Were you born yesterday and have no idea how a free market economy works? here listen closely, you might learn something(though I have my doubts)
A piece of weaponry is developed by a company(in this case a govt organisation)..Now they fund its developmental cost and fix its price..Now the concerned customer(in this case your navy) will have to buy this weapon from the company(your developmental org) at the ascertained cost...This price reflects the developmental cost borne by the company, depending on the number of units acquired.
IF you think, I don't know, what I am taking, why don't you produce a source and prove me wrong?
Besides when this chatter becomes a confirmed info from your ministry of defence..you can beat your drums.
Ok since so sure of yourself..pls do tell..which chinese SSK you are acquiring? does it have a VLS launch sys?
Or any modification to the sub will include a VLS?..but pls do give confirmed sources for the above.
Are you sure..it has nothing to do with Germany's reluctance to sell you their subs.
On a different note ..Germans were very eager to modify their U-214 for us and give them ability to launch Bhramos underwater(which is bigger than any of your cruise missiles)
I will not even respond on the first part of your post about "free market" military procurement. If this is way things worked, IAF would not have ordered even a single LCA or IA a single Arjun. The part about German offering to modify U 214 for Brahmos is more interesting. So if what you are saying is correct than why did Indian Navy ordered French submarine without the ability to launch the Brahmos instead of German subs? The answer could be:
1) Germans never made a serious offer to modify the U 214 to carry Brahmos and you are bull$hiting.
2) The French offered more bribes and their subs were procured despite the fact that they were not modified for Brahmos.
3) Brahmos cannot be launched underwater.
4) Indian defence procurement is a mess - read up on how badly the Scorpene deal was mismanagement in terms of the final cost to the Indian tax payers.
5) Indians are better at kissing white man's A$$ than Pakistanis
6) All of the above.
So as you can see you have you really put your foot in your mouth this time.
Also if you can post your e-mails or your mailing address I can send you detailed technical papers on the new Pakistani SSKs being procured from China.I recieved the whole package only yesterday from the Naval Headquarter in Islamabad and for obvious reasons I cannot post it on a public forum but will be happy to share it with a military expert such as you.