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

[Abingdonboy]

@Abingdonboy
From what we are picking up so far, do u think the numbers are 36+126 or 36+108?

36+ 108= 144 with the option for 63 more.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

36+ 108= 144

Co incidentally FGFA is also being pegged at 144

 

[kbd-raaf]

36+ 108= 144 with the option for 63 more.

https://twitter.com/x/status/586577566871457792

 

[Cry.me.a.River]

Rafales are the equivalent to which type of jet? F-16, F-22?

Can someone educate me?

Better than F-16 , inferior to F-22 (which plane is not ?)

 

[SR-91]

36+ 108= 144 with the option for 63 more.

Ouch!!!!
when all said and done, it will be 207 jets.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Co incidentally FGFA is also being pegged at 144

I noticed that too, given these purchases are done using a base of 18 (1 Sqn) I guess that is hardly surprising. 144= 8 Sqns.

Ouch!!!!
when all said and done, it will 209 jets.

Potentially 207

 

[Engineer Paad]

36+ 108= 144 with the option for 63 more.

Oh come on..Have you seen Damini..Remember a dialogue "Chadha in hathiyaro ko chalane k liye ladke to le aaoge par kaleja kahan se laoge" or "Chadha in hatho ne abhi hathiyar chalana chodda hai inhe chalana nahi bhula hai:..Now recall we will kill you with thousand cuts.We are calm because we are busy with something else and moreover for my first statement you don't have Imaan so you don't have kaleja so keep your Rafales with yourself.F16 with Imaan >Rafael,F22,PakFa>F35.

 

[magudi]

36+ 108= 144 with the option for 63 more.

But still no deal for even the 36 as of yet nor any confirmed time frames!
Remind me again why we're all getting excited?

 

[Stephen Cohen]

I noticed that too, given these purchases are done using a base of 18 (1 Sqn) I guess that is hardly surprising. 144= 8 Sqns.


Potentially 207

May be ; may be not

But let us recall that MKI deal ALSO happened like

First 40 were FLY AWAY s then we started making them here

 

[Pichkari]

.F16 with Imaan >Rafael,F22,PakFa>F35.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Mr Aroor is doing some really dumb maths now:

https://twitter.com/x/status/586602438867587073

Simply to justify his premature patting himself on the back a few hours earlier:

https://twitter.com/x/status/586462607332155393

He has even admitted the truth:

https://twitter.com/x/status/586579091261784064

ALL of his figures are wrong- 162, 90 and 99

 

[trident2010]

India-France Joint Statement during the visit of Prime Minister to France (April 9-11, 2015)

14. Government of India conveyed to the Government of France that in view of the critical operational necessity for Multirole Combat Aircraft for Indian Air Force, Government of India would like to acquire [36] Rafale jets in fly-away condition as quickly as possible. The two leaders agreed to conclude an Inter-Governmental Agreement for supply of the aircraft on terms that would be better than conveyed by Dassault Aviation as part of a separate process underway; the delivery would be in time-frame that would be compatible with the operational requirement of IAF; and that the aircraft and associated systems and weapons would be delivered on the same configuration as had been tested and approved by Indian Air Force, and with a longer maintenance responsibility by France.

India-France Joint Statement during the visit of Prime Minister to France (April 9-11, 2015)

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Oh come on..Have you seen Damini..Remember a dialogue "Chadha in hathiyaro ko chalane k liye ladke to le aaoge par kaleja kahan se laoge" or "Chadha in hatho ne abhi hathiyar chalana chodda hai inhe chalana nahi bhula hai:..Now recall we will kill you with thousand cuts.We are calm because we are busy with something else and moreover for my first statement you don't have Imaan so you don't have kaleja so keep your Rafales with yourself.F16 with Imaan >Rafael,F22,PakFa>F35.

What has gotten into you ?

 

[Lonely Hermit]

List of agreements signed during visit of Prime Minister to France | Home | www.narendramodi.in


I dont see any MOU signed for rafale in this list .

 

[Suman]

Source ? And any more details ?

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