LCA Tejas: A 'game changer' for air defence

The induction of the Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas into the Indian Air Force will be a `game changer’ for the country’s air defence preparedness, says Avinash Chander, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister. "Though delayed, the India developed fighter aircraft has emerged as a `contemporary aircraft,  as good or in a way better than the competitors in its class", Avinash Chander told Business Line. The LCA signals the country’s indigenous capability to develop a major air-based weapon platform and a step towards achievi…