I know, that's what I said. Not even 80 million, it would be higher. I think it's better to get a Rafale that costs 110 million than a gripen for 80-90 million. Besides, operating cost - which was gripen's trump card - has gone up from 4,500 dollars/hour to 27,000 dollars per hour - making it costlier than Rafale to operate. I don't know how they managed to do that, but apparently they did.cost will not come down by half lol still will be around $80 million
Maybe their hope is that their costs for ToT and weapons could be significantly lesser than Rafale's. Otherwise I don't know why they even bother to make a pitch.