Abingdonboy
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For all the hype that is made about the MKI being made in India I can assure you there has been actually very little investment made in the Indian support ecosystem for the MKI. Until very recently India was still importing high grade steel for the mki's body and engine parts.You Forget Close to 100% Su-30MKI is Made in India. So if Rafale has to serve in large numbers, that is what we are looking at. I would not bet on it.
Under the IGA for the Rafale everything is covered from the exacting offset obligations to the availability Dassualt MUST provide India for the Rafale fleet. Just think about the latter part, only in 2016 (20 years later) has India entered into an agreement with Sukhoi to assure the IAF 75% availability for their MKIs(by the way, India will have to pay extra for this privilege) , the Rafale fleet will have this from day ONE (costs included in this contract).
The MKI agreements were far less exhaustive and left plenty of room for Russia to mess with India.
India has at least learnt a lot from past failings and has tightened its clauses and improved its contract negotiation skills/placed more emphasis on this. Gone is the "chalta hai" attitude.
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