New Delhi, June 28
Indigenous warplane Light Combat Aircraft Tejas is “inching ahead” on its path to enter the operational service with the Indian Air Force (IAF). The single-engined fighter has just completed a crucial weapons test at a firing range in western Rajasthan. The test was one of the last few important milestones that Tejas has to be cover before it gets to be in the operational service with the IAF.

The test aimed at checking combat capabilities of the plane under extreme weather conditions. Daytime temperatures in the deserts of Rajasthan can go up to 50°C nowadays. The outcome of the test and the IAF assessment would be known over the next few weeks. The fighter carries weapons in its underbelly.