The Good, Bad & Ugly of IAF: Looking into future.....
By: Kartikeya Semwal With the ever-increasing escalation by China on India’s eastern border, chances of India fighting China in the near future cannot be ruled out. With the growing air-space violation by Chinese helicopters & jets & the number of jets being regularly being inducted by Chinese airforce, the need of having more & more combat-capable jets is being felt by IAF (Indian Air Force). Chinese choppers. We all know that the induction of LCA Tejas is going on and the 1 st squadron of Tejas Mk-1 IOC variant has already been inducted while induction of 2 nd squadron having an improved Tejas Mk-1 FOC variant has just started from 27 May 2020. The ‘good thing’ about Tejas is that its second squadron will be complete (18 jets) in the next 12 to 18 months. Tejas Mk-1. But in order to meet the Chinese aerial threat, IAF needs to induct more new jets & modify and upgrade the existing ones. One such similar and much needed modification and upgrade pr