Blue In Green
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Dont you mean non,non,non
Yes,I think france is unlikely too,however I wouldnt completely rule it out and I mention it because the french have been rather desperate to try and make the rafale an export sales success with mixed results so far,unfortunately its been up against the other "eurocanards" the typhoon and cheaper gripen,altho all 3 of these machines are hideously overpriced for what they are in my opinion certainly compared to machines like the su30/su35.Now the french were banking on the indian mmrca deal which would`ve been for over a hundred machines including licensed production in india,however for various reasons this deal fell thru and now india is only looking at buying 36-odd french built rather than the 100+ it originally intended.Now what if iran were to offer the french a deal along these lines:Iran will purchase 200+ rafales with 100 manufactured in france and the other 100+ license built along with engines/avionics/weapons in iran,now this would be a HUGE!! deal and there is some precedent for this as I recall that back in the 90s the french were willing to sell iran a large number of mirages,now these were older models,but I think that the possibility does exist.Now personally I happen to think that the su30 is a much better machine than the rafale,or indeed any of the eurocanards for that matter,and far better suited to irans needs both in outright performance/capabilities and as a successor to the f14,but one takes what one can get ie a rafale in the had is worth two su30 in the bush so to speak.Now all of this is just an idea but I do think it is an option and that is why I mention it and it would potentially give iran more choices and options than just being forced to rely on the good will and trustworthiness of the reliably unreliable,untrustworthy russians,of course I wouldnt really trust the french either,altho iran does have at least one card it can play with them ie puegoet and renault,iran is one of the biggest foreign markets for these companies....now if iran was to reconsider doing business with these companies or indeed breaking off all ties then...well it wouldnt be that cheap for the french auto industry thats for sure,lots of jobs,and potential votes,on the line...,Anyway its just a thought,what do you think?.
The more and more I think about Iran's air force the more I come to the despair inducing conclusion that the US and Israel will pull every stop they can to make sure Iran doesn't get an modern Air force (it would be the final piece in Iran's detterent that will bring Iran to a level of power it didn't have before, ensuring the countries survival and greatly reducing the threat of an imposed war).
Even if France were to do a deal either iran on fighter jets, US will shoot it down and the Russians will use the deal as a poltical chess piece against the Americans. Meaning Iran won't see any Russian jets for a long time.
Keep building them missiles boys.