This is the moment when every Indian should feel proud off, as for the first time the indigenously build light combat aircraft Tejas was used on Thursday (October 25) at a naval weapons range off the coast of Goa, at an altitude of 7 kilometers and at 0.6 times the speed of sound, the 'Tejas' did something that took the fighter program a leap further, it fired an air to air missile, something described as a textbook launch.

The launch validated many features of the fighter -- like the ability of the missile to jump clear of the aircraft on launch, the effect of the missile on the structure and handling on the aircraft itself and the important sub-systems of the aircraft that allow it to fire missiles safely and to lethal effect. Tejas is also controlled by advanced computers and fly by wire controls that keep it stable in flight for India's fledgeling indigenous fighter industry. The missile launch has more than one facet - our homegrown fighter aircraft is now a lethal bird of prey.

With advance war fighter like Sukhoi 30 MKI, already in India's arsenal, India is still going forward with the Tejas, the indigenously developed Light combat aircraft and achiving milestones one after another and why it shouldn't as IAF is planning to fully develop Tejas and replace the notorious and ageing MiG 21s.

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Source: (Times Now)