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HAL must be modernised if Tejas are to be saved-Admiral Arun Prakash
If the recent induction of the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has received a muted welcome from the IAF, there are very good reasons for it.
While the nation and the defence-industrial complex may celebrate a milestone in military indigenisation, the service, charged with the defence of our skies, has much more to worry about.
With obsolescence eroding its aircraft strength and the Rafale deal in limbo, there seem to be no inductions from abroad on the horizon; other than a few more Sukhoi SU-30s to attain the target strength of 272 heavy fighters.
The IAF, while still seeking a medium fighter, may have to make do with the Tejas (and its future derivatives) -- in terms of numbers as well as capability - till something else turns up.
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