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IAF MiG-21 Bison fleet now equipped with jamproof & secure BNET-AR software defined radio with integrated TDL.
Makes no sense to do this. Retire them in favour of tejas?
Makes no sense to do this. Retire them in favour of tejas?
My hunch is they wont be retiring the MIG-21s and Jaguars anytime soon now as writing is on the wall for Tejas MK1A. So these birds will soldier on for another 10 years.
Why? Seems like they have gotten Tejas finally over the line for Mk1. Some noise on engines, but they have a viable solution once they can get the manufacturing line to work properly.
I cant see them walking away from Tejas in favour of keeping the jaguars/mig-21s. By every measure - current tejas is miles better than both those platforms. Tejas may not have achieved all its design goals but still better platform than most of their current fleet.
Mk1A and Mk2 maybe dead - but Mk1 with BVR capabilities and grown attack capabilities is quite viable in my view.
Why? Seems like they have gotten Tejas finally over the line for Mk1. Some noise on engines, but they have a viable solution, they do need to get the manufacturing line to work properly.
I cant see them walking away from Tejas in favour of keeping the jaguars/mig-21s. By every measure - current tejas mk1 is miles better than both those platforms. Tejas may not have achieved all its design goals but still better platform than most of their current fleet.
Mk1A and Mk2 maybe dead if that is what you are referring to - but Mk1 with BVR capabilities and grown attack capabilities is quite viable in my view.