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fresh article or not??,i heard few months ago abt 40 sukhois
i don't know how news agencies hire these kind of defence reporters .........i mean whole article was a piece of crap
Bad reporting
originally 50 Su were bought from Russia in 1996
In 2000 a deal was signed to licence build another 140 in India taking total to 190
In 2007 another 40 were ordered..taking total to 230
two of these fighter were lost in these years .
Hence in 2010 another deal is signed to procure 42 MKI from Russia not HAL ..hence total no will be 270 and not 330.
Bad reporting
originally 50 Su were bought from Russia in 1996
In 2000 a deal was signed to licence build another 140 in India taking total to 190
In 2007 another 40 were ordered..taking total to 230
two of these fighter were lost in these years .
Hence in 2010 another deal is signed to procure 42 MKI from Russia not HAL ..hence total no will be 270 and not 330.
The ministry of defence (MoD), after announcing the purchase of 250 Sukhois in 2007, ordered 40 more last year, and now a recent purchase of 40, has made the number 330, which would join the service by 2018. Two more aircraft replaced the two Sukhois which crashed last year in April and November. This makes Sukhois the single largest type of aircraft in the IAF’s inventor.
Centre clears deal for 42 more Sukhois - India - DNA
Not sure if its bad reporting -- but it is confusing...
It seems that in addition of 42 MKI....center again cleared 40 MKI's....you will notice that there has been a considerable price difference between what 42 MKI was worth for and 40 MKI's are worth for ! Leads me to believe both are seperate...but then maybe not.