MokshaVimukthi
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thats the whole point
we can get more bang for the buck IF we drop rafale
I would like to think that the IAF knows its maths better than us.
I made a similar point for long - that the MMRCA deal was flawed because we ended up shortlisting the two most expensive platforms & then squared of one against the other on cost. Guaranteed to blow your budget to bits. Would have very much liked to know what the unit costs of a Gripen & F18 was and we could then have a better idea of how much exactly the Rafale (or the EF) was better by & what would be the cost for being that much better. Might have given us a much better picture than doing it this way.
I believe the RFP would have defined a budget. It is unlikely that the MoD would have cleared that tender if there was not price attached to it and all participants had to offer proposals around that range. That is usually the way its done on commercial deals.
But if it was not done that way then its a serious issue. Maybe an RTI or CAG report can reveal that. But no one will be surprised if IAF does not bother about such things. It is one of the effects of lack of strategic thinking which our forces demonstrate from time to time.
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