Mythbuster : LCA has taken 27 (or insert number here) years to complete

Incorrect, LCA project did not start in 1983, all that happened in 1983 was that Government of India (GoI) decided it will fund a project to develop a fighter, what type of fighter, for what role it would be used, what its technology level would be, all these questions were to be finalised later.

(To be completed later using posts http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=1038538#p1038538 and http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=1034388#p1034388)