India to buy 60-63 Rafales jets off the shelf from France; MMRCA deal off:

[nik141991]

Looks like numbers of Rafale that India is buying keeps dropipng by half with every new news ! From 126 to 62 and now 36. Next number in this sequence is 18 then 9!!

Even 18 are enough to give PAF sleepless nights

 

[Screambowl]

so its 126 + 36= 162

 

[SR-91]

Watch Modi speak in France @13.30 mins.

 

[IndianView]

I AM COMING.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Wonder what's going on through our erstwhile DM saint Antony's mind right now

That his decision is validated by the new govt

On another note @Abingdonboy we'll now have to see what Subramania Swamy has to say about this

 

[ranjeet]

NDTV confirms that this deal is about 144 Rafale for India 36 off the shelf and others will be made in India.

 

[anant_s]

By signing for 36 Modi has confirmed the IAF is going for the Rafale and in large numbers but he has, thankfully, bought the IAF some breathing space as the contract for the larger and more complicated Rafale deal is worked out.

It is now simply out of the question of yet ANOTHER fighter type (Su-35) now entering the IAF although I suspect there will still be many coming up with all sorts of exotic alternatives to the Rafale just for the sake of it.....

It confirms the faith IAF put in Rafale and therefore the number does not matter much at this stage. More rafale will come, its only a matter of time, We can trust our PM not to waste almost USD 4 billion on 2 squadrons just to keep a nation happy.
Also looks like recent remarks by DM (regarding getting more MKIs in lieu of rafale) was just a poker bluff. Rafale is Plan A, B and C.
PS: @DrSomnath999 Where are you doc? Time to rejoice!!

 

[nair]

@Abingdonboy @nair @NKVD .So my source was correct after all .Look deal is signed

36..... .Too less for our requirement...... Hope there is discussion for rest 90

 

[SrNair]

@waz Can you merge all of these threads .

 

[Stephen Cohen]

.will die of heart attack...
..or sonia will kill him..missed the kickbacks...

Exactly Sonia ; manmohan and Antony missed this SMART IDEA

They too could have ordered it way back in 2012

 

[Abingdonboy]

While 36 is too low hence GoI would certainly buy more, but in wake of LCA-Mk II and AMCA project, 225 would not make sense specially when delivery of such a large order would finish in mid 20's.

Not sure about that logic, through the 36+108+63/36+126+63 route the IAF can have 207-225 of cutting edge 4.5++ yen fighters in service by 2025, the AMCA will (at best) be in the middle of its flight test program by then and around 50-60+ LCA Mk.2 will be in service but the latter is irrelevant as it is not a Rafale substitute. Money is not an issue, it is about doctrine and meeting force levels, if it looks like the FGFA is not going to be in service in large numbers by the middle of the next decade then the 225 figure is likely- in fact it might come regardless of what happens with the FGFA the IAF is that desperate for fighters.

 

[magudi]

That his decision is validated by the new govt

On another note @Abingdonboy we'll now have to see what Subramania Swamy has to say about this

This is precisely why i posed the question, i knew you'd cheerlead

 

[Donatello]

Mods please merged all the threads....too much speculation.

@Oscar @waz @Jungibaaz @Irfan Baloch @Horus

 

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