Why have Indian glorious fighters not been built for more than 30 years?

India has a dream of a domestic fighter. In the 1950s and 1960s, when Dr. Tanker designed the Indian-made supersonic jet fighter Fengshen, he designed the fan of 1956, and 196 1 made its first flight. Compared with China's imitation of the Soviet J-6 and J-7, it is nearly five to six years earlier than the J-8 high-altitude high-speed fighter designed by China. For a long time, India has been tirelessly pursuing the road of independent localization of fighter aircraft for nearly 60 years, although Indian aircraft is still a world brand.

Back to the topic of domestic fighters in India, Fengshen developed earlier, but the production quantity is not much, even less than 100. By 1986, only 18 fighters were left, and all of them had been retired. India's largest supersonic fighter program after Fengshen is LCA Brilliant Fighter Program. LCA project was first proposed by the Indian government in 1983 to replace MiG-2 1 and Ajit fighters. AJEET invincible fighter is not actually made in India. The Indian version of F. 1 fighter from the British Flanders Company, 197 1 go.

Back to the topic, the afterburning thrust and afterburning thrust of GTX-37- 14U are 4.5 tons and 6.5 tons respectively, which are not low compared with the afterburning level of the prototype YJ10/F404. India is also quite confident in it and has gained a lot. It has also developed the GTX-37-60 on the basis of its core engine.

This is the result of people's helplessness and conservative thinking. Back to the engine of LCA, in the end, the Indian government did not choose GTX-37- 14UB, but chose the improved GTX-35 with smaller flow. The prototype engine is an advanced turbojet engine with five-stage high-pressure compressor, annular combustion chamber and higher vortex front temperature. However, due to high fuel consumption, it was not selected in the primary election.

Some professionals said that before the development of turbofan 13 Taishan engine, China had introduced many Russian-made engines and made them in China for 60 years, developed its own turbojet 13 and turbojet 14 Kunlun medium thrust engines, completed the last stick of the second-generation engine, opened the door to the third-generation engine and introduced the Russian fourth-generation fighter engine Al-.