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Boeing is going to close their F 18 E/F production line in US by 2017...They won't mind shifting that line to India ..

You mean the 650 Billion $ buffer that they accumulated during good years... It Won't last long....according To IMF estimates Saudi's are loosing 12 Billion Dollars per month(when Crude was at 62 $ per Barrel)....the break even point for crude to fund saudi budget is 106 $ per barrel....

With crude oil at 49$ per barrel, budget deficit at all time high and with iran opening up (which means more downside for crude oil) i seriously doubt that SA has any Free money left to finance defence budget of other country... ....

Even your private sector can't do anything if govt don't finance the project in time....Btw do you know the program cost of your so called Rafale is 62 Billion Dollars and For Eurofighter UK is going to spend 23 Billion Pounds for the program and future upgrade...On the other hand the program...

To be frank present condition of HaL is like an 5 year old kid in the restaurant who instead of going for main course or sweet dish ordered buffet after seeing so many dishes on the table without thinking that even salad and soup will be more then enough to fill his stomach forget about...

If HAL is so confident on Lca Mk1-A then they should look for international customer for it...Their are many friendly countries who are looking for replacement for their MiG 21...

Ouch that hurts I never knew that any airforce with 267 Su 30Mki+ 51 Mirage 2000-5 Mk2+ 69 Mig 29 UPG will fear from 18 F 16 Blk 52 of their adversary buddy even an idiot can tell that this is nothing more then another pressure tactic...

To be frank its high time our govt should cancel this deal and divert all its finances and focus on LCA mk2,AMCA and PakFa....Put all these project on fast track...for immediate requirement either look for used Miraage 2000 or buy an addition squad or 2 of Su 30Mki... IF possible increase the...

To be rank Eurofighter Is nothing more then a over hyped fighter jet(obviously after F35)....Too costly to buy,too costly to maintain... German Eurofighters facing serviceability issues - IHS Jane's 360 How Putin is saving RAF blushes over the much-maligned Typhoon | Politics | The Guardian

Let me correct the headline Indo-Japan defence ties 'dangerous' for China's dirty ambitions: Chinese expert

what other option did your country had except Jf 17....Let me give you a little clear picture since 2000 your airforce has inducted 68 4th Gen fighter 18 F16 Blk 52 + 50 Jf 17 Blk 1 and on the other hand since 2000 IAF and IN has inducted 260+ 4TH Gen Fighter 215+ Su 30Mki 45 Mig 29K...

To be frank this Is the reason why we suffer from delays in acquiring new platforms....why do you need to modify when you can have a proven design...

One reason is more then good enough for them to agree for this project...Direct road and Rail link with India, Bangladesh ,Myanmar ,Nepal, Bhutan atleast...and near future it can go upto Vietnam , Thailand....in short a market of 1.50 Billion + people...

Firstly BJP was major opposition with LOP and had 100+ MPs on the other hand congress don't even have 50 MPs forget about LOP.. Secondly the amount of corruption under UPA rule is humongous and unparalleled in history of India ....

You are forgetting that Juan class flight deck has ski jump ramp which does give her advantage over mistral class.. On Topic may be they are talking about SIROCO a Foudre Class LPD.. of French Navy..Commissioned in 1998 and retired from French Navy last month due to budget cuts...30 years...

I don't know wether our ancestors used to make spaceships or laser weapon or not but they definatly had better medical knowledge in 6th Century BC then the doctors in your country in 21st century A.D...if you don't believe me then google SHUSRUTA SAMHITA....

Damm we have a New Kid in the Block...and he is on fire... Btw it would have been alot better if he would used the word DEFEND instead of DESTROY in the Title...

Don't forget Aesa Radar.. -The first series production ship-based AESA was the OPS-24 Fire-control radar introduced on the Asagiri-class destroyer DD-155 Hamagiri launched in 1988. -The first military ground-based AESA was the J/FPS-3 which became fully operational with the 45th Aircraft...

To some extent you are right but you should also see the other side of the coin you see living cost in Russia is alot higher then India and with their inflation rate at 15% ,things are only going to get worst.. Cost Of Living Comparison Between India And Russia

Its difficult but not impossible we can easily see the difference between the intent of present Govt as compare to UPA govt for indigenization of defence forces...and with the private sector getting involved things are only going to get better....