India’s 5th-gen jet gets 2035 deadline: Can AMCA deliver stealth superiority?

India will receive its first fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, the AMCA, by 2035, DRDO chief Samir V Kamat has confirmed. Meanwhile, DRDO has also demonstrated a powerful 30-kilowatt laser weapon capable of shooting down drones and missiles, placing India in an elite global club. With several indigenous defence systems nearing completion and work underway on advanced technologies like high-energy microwave weapons, India is making rapid strides in both future air combat and real-time battlefield deterrence.