[SeeSharp]

1950s airframe design with 1970s engine technology. Better make a whole lot of them.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

1950s airframe design with 1970s engine technology. Better make a whole lot of them.

I'm sure they will, and will learn as they go. China has been doing much the same.

If India wasn't so worried that we would cut off their supplies when they go to war against China or Pakistan, I'm sure we could sell them some F-18s or whatever.

[buwaya]

Its so old, its new again!

But really, the hyper-agility thing may have come and gone. The Tejas has advanced (more or less) avionics, a nice radar, look-down-shoot down capability vs cruise missiles and etc., long range missiles (MBDA ASRAAM).

And in theory anyway, if it weren’t for its interminable development time, probably cheap.