, a large number of domestic media in India were reporting wildly, saying that India's Tejas fighter defeated China's Xiaolong fighter and became the target of Malaysia's procurement. China's Xiaolong fighter has been eliminated in this competition, and will be updated later. It is to build momentum for this fighter jet that is disliked by its own air force. It is said that Malaysia has decided to purchase the Tejas Fighter. The Tejas Fighter has received its first international order in its life.
However, someone soon reversed the situation. Malaysia has not confirmed that it will purchase the Tejas fighter jets from India. It only has a preliminary purchase intention. The specific situation is still being discussed. It may take two or three months for the final result to come out. ; And more importantly, China's Xiaolong fighter jets did not participate in Malaysia's fighter bidding contract at all. China sent the L-15 advanced trainer aircraft , which are two completely different fighters from the Xiaolong fighter jet. I don’t know how the Indian media thinks that the L-15 advanced trainer aircraft can be regarded as the Xiaolong fighter jet.
But now, India's Glory Fighter has been frustrated again, and this time it was directly slapped in the face. It is reported that Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Marles visited New Delhi and held talks with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath. During this meeting, the Australian Defense Minister refused directly in front of Rajnath. However, considering the face of the other party, the Australian Defense Minister spoke very tactfully and expressed his lack of interest in India's idea of selling Tejas fighter jets.
Since it was completely bound to the United States, Australia's demand for improving its military strength has been increasing day by day. In addition to wanting advanced fighter aircraft such as the United States' F35, it is also very eager for the trainer aircraft used to train pilots, so A tender was issued for a batch of trainer aircraft to replace its old "Eagle" 127 trainer aircraft; the main competitor at the time was the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft, and after seeing this, India felt that it also had a chance , so he recommended his own two-seat version of the Tejas fighter to Australia, saying that this fighter can be used as a trainer aircraft to train pilots, and can also be used as a fighter jet to perform various strike and reconnaissance missions.
Previously, India was full of confidence in this bidding, because it is the only training aircraft among all the participating bidders that was developed for combat, and it can bring great help to the training of pilots; but it never expected What's surprising is that Australia actually directly rejected India's purchase of Glory fighter jets face to face. However, it is understandable when you think about Australia's performance during this period. On the one hand, although Australia looks quite unreliable, it is also ranked high in the world economy and is not short of money. It can buy more A good training aircraft; on the other hand, after Australia is bound to the United States, it naturally has to take care of American business. The T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft is jointly developed by Boeing Company of the United States and Saab of Sweden. In order to sell a fighter jet to the United States, Australia is naturally more inclined to choose the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft; on the other hand, although India's Tejas fighter jet is domestically produced, in fact most of its parts are It is imported from abroad. Once it encounters any fault, it needs to buy parts from abroad to repair it, which is very troublesome. Australia buys trainer aircraft to train pilots, so these trainer aircraft are used very frequently. Failures are common. In order to ensure the training progress of your own pilots, it is better to use more reliable trainer aircraft.
And another point is, can India’s production keep up? The number purchased by Australia this time is about 33 aircraft, and the annual output of Tejas fighter jets is only about 10-20 aircraft, a large part of which has to be allocated domestically, and the number used for export may only be in single digits.If all 33 of these aircraft are to be delivered, it may take more than ten years to complete delivery due to the "slow work and careful work" of the Indian military industry. By that time, the fighter jets will have reached the sixth or even seventh generation. It is a bit too outdated to use the third-generation aircraft, , which was established in the last century, as a trainer aircraft. After training on the Tejas fighter jet, pilots will suddenly find out when they get on a new fighter jet: Why is this different from what the instructor taught me? What are all these buttons for?
Therefore, India’s top priority is to make its air force more reliable and not to crash an aircraft every now and then. The military industry must also be more reliable and not to delay the launch of its aircraft every three days; like the aircraft carrier Vikrant, it has already It has been postponed countless times, and the construction time is 8 years earlier than our country's Shandong ship. As a result, now that our country's Fujian ship has come out, there is still no news of the Vikrant being launched into service.
