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HAL Tejas

Combat aircraft, India. In service since 2016

How to recognise it

Small single-engine fighter with a tailless compound delta wing, one tall fin and intakes under the wing roots on each side.

What gives it away

What it doesn’t have

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Key facts

Crew
1
Armament
23 mm GSh-23 cannon, missiles and bombs
Top speed
Mach 1.6
Range
about 3,000 km ferry

A first draft, not yet checked against sources. Typical figures; versions differ.

Also known as

Tejas, LCA, Tejas Mk1, Tejas Mk1A

Used by

India

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