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Excuse me? Nothing has changed. The Gripen and F-16 still have no chance and the F-18 has an outside chance but judging by how they acted a few months back I wouldn't place any bets on it getting into the IAF. As it stands Dassualt is the sole OEM to have entered into advanced talks for setting up a production line in India, everything else is propaganda and mindless speculation.
NO Chappie. infact you would be shocked to know what went on behind the scenes.
Indians tried their darnest to work something out but french obduracy and Indian bureaucracy made a hash of what was match made in heaven. Rafale is not getting the production line in India.
A great part of it is due to India having options, we came in and showed them how exactly India will gain. French simply couldn't match the package due to economics and the ancillary stuff.
The deal of this magnitude works out on many levels. Why did Modi and Doval visit USA? You would be a fool if you think it was for NSG which US was anyway supporting making the visit for this purpose redundant. Parikkar is a nuts and bolts guys, he is just following the directions from above.
Anyway the main imperative for India is now to close the kiddie deal with French so they can now move on to next level of which these jets are but a minuscule part.
AND an extra point to be noted by Indians - the offering by us is in no way inferior to Rafales. It is on the similar level capability wise and more importantly this deal is workable economics wise which the Rafale wasn't.