On going talks of purchasing Rafles speaks otherwise.
What do on-going talks about china's Su-35 purchase speak?
India hasn't shown any urgency for Rafales.. because the reason isn't any urgent defence need, but a technology purchase.
(in fact, many are complaining India is being too slow .. though, I believe its because we want the best deal, price-wise and technology transfer-wise).
It is silly to compare a product which is on trial with one that is finished and be so sure of it. However, it is safe to say that neither are as stealthy as they are supposed to be due to "compromised stealth". F-22 weren't as stealthy as the YF-23 but was chosen because it has better agility and maneuverability . Like wise with J-20's canards, they are there to enhance maneuverability. Both took possibility of aerial dog fights into consideration.
When you say J-20 aren't as stealthy as F-22, I hope you are aware that too, is a "claim". You have no real statistics at hand to back up your claim.
Very well, then, you can continue to have your "view" that J-20 is an "invisible" aircraft. Best of luck, if it gets tested in war (ever).
In any case, defence against a 5th aircraft is not another 5th gen aircraft ... but sophisticated radars. (although, that doesn't automatically mean that J-20 deserves a sophisticated radar. As of now, it's just a photo .. or your fantasies).
Another 5th gen aircrat has only a counter-attack value .... which is also available via advanced 4.5 gen aircraft if the adversary doesn't have adequate air defence against 4.5 gen aircrafts.
Btw.. leave alone Rafale, even FGFA is mainly is a co-development for 5th gen technologies.
Some chinese forummers think that a weapons-embargo against PRC is good...
Truth is that the embargo increases the cost of every weapons development in PRC .. reducing the defence value per unit money spent.
F-22 isn't 100% with american parts ... infer things yourself.
I wish your ministry of defense thinks the same.
Precisely why India needs to buy. China are developing rapidly and India knows this. In order for India to keep up with China's progress they must spend and ensure they seal their deals quickly. Your opposition is the second largest economy after all and so happens to be one of the world's biggest military arms exporter who are throwing billions into its R&D year by year.
The less you talk about chinese economy these days, the safer your argument is.
Trust .. nobody got rich by selling "too cheap".
World is buying china's coal .. and pretty much everything else it mines .. quite cheap.
Let's see how much more china has.
