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Who is he?I was just watching Al-Jazeera. Bharat Karnad was going on & on about missed opportunities and what not. He spoke about 4.75 gen Su-35.
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Who is he?I was just watching Al-Jazeera. Bharat Karnad was going on & on about missed opportunities and what not. He spoke about 4.75 gen Su-35.
Don't worry about it. Now this 36 deal has been clinched there will be a pivot to MII for at least another 150 units (including IN orders). One can already see there has been a shift in the media and MII is actually being talked about (when as far everyone else was concerned no such thing existed, 36 was the sum total).----------------------------------
It's was a long sweat and thirst,
Finally 36 numbers isn't close to quench any thirst .
Don't worry about it. Now this 36 deal has been clinched there will be a pivot to MII for at least another 150 units (including IN orders). One can already see there has been a shift in the media and MII is actually being talked about (when as far everyone else was concerned no us thing existed, 36 was the sum total).
India isn't paying 1.5 euros for Indian specific upgrades to induct just 36 or 54 jets. This cost ensures hundreds of units.
Remember that 20 years ago the MKI was order stood at 40, today there are more than 300 in service or on order (and counting). The Rafale is going to face a similar fare EXCEPT it may find even greater success as;
1) it is demanded by both the IN and IAF
2) will not suffer any of the operational deficiencies as the MKI (from the very outset Dassualt will be mandated to offer at least 75% availability at any time)
3) has FAR lower life cycle costs than the MKI
4) will be inducted at a time when the Indian defence budget is set to expand rapidly (it will be touching $120 BN/year by 2025).
frenchy finally !!!!!!! they've done it. now comes the hard part.......the really hard part, local production.Congratulations to the indians and dassault !
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Congratulations to the indians and dassault !
@GuardianRED @ni8mare @dadeechi @randomradio @Nilgiri @SR-91 @Sri @R!CK @PARIKRAMA @Abingdonboy @SrNair @anant_s @Armani @kmc_chacko @nair @Taygibay @Picdelamirand-oil @mirage @Blue Marlin @mike2000 is back @BON PLAN @ranjeet @surya kiran etc!
Thank you ,France .Even after all these hectic
negotiations you showed patience and willingness to do business with us .
Finally a good outcome after decade of procurment process.
well bro the positive and common strategic interests France found with India started moving in trustful direction when they refused to sanction India after Nuke tests way back in 1998 and later there help in kargil war. French can take place of Russia not US as India's biggest arms suppliers and co producers without risk of sanctions. Submarines, Aircraft career, and many war systems which have been domain of Russia till now can be slowly replaced now by France
The sources have said India is looking at shortlisting one more aircraft, besides Tejas, to be manufactured domestically.
AIM120 D remain a classical booster missile.Meteor is the game changer here.It reversed PAF's one remaining advantage that f-16 AMRAAMs had ,but those will now be outclassed by meteor which is just a new gen missile with massive range.Nor can PAF equalize this advantage anytime soon because there is no comparable missile available on the market ,and nothing the chinese have to offer can match it.Only latest AIM-120D would be a an equal,and thats off limits.
AIM120D is not ready, so not in the P**i arsenal.Are you sure. I think PAF already have it.
Are you sure. I think PAF already have it.
France doesn't really have the Capacity to produce that many in a few years
Dassault has capacity to manufacture 33 Rafales/year but due to low orders they are going slow to keep the production running. @Taygibay can explain it better.
So now we know the real price of the Stand alone Rafale.
Single seat Rafale is 91.07 Million Euro or 101.8 (~102)Million USD.
Twin seat Rafale is 94 million Euro i.e. 105 Million USD. 1