The Indian Air Force has grounded its entire MiG-21 fighter jet fleet following a crash in Rajasthan on May 8. An official told ANI that the MiG-21 will undergo comprehensive safety checks, and flying will resume in a phased manner. Watch this video to know more.
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IAF Please decomission this antique piece. Its becoming a national embarrassment
Der sahi, durust sahi.
Tea is fantastic ☕ Pakistan k nazdeek udao ge to asa hi hoga 😂😂
Time to upgrade
Hahahahaha…How, Just HOW is this any kind of a "surprise"? This should have been seen way back when….they bought the damn things!! ALL military hardware and especially fighter/bomber jets that operate in high G environments have a very distinct lifetime. Now this can be extended with serious repair/rebuild programs such as the multiple timers they have upgraded the US B-52. (just as an example of serious upgrade programs , although B-52s do operate in a punishing environment at low altitude high runs, though this has been mitigated with cruise missiles.)
But in the end as with all machines, one day even in spite of top notch maintenance they wear our become unreliable and therefore dangerous.
It's often a coloumn news, Mig21
crashed. Anyone knows how many
of them fell down, how many brave
men lost their lives. Our Govt never
thought of it. At last it came. Thanq
thanq.
And a F-18 fighter crashes and explodes during exhibition flight in Spain
2 percent of GDP(net of inflation) is what India spends on its armed forces.China spends 7 percent of its GDP officialy,it is almost double in actuality.China's GDP is ten times that of India.Every govt. Including Modi's have decreased India's defence budget.Indian pilots should refuse to fly till enough budget allocation is made and 200(minimum) jet fighters are ordered for off the shelf delivery.
Indian Govt. is SQUARELY RESPONSIBLE for forcing its pilots to fly machines more than well past with its service life.However,the govt.constantly procure newer cars and aircrafts for their use and their is no budgetory constraints for the same.
A Russian Dagger missile destroyed the Patriot complex near Kiev.32 patriot missiles failed to hit the Dagger missile. The damage is 96 million dollars. what kind of protection is this? Shame.
if there should be a war between China and India, all Russian jets will not funciton properly. It is stuipid to buy weapons from the friend of your enemy.
Are they still flying?😂
Mig 21 are great , Indian pilots aren’t .
Should sell them back to Russia and buy some newer one with all the Ruppee that Russia don't want to hold.
mig21 would be flying if government invested in maintenance and upgrade instead of paying for liquor and other beverages for the brave pilots
Grounded for "safety checks" 😂 keep flying that machine untill 2050
Finally ! those bast**d politician think about safety and security of IAF
Replace them already. There are likes of F-22 Raptors being the most air dominant stealth fighter in the world. But knowing Indian government, they will procure jets from Russia, at least go for su-35 flankers, like Iran is upgrading their own IAF.
Mig 21 as per an…dh bakts
Falcon slayer
Mig21 in reality
desi pilots slayer
Never buy Russian weapons which are unreliable.
IAF need to buy more of mirages
they should buy atleast 2 squadron of f-35 or 4-6 more squadron of rafales and sped up their amca project
mig-21 ain't gonna be reliable
The MiG 21 was never a flying coffin when in capable hands.
This is fake news. Actually only some terrorists claiming to be authorized IAF spokespersons with modi regime approval have made this announcement, it's easier now because kejriwal powers have been removed. In other words the fascists have pretty much carried out a coup de etat in Delhi and you never suspected because the news didn't tell you because fascism owns these channels, see that's why this one is claiming "Terorist agents trying to ground Indian military hardware" = "IAF". The terrorists don't like mig 21 because it can quickly patrol whole length of 🇮🇳 border and is a cheap aircraft that won't cost a billion even if shot down near the border.
Being they are flown for a long time by other countries, sounds like a pilot Issue 😂
It is not completely grounded, just stopped for safety checks.. don’t get excited..
I am assuming that IAF is taking all the precautions and maintenance of Mig21s flights. But accidents are happening constantly since last 35 years of my knowledge. Hope IAF will find a better solution ❤
The aircraft was never meant to fly that long. Unlike more modern fighters that are built to fly 50+ years (f15, f16, su27 etc), this aircraft wasn't. The mug 21 was meant as a cheap and disposable aircraft, a modern take on ww2 idiologies, in case a 3rd world war broke out and numbers did matter. India is solely at fault here. Its not just the age, but the sheer number of flight hours.