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

[CrazyEagle9]

Whatttt !!!!! Is this a mistake ? For Egypt nuclear delivery system will be taken off ... why for India ?

And as per this article F3. R won't be able to fire Meteor Missiles ? Only upgraded F4 can fire them ?

Indian Jugaad will fit anything on that...

 

[Tridibans]

Off the shelf means purchasing fighters already manufactured. Is France so confident that they have already manufactured 36 fighters and waiting for India to come and take them?

And there is no 108. The whole MMRCA deal is scrapped off. India is reportedly in talks for 60 Rafales and that is it.

In modern age, building 28 aircrafts a years is simply NOT possible.

You should check the difference in defence budget between US and France. Also the difference in industrial muscle.

It is futile to argue with people blinded on nationalist fervor. Wait and watch, that is the only cure for fools like you. The 36 Rafales will not be inducted before 2020.

I have read enough post of yours since yesterday and it is now all but confirmed that you are trolling.

So many posters have clarified to you "personally" that we are purchasing 36 + 108 (MMRCA is still on).... still you are hell bent with your hate filled / negative mindset.

Then there is this new part. 28 aircrafts in a year seems impossible to you..... have you ever checked the rate of production of Mirage 2000 at its peak? Or for that matter Mig 21? Or F35 (most recent)?

When people are giving you links which clearly has Dassault officials stating they can increase production to 2.5 per month, I don't know why you are going on with your rants.

 

[egodoc222]

Indian lethargy.

The Scorpenes should have been inducted by now, only 1 has been complete. Artillery guns undergoing trials for past 15 years, and will continue to be on trial. Same will be true for Rafale.

but the french are gonna make them...not us

 

[kaku1]

It is futile to argue with people blinded on nationalist fervor. Wait and watch, that is the only cure for fools like you. The 36 Rafales will not be inducted before 2020.

You able to born before 2020, then what the hell Rafale is.

 

[SelfServeFive]

Modi is humiliated thoroughly by France. After so much boasting about Indian superiority. Now we see everybody treats Indians like dirt.

India will crash at least 12 Rafale airframes within the first year.

 

[janon]

Modi is humiliated thoroughly by France. After so much boasting about Indian superiority. Now we see everybody treats Indians like dirt.

India will crash at least 12 Rafale airframes within the first year.

Congratulations, you just earned 50 cents:

 

[UgandaToRawanda]

Modi is humiliated thoroughly by France. After so much boasting about Indian superiority. Now we see everybody treats Indians like dirt.

India will crash at least 12 Rafale airframes within the first year.

that is still a better record than china.

 

[Windjammer]

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said India's decision to buy 36 French-made Rafale fighter jets off the shelf would infuse "minimum oxygen" into the Air Force, battling with an ageing warplane fleet. Describing the deal as "great", Mr Parrikar said that the planes would be inducted into the Air Force within a span of two years.

"It's a great decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on better terms and conditions. Procuring 36 planes for two squadrons is an extremely positive decision which was needed," Mr Parrikar told the Press Trust of India.

"Indian Air Force will get minimum oxygen (relief) it required with this deal... In fact we have not purchased any major new generation aircraft in (last) 17 years," the minister said.

On Friday, PM Modi announced at a press conference in Paris that he had "asked President (Francois Hollande) to provide 36 Rafale jets in fly-away condition." He said the terms and conditions of the contract have yet to be finalised and officials from both sides would work out the details.

Mr Parrikar said today that buying the planes in "fly away condition" did not mean that "we will get them tomorrow".

"It has to be designed as per India's need," he said, adding negotiations would be held over the pricing of the planes.

The original plan was for India to buy 18 off-the-shelf jets from France's Dassault Aviation, with 108 others being assembled in India by the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL in Bengaluru. Sources now say that if negotiations work out, India will buy 144 aircraft, 18 more than the original 126, ensuring that 108 jets will still be assembled at home.

For three years, the Rafale deal has been mired in extensive negotiations. Dassault has been reluctant to provide guarantees for the aircraft that are produced in India.

The Rafale was chosen in 2012 over rival offers from the United States, Europe and Russia. The original proposal for 126 fighter jets was worth at least 12 billion dollars.

Rafale Deal Will Bring 'Minimum Oxygen' to Air Force: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar

Basically just a follow up of the 2012 decision with ifs and buts still in place.

 

[ruby007]

Top Sources Confirm : India has to buy at-least 3 Squadrons of f-35 For EMALS TOT FOR THE NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

if india goes for EMALS then yes... Americans would never allow any other aircraft than F-35 or may be if we are able to built AMCA naval version by the time we could play a game or.. its defiantly ging to be F-35

 

[Cry.me.a.River]

Real party will roll when you get LCA mk2 inducted

And AMCA.

These two are truly Indian planes.

 

[magudi]

India asked France to buy 60 off the shelf and get 100 for free. France laughed and said no. Now India is utterly humiliated. Everybody knows India is a poor beggar not a shupa powa as claimed.

And everybody knows you are a 50 cent troll with no real life.

Thanks

 

[The Headache]

@jamahir @The_Showstopper @magudi Any comments of you on this development ?

 

[ROCKING]

petrol tanki bhar ke dena bhaiya

 

[nik141991]

@Abingdonboy are we getting meteor BVRAAM with this 36 or just MICA ?

 

[VelocuR]

Okay cool.

That's last option for India to purchase Rafale. Don't lose hope and be patience!