In the present set-up, the role of the IAF appears to be limited to defining the Air Staff Requirement (ASR) during the inception stage, and thereafter it comes into the picture in the final phase when the new weapon system is offered to the IAF for trials. [...] Obviously, the experiment failed as the added drag nullified the extra thrust generated by the indigenously developed reheat system; and the HF-24 programme was prematurely closed rather than capitalising on the progress made and furthering the development. [...] The two decade-old Indo-Soviet Treaty of Peace Friendship and Cooperation of 1971 was amended — the word ‘peace’ was dropped from the title as was the famous Article IX, the kernel of the old arrangement. [...] counted as an Notwithstanding a long and healthy relationship accomplished with the Soviet Union and the transition from a science and buyer-seller relationship to joint development of technology nation, technologies and systems, the nation has failed to and the aircraft harness this strategic opportunity for developing industry is no the research, design and development capacity different. [...] In the early 1980s, the IAF integrated the navigation attack and weapon aiming system for the Jaguar called the DARIN, and made Indian Jaguars far superior to those of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and French Air Force.
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