Prof. Prodyut Das 2

  The Tejas Gun firing trials                                                                       Prof Prodyut Das.   The development of the Tejas has attracted a lot of followers from the Indian Aeronautical community. In the general disappointment with dates what has slipped under the radar is the fact that twenty one years after the first flight of the aircraft is not cleared to fire its gun. Jet engine/gun firing problem first came to attention in the 1950s . Today in terms of certification gun firing clearance should be   a “low hanging” fruit. As someone pointed out on twitter without its gun the Tejas cannot be used even in peacetime to intercept and force a civil airliner to land at an Indian airport in case of suspicion or emergency. This is possibly one of the reasons that the aircraft is based at Sulur out of the way of major air routes where the possibility of the recent emergency with an Iranian airliner is less likely. Our politicians, when accused of corruption