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Opinion | Delay In LCA Tejas Mk1A Induction – A Setback The IAF Didn't Need As Gap With China Widens  

The postponement is likely to disrupt IAF’s combat strategies, and highlights the vulnerabilities within India’s defence manufacturing sector as well as its reliance on imports.

With the war clouds hovering over the Sino-Indian borders not likely to dissipate anytime soon, the year-long delay in the induction of the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk1A will further add to concerns regarding India’s depleting squadron strength. This has come as an unexpected shock to the Indian Air Force (IAF). The delay has been attributed to the non-delivery of GE-F404 engines by the United States. The postponement of the induction of the indigenous LCA Mk1A has raised alarm in
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