Tejas to replace MiG
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas would be the mainstay of the Indian Air Force and would likely replace the entire MIG-21 fleet of almost 250 fighters.
- LCA is mainstay.
- There will be seven squadrons of it.
- It is 3-4 times better than MiG-21s,
- LCA being a single-engine, light-weight fighter.
- Functionally, the LCA is better than many other foreign fighters.
- It reacts very smoothly, fly-by-wire, its turn radius is very good, manoeuvrability is very good
- it is a light combatant
- It cannot go into deep penetration.
- It is mostly good for dogfights in your own sky or to degrade the opponent Army’s command posts.
