India to buy 60-63 Rafales jets off the shelf from France; MMRCA deal off:

[Bang Galore]

Rediff catching same story.

Live! India to buy 60-63 Rafales jets off the shelf from France; MMRCA deal off: sources

08:47India to buy 60-63 Rafales jets off the shelf from France; MMRCA deal off: sources:
Noted Strategic Affairs expert Nitin Gokhale says quoting highly-placed sources: India is likely to buy about 60 Rafale combat jets from Dassault Aviation instead of 126 aircraft proposed in the original request for proposal meant to be procured in under the process that began some eight years ago.

The decision to buy nearly three and a half squadrons (between 60-63 aircraft) of Rafale jets for the Indian Air Force was taken at the highest political level hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on his three-nation tour on Thursday, the sources added.

Given the huge financial and operational implication, the government thought it prudent to take a strategic decision rather than leave it to a bureaucratic process. The French are likely to be told of this decision by the Prime Minister himself when he meets President Francois Hollande in Paris on Friday.

Under the new proposal, the entire process for procuring 126 combat jets would be scrapped, sources revealed.


Live! India to buy 60-63 Rafales jets off the shelf from France; MMRCA deal off: sources - Rediff.com India News

They are just posting Nitin Gokhale's piece, there's a link to that at the bottom.

 

[C130]

might as well of bought the F-35 then

or 126+ super hornets/growlers with TOT

 

[ashok321]

They would want France to keep happy with "some order"
Kinda a bone to the dog type/
Because India wants all P-5 to be happy and give their assent on India becoming UNSC permanent member in a new set-up.
US has already made up its mind.

 

[East or West India Best]

might as well of bought the F-35 then

or a 126 super hornets/growlers with TOT

or F-22

 

[Beast]

might as well of bought the F-35 then

or a 126 super hornets/growlers with TOT

US will never provide Indian TOT. It will end up getting a 4th gen with AESA only.

Rafale with canard is more mavueour than Super hornet.

 

[C130]

or F-22

F-22 production is dead. if we wouldn't sell it to our closest allies back in the day why would we do it now???

FB-22 needs to happen or should of happened.

Lockheed Martin FB-22 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

US will never provide Indian TOT. It will end up getting a 4th gen with AESA only.

Rafale with canard is more mavueour than Super hornet.

of course not. will India get TOT with just buying 60 Rafale straight from Dassualt??

 

[Beast]

or F-22

In your dream.

 

[Beast]

F-22 production is dead. if we wouldn't sell it to our closest allies back in the day why would we do it now???

FB-22 needs to happen or should of happened.

Lockheed Martin FB-22 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



of course not. will India get TOT with just buying 60 Rafale straight from Dassualt??

No, but off shelf and all made in france.

 

[anant_s]

No, flying pappus will.

But sir, the planes will be on two months unannounced leave every year.
On the positive side, little technology transfer required and they might empower AWACS and all around them.

 

[Beast]

The French Won in the end...

 

[kaykay]

They would want France to keep happy with "some order"
Kinda a bone to the dog type/
Because India wants all P-5 to be happy and give their assent on India becoming UNSC permanent member in a new set-up.
US has already made up its mind.

You have given too much importance to mmrca. They have 20-25 Billion dollar worth nuclear plants in Jaitapur on order, Submarines, Mirage 2k5 upgrade etc. But lets not forget that IAF needs new multirole medium aircrfats badly and they have openly said it in past.

 

[migflug]

Probably mmrca from 126+63 has gone to 63+126 . Without it there is no need of rafale deal as it truely meant to set up industrial base in india

 

[anant_s]

Probably mmrca from 126+63 has gone to 63+126 .

Well lets hope it is that way. 63 is a number that won't justify anything, but again as we know in deals like these, India doesn't commit to large numbers in one go. Pilatus trainers is one example where we have gone in small batches.

 

[kaykay]

Well lets hope it is that way. 63 is a number that won't justify anything, but again as we know in deals like these, India doesn't commit to large numbers in one go. Pilatus trainers is one example where we have gone in small batches.

Or Su30 MKI where initially we planned only 140 aircrafts, Mig-29Ks when we bought just 16 of them initially. Many deals to recall.

 

[East or West India Best]

F-22 production is dead. if we wouldn't sell it to our closest allies back in the day why would we do it now???

FB-22 needs to happen or should of happened.

Lockheed Martin FB-22 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When courting a girl you need to demonstrate you care for her.

In your dream.