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Like I've said, where you're getting those exact components to call them "not replaceable, unlike Tejas" are questionable, since one of those components you've mentioned, the FLCS computer, is not British. Apart from the ejection seat, it was not openly listed what the other 5 critical components are. Other known T-50 series components supplied by British suppliers like BAES are mostly glass cockpit/pilot interface components and IFF which, going by your standards, are also "minor and replaceable" since there are several other US and European vendors offering equivalent components. If anything, those components are more replaceable than an ejection seat at the very least.Also, like I've said already, HAL is yet to demonstrate a Tejas with alternative seat sourced from Russia, regardless of whay you want to believe. Go read some actually reliable reports before making dubious claims based on questionable sources and double standards. Ejection seat being a critical component applies equally for Tejas as it does to FA-50.The problem with a possbile sale to Argentina is a question of sales margin compared to the cost of designing and certifying a configuration specific for Argentinian Air Force, not if the components are replaceable or not, as you are implying. Changing the ejection seat alone would require significant recertification process coupled with possible redesign of the cockpit layout and certainly of the ejection sequence, and the manufacturers would need to start again from sled tests before any implementation to the actual cockpit of the aircraft.
Like I've said, where you're getting those exact components to call them "not replaceable, unlike Tejas" are questionable, since one of those components you've mentioned, the FLCS computer, is not British. Apart from the ejection seat, it was not openly listed what the other 5 critical components are. Other known T-50 series components supplied by British suppliers like BAES are mostly glass cockpit/pilot interface components and IFF which, going by your standards, are also "minor and replaceable" since there are several other US and European vendors offering equivalent components. If anything, those components are more replaceable than an ejection seat at the very least.
Also, like I've said already, HAL is yet to demonstrate a Tejas with alternative seat sourced from Russia, regardless of whay you want to believe. Go read some actually reliable reports before making dubious claims based on questionable sources and double standards. Ejection seat being a critical component applies equally for Tejas as it does to FA-50.
The problem with a possbile sale to Argentina is a question of sales margin compared to the cost of designing and certifying a configuration specific for Argentinian Air Force, not if the components are replaceable or not, as you are implying. Changing the ejection seat alone would require significant recertification process coupled with possible redesign of the cockpit layout and certainly of the ejection sequence, and the manufacturers would need to start again from sled tests before any implementation to the actual cockpit of the aircraft.
