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I'd be very surprised, if Dassault isn't already regretting their decision.
Whatever the case is which IAF officially hides, such statements one after another being made by PM Modi and now IAF Air Chief verifies as how PAF dominated that day of 2th February, 2019 during the air battle between PAF & IAF.
The opposite.
Conditions are being created for the induction of a second batch of 36 Rafale. The clues are all there.
Similar view from the CAS who was in charge of the Kargil War.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...r-force-airstrike-pakistan-1476128-2019-03-12
"The aim of the 24 Pakistan jets was to attack Srinagar, Awantipora base. If India had Rafale at that time, IAF would have destroyed at least 12 of them. Rafale will boost the morale of IAF," Air Marshal AY Tipnis said.
This is in tune with the recent Congi-bashing by Modi with regards to Rafale.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...different-pm-narendra-modi-1469100-2019-03-02
(Today there is talk that India is missing the Rafale jets. The entire nation is saying that if India had Rafale jets today, the outcome of the recent incidents would have been something different)," he said.
https://www.business-standard.com/a...cks-says-pm-narendra-modi-119032800551_1.html
Addressing a rally in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur, he alleged that the Congress sat on the deal for the Rafale fighter jet as it was eyeing the “malai” (commission, kickbacks) from it.
Once a small number of Rafales come in, you will see Modi riding the coattails of ACM Dhanoa and Tipnis to support the induction of another batch "cheaper from the previous one".
The MKI itself has performed wonderfully against the PAF.
I think the availablity rate is even lower. @Windjammer ?
MKI availability rate is now above 70% in peacetime operations. Anyway, lot of people don't understand why MKI has a low availability rate. Once they do, they would understand that it's not a problem.