Thanks for correcting me. But my point was the design would have gone through a lot of changes because of solid 20-30 years of advancement in technology. A jet designed by DRDO some 30 years ago would have a lot of inspiration from its contemporary. Which could have gone eitherway with passage of time. Lmao IAF would have asked for a more modern design even if we had designed AMCA in 90s.
IMO the following mistakes were made -
> Our R&D was stalled after Marut & shifted to import culture.
> R&D on airframe like that of LCA but no engine R&D.
> LCA with only 1 engine, as if DoD wanted to make foolish record of lightest, cheapest fighter jet for 7th largest country by land.
> Soviets helped to make out steel plants & defence architecture but no jet R&D with them until PAKFA, AFAIK.
> IAF or any AF is just an operator providing pilots who don't design jets. Every pilot is not full fledged aeronautical engineer, some are who become test pilots & involved in R&D. Manufacturing & Maintenance ground crew know a jet more than pilot. So the requirement should come from Engineering as per global tech advancement, not pilots although who still can give R&D inputs like ergonomics.
> So there is fundamental problem in initiating projects only when IAF/IN ASKS & they ask either after 1gen globally has passed or after Pakistan gets something new. So virtually Pakistan indirectly puppets our R&D.
> MBA fever since 2000s has partially spoilled out industry. We all have some toppers from our school, college who were tech champs on paper, yet they shifted to pure management from beginning, some even changed industry to non-tech. That's a huge loss of talent potential. They just wanna earn big bucks, ask questions, give orders. This results in bad tech management w/o adequate tech experience. The entire industry stalls. Thats why our tycoons are typical 'baniyas' for quick bucks, not R&D minded.
> The BABU culture itself means many of us Indians in school/college & even in office have tendencies of being lazy, procrastinating, not doing homework, over-optimistic, impulsive, jealous, taunting, discouraging, challenging, misleading, etc rather than encouraging, appreciating, contributing, supporting. In forums & social media also it can be seen daily.... "lo bhai aa gaya arm chair expert, ye DoD se zyada janta hai, ab ye bataega, banaega aur bachaega humko"
There could be many DoD engineers who have been intelligent, proactive, visionary but could not do well either due to lack of funding, facilities or encouragement & support. The only face of DoD we see are the top program managers at Aero-India.
> Most defence journalists don't ask precise questions as per global tech advancements & end up just bluntly reporting & appeasing the delayed products or tech.
> As politicians, the 3 forces, DoD units blame each other, so does their friends, family, relatives, associates.
There're more things but i'll take a pause here.
It'll become 5.5gen & the queston is - will AMCA match that? The program manager at Aero-India said that AMCA will have everything which F-35 has, time'll tell soon.
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