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If only having strong lobby in US were a bad thing, Israel wouldn't have been a nation today.
Ok lets analyze cost vs benefits of lobbying.
Buying these 8 F-16 costs $700 million.
Lobbying against a $700 million deal, costs a couple of million dollars to various senators in key positions.
If Pakistan successfully buys these 8 F-16s , India will have to procure 8 equivalent or better fighters.
8 Rafales cost $ 1.9 Billion.
So if India prevents PAF from buying these aircrafts, that is $1.9 Billion saved by spending just couple of million.
However if Pakistan still agrees to pay the full price for these aircrafts, then India has forced Pakistan to spend an extra $430 million for same 8 F-16s by investing just a couple of million against it.
Not a bad deal , either ways.
you ditched $430 m at cost of $1.9 B this is wrong combination of CVP (cost volume profit analysis)