we will assemble 90rafales after getting complete knock down kits from dassault. Hal and a pvt company most probably reliance will manufacture it.
first thing rafale can't operate from skijump carrier like vikramaditya and vikrant. So rafale simply can't replace mig29k atleast on these two...
if tomorrow french def minister really comes to india then there is a very high probability of the signing. Just hope that the longggg wait will come to end.
forget miraje. Rafale is coming, no doubt in that. Just the numbers. 36 or 126 or 189. No other aircraft can do the job of rafale neither su35, nor su 30mki. Miraje is a old jet. Rafale is a gen ahead. Rafale is an appropriate choice for iaf.
Focus is completely on rafale. After 31st everything will move fast. Let the pakfa mature. Iaf doesn't want pakfa. Iaf wants fgfa. Which is still a decade away.