Fighter Tejas Deployed On Pakistan Border

The Iaf has made operational deployment of indigenous light combat jet LCA Tejas at air bases bordering the border to cordon off neighbouring Pakistan, playing ' friendship ' with China. The fighter jet built in the country has been deployed around the Pakistan border amid an ongoing dispute with China so that India can compete with the two countries in the event of ' two-wise '.

 

India has started the task of further strengthening the air security of the Western Front in view of the ' two front war ' in the wake of tension in eastern Ladakh with China. That is why the Air Force has deployed fighter Tejas on the border near the Pakistan border to give a befitting reply to any movement of both the enemies. Tejas, a light indigenous fighter aircraft deployed on the Western Front amid tension on the border with China, flew several times near the Pakistan border. Tejas flights have been at different air force bases for the last few years. The second squadron of light combat aircraft Tejas fighter was inducted into the Suoor Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force on May 27. Iaf Chief Air Marshal Rks Bhadoria had also flown to Tejas at that time. In the 1971 war with Pakistan, Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon of the same squadron was posthumously conferred with Param Vir Chakra.

 

 

The largest ever indigenous defence deal with this fighter jet built in the country has been 40 thousand crore rupees. Initially, there were differences between Air Force and producer Hal but the then defence minister late Manohar Parrikar entered into an agreement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the indigenous Tejas aircraft from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day. The PM had said that the deal to buy the LCA mark-1a version is expected to be completed soon. The long-awaited $5.2 billion contract for 83 aircraft of indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A jet is ready and is likely to be handed over to HAL in December this year. In the next two years, 83 ships of indigenously built light combat aircraft Tejas Mark-1a are to be inducted into the Air Force. NCR Hindi News update.

 

 

Indigenous fighter aircraft Tejas typical

 

Developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), it is a light and a jet fighter aircraft with a variety of roles. LCA Tejas is the first indigenous fighter jet made in the country with an American engine. It is a plane with a single seat and a jet engine with a non-tailed compound-delta wing. Its development began in the decade 1980. The official name of the aircraft ' Tejas ' was placed on 4th May 2003 by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This fighter aircraft is capable of flying at a speed of 2222 kmph and 3000 km at a time. can fly to the distance of. Tejas fighter weighing 3,500 kg can be deployed in 6 kinds of air-to-air missiles. These include Derby, Python-5, R-73, Astra, Asram, Metior, Brahmos-NG, DRDO anti-radiation missile and Brahmos-ng anti-ship missiles. In addition, laser guided bombs, glide bombs and cluster vessels can be installed.