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What about the 30% offset clause for this 36 Rafales?
This was my exact thinking.When looking at the future fleet i can't see place for more 'expensive imported medium class fighter' when considering LCA mk2 will be ready on a decent time frame.It will take atleast one month to sign final contract as many clearance for offset etc are needed.Logically, the order of 36 is mainly a cost reduction measure for the Government, since they get a lower price tag from the French Government than from Dassault. Which means they could reduce the MMRCA to 90, to reduce the cost of the total order too, while retaining with the original requirement of 126 fighters. The only question is, if that's legally possible under the terms of the tender and what changes that will bring to the offset / ToT side of the tender.
nice blue and red lines...Let's see:
The Ministry of External Affairs has said the understanding (only an understanding?) between India and France over the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets will soon (whenever Indians say 'Will Soon"- it will be 15 years +... ) be translated into a government to government agreement.
"What has been agreed is an understanding and it will be translated into a government to government agreement. For this, the French and the Indian Defence Ministers will sit with their technical officials and their financial people and will work out all the details (great! as if Indians were good at details) ," MEA official spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told ANI.
"Now, that there is an agreement in principle ( in principle?! ) , please give some time for the nitty-gritty to be worked out ( I saw these words millions of times here from the Indians, few are positive though) . And once this is worked out (oke, think 15 years plus) by the technical people, these will be (what Indians can do without "will"? ) certainly made public," he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is presently on a two-day visit to France, had on Friday ordered 36 "ready-to-fly" French-made Rafale fighter jets.
The 36 Rafale jets are expected to be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) within a span of two years (2 years or 20? it's quite hilarious )
This was my exact thinking.When looking at the future fleet i can't see place for more 'expensive imported medium class fighter' when considering LCA mk2 will be ready on a decent time frame.It will take atleast one month to sign final contract as many clearance for offset etc are needed.
How can we say its good when considering $2b worth of offset obligations are excused ?
What do we gain from this sudden move ? extra 1 sqd of rafale can be operationalized by 2018. Is it worth ?
Logically, the order of 36 is mainly a cost reduction measure for the Government, since they get a lower price tag from the French Government than from Dassault. Which means they could reduce the MMRCA to 90, to reduce the cost of the total order too, while retaining with the original requirement of 126 fighters. The only question is, if that's legally possible under the terms of the tender and what changes that will bring to the offset / ToT side of the tender.