“waist” versus “waste”. But I am the retarded one? Yeah right
Too stupid to realize the difference between producing under license (India) vs a banana country buying from Russia and paying via selling its sovereignty (Venezuela).
here you go olagh:
HAL produces about 12 Su-30MKI multirole fighters each year. The company is expected to complete the delivery of 272 Su-30MKI fighters by March 2020.
Each Su-30MKI is built by HAL for $70.3 million under license by Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation.
Another HAL executive said a formal request has been sent to the Indian Air Force and the Ministry for Defence that they place an additional order for 72 locally made Su-30MKI fighters for about $5 billion, but the government has not yet made a decision
https://www.defensenews.com/industr...s-may-shut-down-toppling-400-local-suppliers/
India produces the SU-30 at a higher cost than Russia but that’s because HAL (Indian company) goes is seeking higher profit when selling to Indian Air Force so It’s quite possible their production costs are similar with Russia if you take out profit premium. But I will let you do the math on what 72 divided by $5B comes out to....maybe ask someone intelligent for help because you will struggle.
Producing in Iran will cheaper as it is abundant in natural resources plus cheaper labor. Then Iranian maintenance/spares/missiles will be much lower as well since they will be Iranian made and supplied.
As you can see some countries get screwed in arms deals and accept it. But the higher and bigger the deal the more incentive for host country to agree to sweeten the deal (discount).
So run along and learn the difference between license production vs buying small number and asking for complete hands on help from host country.
No country is going to invest in building plants and repair hubs for 14-28 jets, because of initial costs for such a small number of jets. It’s a whole different story to do so when you plan to build 150+ And have the aircraft production license (or in case of India 270+).
And you sit here like Iranian Air Force doesn’t spend money every year keeping F-14’s flying and all its other shah era junk. Newsflash: any plane Iran builds will require maintenance/support/spare parts. Even a car you buy you cannot expect it to go its whole life without needing repairs!
I can’t believe I have to explain this to you. But you are that dense. It’s cheaper to produce via license in long run then buy at a premium from host country and have them do everything for you. I thought you would realize that by now, but apparently in your mind Iran can build missiles for 50 dollars and can’t build anything else.