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Tejas MKII vs JF-17 Block III: How does Tejas MKII stack up against JF-17 Block III?
It took 40 years for Indian Hindustan Aeronautics to build HAL Tejas MK-1A. The ‘TEJAS’ was envisaged to be a 4th generation fighter. LCA airframe featuring rectangular air-intakes and a double cranked delta-wing design with greater wing area. However, this well-intentioned advice was chucked into the dustbin in the early…
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