MIG 29 K has a weight between 18000 to 22000 kilos . The Tejas has a max take off weight of 13000 kilos. So what is the Air Force talking about ? Their arguments are against all the facts. Let IAF give some more credible reasons for rejecting the Tejas.
Still we lack in this area. Its time to have Non - governmental attitude & approach. Invite best talent / Pay them / create suitable research infrastructure / collaborate with best like Israel to develop our own suitable war machines.
so when our intelligent defence minister said Tejas is as good as Rafale, we thought he is praising Tejas but instead he was actually criticizing Rafae..how much more lies Mr. Parikkar has said till now? Surgical Strike?
Re: as good as rafale
by Sudarshan Nityananda on Dec 03, 2016 12:26 PM
Tejas and Rafale are not comparable aircraft. They are meant for entirely different roles. If Parrikar really said that, he was talking through his hat.
these are so called govt entities so what we can expect anyway..for 60 years everyone has looted the countries and ofcourse govt entities tops the list anyway
Re: Corrupt Govt Entities
by Sudarshan Nityananda on Dec 03, 2016 12:32 PM
Overall, over the last 15 years some decent defence capability was built up except in artillery guns and submarines where there were terrible delays. Heavy lift aircraft and troop carriers from USA, Sukhoi, Jaguar and MIrage upgrades to last another 20 years, INS VIkramaditya aircraft carrier commissioned, our own nuclear submarine operational , our own multi barrel rocket launchers,long range maritime aircraft, all this is not the result of "corruption". As long as results are seen, we have to learn to live with some amount of corruption, and keep fighting specific instances of it.