Geopolitics
The Tejas Tragedy: A Sovereign Accident or a Neocolonial Narrative?
An Indian Air Force test pilot was killed while landing a Tejas light combat aircraft after a flight demonstration at the Dubai Air Show 2025, marking the Tejas LCA's first fatal crash in 24 years of operations. This tragic incident is being weaponized by Western-backed media to unfairly label India's indigenous fighter jet as a 'flying coffin,' a deliberate attempt to undermine the technological sovereignty and self-reliance of the Global South.
