Taygibay
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Media is not that stupid,
That sentence makes no sense in at least two universes by personal experience.
Why is customization so expensive? We would be anyway paying out of our pocket for the additional hardware. Me thinks it is matter of minor adjustments but then I am not the sharpest cookie in town
1.4 B for 1 base? What are the details of the base? Just hardened concrete along with workshop? Spares are extra anyway
Bases will be built purposefully and with all equipment.
If India buys more Rafales, only the equipment will be needed.
If India wants it's own custom weapons loadout then why spend so much on weapons package
Because they are not coexistent in time. Custom comes later.
Its a loss for India and France if they cannot leverage this opportunity by making Rafale affordable and use this opportunity to build a even stronger India France relationship.
Yes, it would ( sadly, will most likely ) be.
ro, the only #irony here is that Mr Shukla has the cheek to be so anti-Rafale when he has pushed for the F-35 and Gripen (fighters the IAF does not want) for years.
The IAF didn't refuse the F-35 TBH; it was never on offer to them..
There are standard specs and Indian-specific specs.
Under standard ones, it's for all Rafale clients, that's uprated engine, Spectra and radar upgrades, SATCOM, new materials for the airframe etc.
It's more complex than that. A new bomb has to be tested with the exact load it will be in.
There is no other way to know if say the fins of the MICA will spin due to the central Brahmos
expanding the underbelly airflow to the mid-wing, that sort of things. Each panaché ( mix ) in a
config needs to be tested. And all foreign material has to be integrated as to SPECTRA or it just
won't work as well as on our birds. Every change costs a lot, for real ... pre-existing is cheaper.
WHAT IS KSEPANASTRE?
The villain in the next James Bond, milady!
No Meteor integration on Mirage 2000 ever studied.
For commercial reasons! It can only happen if a foreign M2000 user pays for it.
As a french speaker,I can tell you,that no such words exist nor means anything in our language,forget about it. ;-)
You're not a French speaker ... I'm guessing Berrichon or patois Limousin.
largest operator implies more than 286,
Sadly no, it implies more than 225 at the moment.
Talk is free, money as far as I'm aware, is not.
Well, rial, dong and evemn the rupiah almost are, at least in comparison.
And, mind you, this ‘Typhoon’ had virtues the Rafale doesn’t, especially in terms of its potential for future development as a weapons platform
Of course, ours is finished for now though still evolving. Does one get points for a slower than expected program?
It was supposed to have been only a 2 year delivery timetable after signature, but the French said they can't expand that fast.
Not correct.
I'm picking up some data. Will post it today or tomorrow unless someone beats me to it. The delivery plan has been already planned prior to today's news. Dassault had to provide the delivery timelines before the deal was concluded, which is atleast 2-3 months before this month.
P.S: A rate increase from 22 to 33 is expected to occur on 2018. Rate will drop this year and will rise up next year but still short of the 33/year target.
Good Day!
More like it.
In 2016, Dassault will deliver 9 jets. 6 to France and 3 to Egypt.
In 2017, Dassault will deliver 4 jets. 1 to France, 3 to Egypt.
In 2018, Dassault will deliver up to 33 jets. 3 to Egypt, 11 to Qatar, 18 to India.
In 2019, 3 to Egypt, 11 to Qatar, 18 to India.
Not possible. There will be no year without France getting an aircraft.
Read you all later, take care, Tay.