As a rising star, India has always dreamed of becoming a world power. Once successful, it can not only enhance its international status and international influence, but also satisfy its vanity on par with the five permanent powers. Therefore, it has spared no effort to purchase advanced weapons and expand its arsenal. In this process, has not given up the path of independent research and development. It is reported that India is expected to introduce domestically produced AMCAMK-2 fighters by 2034. Many experts predict that this fighter will become the sixth-generation fighter.
has previously experienced the US$6 billion deal with Russia in cooperation with Russia in the fifth-generation fighter jet. Now India has realized the irrationality of developing fighters with other countries. In addition to the need to invest a lot of time and money, it will also encounter many production and maintenance problems, so it will not cooperate with any country in the future.
According to the head of the Indian Air Force, AMCA "Advanced Medium Fighter" is a development plan for Indian fighter jets to design a dual-engine, single-seat, fifth-generation stealth multi-purpose vertical takeoff and landing fighter. Although AMCA MK-1 is a 5.5-generation fighter, it has the qualities of a sixth-generation fighter. The fighter plans to use aero engines from General Electric of the United States. As for the more advanced AMCAMK-2 fighter, the Indian Army will develop a new engine for it.
It is worth noting that the Indian media once clamored that the performance of this new fighter developed by it even surpassed Russia's Su-57, my country's F-20 and American F-35. Although the final design of the AMCAMK-1 fighter has been completed, the prototype is also planned to be produced in 2024 and test flights will begin in 2025. However, according to the speed of India’s past development, it will probably take no less than 30 years for this fighter to be launched. After all, its LCA "Glorious" fighter was developed for 33 years before it finally served successfully, and its domestic aircraft carrier "Vikrant" The number" has been built for more than 10 years and is still unfinished. This undoubtedly reveals the weakness of India's industrial foundation. The most important thing is that India has not even successfully developed the fourth-generation aircraft. Is it a bit too hasty to develop the sixth-generation aircraft?
In fact, even if the development work is completed, it may not be a good thing from the Indian level of development. Earlier, an internal report submitted by the Indian Army to the Ministry of Defense pointed out that due to the poor quality of ammunition provided by its state-owned ordnance factory committee, in the six years since 2014, 27 soldiers were killed in ammunition accidents and 159 were seriously injured. . In addition, the "Atagos" 155mm towed artillery that it has been committed to research and development, during the launch test, the shell exploded before it was shot out, which caused three serious injuries. This incident also directly led to the postponement of the "Atagos" artillery test plan. It is still unknown when it will resume.
All in all, although Indians seem ambitious on the surface, they can’t guarantee even the most basic ammunition quality, so if you want to be “Made in India”, it’s a fantasy. If the problem of their superiority and inferiority remains unchanged, then their military strength will not improve, and various accidents will continue to emerge one after another.
