India's Air Force has received a big piece of good news!

That is, the first batch of Tejas MK1A fighter jets has finally been prepared for delivery and is about to be put into service in the Indian Air Force, with a total of seven single-seat and two twin-seat aircraft. It's worth looking forward to! The Tejas fighter jet started development in 1984, which makes it a 40-year-old aircraft. At that time, we were developing the J-8 and J-10 fighter jets, which were second and third generation, but now we have already reached the sixth generation.

India is still developing the Tejas fighter jet, but it's unclear what India has been doing these years. The key point is that they haven't fully figured out the Tejas fighter jet yet. India is a patchwork, buying parts from all over the world and then assembling them together, which is just an assembly machine. Moreover, the assembly isn't good either. It can only be said that India's development is a sigh of regret.

However, it's also our luck that India exists. If India were strong enough, we would face great pressure. But now, India can't even beat a single Tejas fighter jet, so we don't have much pressure at all.

Now, the project of India's Tejas carrier-based aircraft has basically failed. Because the Tejas fighter jet can land on an aircraft carrier and can be used as a carrier-based aircraft. However, due to various performance issues and its short range, as a carrier-based aircraft, it has to return after flying only a few hundred kilometers, with too short a loitering time, making it unsuitable for the position of a carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, India was forced to use the French Rafale fighter jet as a carrier-based aircraft, otherwise there would be no other choice. The domestic Tejas fighter jet in India will definitely become a century-old model if it serves for another 30 or 50 years. However, this is very good for us, and it's something we should pay attention to. This is the current strength of India.

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