Pretty sure that radars matter a great deal when evaluating a fighter's combat effectiveness.
I'd be interested in seeing the specs.
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I'd be interested in seeing the specs.
The UTTAM MK2 AESA Radar is ready and installed on Tejas MK1A prototype
The Kaveri Turbofan engine which was meant to power LCA Tejas has failed to produce required amount of wet thrust i.e., 91KN
but that doesn't make it useless it produces 73KN of stable wet thrust and 52KN of dry thrust and has to be used in Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle GHATAK
A marine variant of Kaveri has to be used to power Warships of Indian Navy
India is actually making fighter jets since 1960 , India was the first country in the world to design , develop and fly a Supersonic Single engine Fighter Jet called HF-24 Marut but they were unable to find suitable engine for this aircraft at affordable price so they used two underpowered engines to power this aircraft and it failed to achieve supersonic speed , India produced 150 Units of these fighter jets and retired it in 1985
The Marut got his first flight after the Phantom II and quite a number of mach 2 fighters.... it was quite late already.
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Just to give more background, this is not an issue of the availability today, but 20 years ago.
I can’t speak to the radar as much as Kaveri, but back in the mid-90’s DRDO kept pushing Kaveri as “just around the corner” and not to go ahead with GE404 as the production engine. They said doing so would destroy the program. So basically 10 years was wasted (between first flight and official dropping of Kaveri) with not much to show for it.
It should’ve been clear as day that Kaveri would not make it a long time ago.
If the J-10 program waited like that, you would only see the plane now rather than 20 years ago. Since it was developed by CAC, then say goodbye to J-20 too. In essence, Kaveri cost India 20 years of lost time.
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The US (and the UK and Germany) also imposed sanctions on India following the Pokhran II nuclear tests in 1998 that affected the LCA program. There were people from ADA at Lockheed Martin at the time working on Fly-By-Wire software who were escorted out of the building and watched while they were in the bathroom to make sure they weren't able to take anything with them.
France did not join the western sanctions regime against India and has established itself as the most reliable of western arms suppliers, hence India's preference for Rafale despite the steep price tag.
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Please understand that the TEDBF is in no way "stealth". Compare the geometry of the TEDBF to something like the KF-21. Stealth geometry generally involves radar absorbing composites and coatings, sharp corners to deflect radar signals away from the emitter. (very broad generalizations of stealth)
1. The TEDBF's DSI intakes are rounded and not angled forwards or backwards, but rather it is angled straight which will reflect the radar straight back to the emitter.
2. The TEDBF's forward facing profile has multiple rounded angles which increase RCS
Question, is the TEDBF using the Uttam radar?
Is the TEDBF using a coated glass cockpit?
Look if you are so insistent on that the LCH is stealth. By the same metric the Z-10 would also be "stealth".
You also haven't even refuted to my previous statements.
The main rotor isn't even shrouded to reduce RCS, the main gun isn't shrouded, the fucking landing gears cannot be stored internally, the amount of vents and noise on the surface of the helicopter all degrade the "stealth" aspect of the helicopter significantly. The fact that you somehow believe that the LCH is somehow stealthy in any way shape or form is hilarious. Clearly stealth was not a consideration during the design phase. Does it even use radar absorbing coatings/composites? I think not.
Lets be reasonable and cease with the ridiculous statements that make you look like a peabrain, stealth was in no way shape or form even considered during the design process of the LCH.
I'm not saying that radars don't matter. I am saying whether the radar is indigenous or not does matter in terms of combat effectiveness. I should have been more clear in #8824.
It does matter whether the radar is Indian made or not because Indian made radar can integrate Russian , European , American , Israeli and Indian weapons so is not the case with Radars made by other countries
It's one of the advantages of Tejas that it can carry all kind of Missiles and bombs (except for the Chinese ones)
Capabilities of gripen are no doubt among the best 4th generation fighter jets but as I have said it has critical systems and subsystems from all around the world making it a difficult to maintain aircraft that's why I called it a Zoo
A country operating gripen would need to maintain cordial relations with all the countries who supply systems and subsystems for gripen
Tejas on the other hand has only American engine as the critical component which is not Indian made rest all the other critical components are Indian made be it the radar the mission computer the airframe or the weapon package