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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    298 : India’s Light Combat Aircraft Programme: a Costly Delay

    Jayant Singh, Research Assistant at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

    19 November 2015

    The inordinate delays in the indigenous production of India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) have taken a considerable toll of human lives, caused by the malfunctioning of the ‘stop-gap’ foreign flying machines that were deployed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign also lends a new sense of urgency to the LCA programme now.