Hi,
Actually it don't survive on Indian order now---you survive because of the goodness of their hearts---once you get the plane---they got you by the ballz---aka---cojones---now they got a tight grip on you----240 times tight grip---this grip is directly proportional to the number of SU aircraft in your inventory----.
You cannot dictate---you cannot squirm----you can only cry----.
You can only dictate before you have placed the order---after that---just use your imagination.
A response I expected. Normally I do not post on this forum as most of you Pakistanis behave like children.Here your reaction is of a child which started shouting because he did not liked colour of his candy.
You need to understand few basic things. A order ,especially in case of long term relations as between India-Russia and India-France is not the last order. India is not just buying Rafael, but is buying Scorpene, and is partnering MBDA in developing QR-SAM, and is buying reactors worth tens of billions from Areva.First French are contract bound to not sell same equipment to you as they have sold to us (and if your generals have brain,they would not buy that equipment in large number), and then you people not only need to offer them a better deal than India, but also need to have economic ability to repeat that again and again. Barring US and China, no one would sell you anything, if there is even a chance that India may buy it due to the value of such order ,and also due to fact that India buys with hard cash, not soft loans ot grants.
The case of Russia is even more impossible from your PoV. While India pays royalty to Sukhoi for Su-30, it is an OEM. The only thing Sukhoi supplies for Su-30MKI is unmachined alloys for engine. Sukhoi could not embargo India on Su-30MKI because of degree of technology transfer that has taken place. But that is not my core point. I only typed this for information purpose. After all, this cannot prevent Sukhoi from dealing with you, if it want to. The thing that would prevent Sukhoi from selling you anything is the Pak-FA deal. After Russia decided to cut down on its share of FGFA due to sanction, only thing that could make Pak-FA/FGFA viable (and keep Sukhoi afloat) is an Indian order., something which is not guaranteed as India could but F-35. India is already negotiation for F-35C for its second indigenous Aircraft carrier , if need be it could be extended to F-35A. USA would be glad to have to that opportunity, both from financial and strategic purpose.Sukhoi would not jeopardize FGFA deal for sake of a squadron worth of Su-35 order to Pakistan, which Pakistan would anyway buy on soft loan.
Being a Pakistani, what you do not understand is that India does not do a one time deal like you people do, where there is a odd fighter plane order once in 25 years. In case of India, there are always orders pending. This was not so a decade ago, but it is today.It is these recurring orders that has closed French and Russian option for you.
The reason why I recommended that you people try for Mig-35 ,if you want to buy Russian, is because of same reason. While Sukhoi has order of Su-30 still pending with India and is expectant of bagging PAK-FA/FGFA, India is not buying Mig-35 ,even though it is buying choppers and Mig-29K from Mikhoyan. In case you want Mig-35 and Russians are willing to sell it to them, it could ask India to exceed that order which India would neither be willing, nor capable of doing (due to tied funding) thus allowing you to get Mig-35. Even this has very low chance because India is very old customer of Mikhoyan and is still buying its other products, if not Mig-35.
Another point you should know is that whole tender amount for a deal is not paid in one go (at least we do not.Don't know how Pakistanis do it), but is spread over a longer period of time, usually even longer than scheduled delivery. A deal could be terminated by any party, and barring a short window in start when you do not have viable number of aircrafts, termination would hit both parties equally.
Companies play both side of the divide only when both parties are matched.
...his days are numbered
