The Indian J-10 upgrade mystery: how to improve to the J-10C?Why is China's brilliance unexpected?
lca"Radiance"The fighter is the first third-generation all-weather single-seat single-engine fighter developed by India, and it is also a light fighter that Indians have always been proud of. Since the situation between India and Pakistan is tense over this LCA fighter, the imaginary enemy of the LCA fighter has always been Pakistan's"Ace"Fighter plane. Recently, however, some Indian military observers seem to have gone a little too far, and they even think that India's LCA fighter jets can even compete with China's J-10 fighters.
Earlier, at the Indian high-level military forum of Satya Jeetkumar, a number of experts said that the performance of the Indian LCA fighter was not much different from that of the Chinese J-10 fighter. The Chinese J-10 fighter can be upgraded to the powerful J-10C after years of development, so why can't the Indian LCA fighter be upgraded to LCAMK2?The J-10 fighter is an all-weather supersonic fighter developed by China in the 80s of the 20th century, which is a medium-sized fighter. It was the first Chinese fighter built in full accordance with the Chinese design concept, completely departing from the Soviet design concept. The development of the J-10 laid a good foundation for the later development of the J-10C and even China's fifth-generation fighters J-20 and FC-31.
The J-10 was able to evolve into the more advanced J-10C because before the J-10, China had developed a number of fighter jets, including the J-6, J-7 and J-8, and although the technology and design concepts of these fighters were inspired by the Soviet Union, they laid a solid foundation for China to develop independent fighters. India's original intention in developing the LCA was to replace the MiG-21 currently in service in the Indian Air Force, and as an upgraded version of the LCAMK2, the LCA will replace India's existing ace fighters, the MiG-29 and Mirage-2000.
First of all, before the development of the LCA, India did not have the same experience in developing this type of fighter as China. In addition, the LCA was originally a third-generation light fighter, while the Chinese J-10 was originally a *** medium fighter. Therefore, the J-10 is already more advanced than the LCA, and it will be difficult for India to upgrade the LCA to LCAMK2.