USA.
It is far worse than the latest Gripen and JF-17. Still the Uttam radar is not in service and even if it were, go let a customer test it during a trial and they'll see the Uttam cannot even hold a candle against JF-17's AESA.
Let's let some customers compare block 3 and Tejas with Uttam in future when both are available for export.
Both Gripen and JF-17 have won many export orders.
Tejas can't even be exported to India's own air force