nitesh
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ok sir lets assume this the original tender goes to the french and even i personally believe theirs is the best to suit the iaf needs.
even then the rest 74 can be procured from mig, actually mig is in a deep finincial crisis ,its awaiting funds from the goverment and its no secret sukhoi has recently cut its market worldwide so they are always willing to consider their decesion,the indians can bargain hard with the mig corp for additional incentives for the future which they will be more than willing to supply.
all these scenerio comes up when the americans if the americans are not willing for full tot.
given the present political situation it will be very hard to choose betwwen the americans and russians so the french might be the best option
let me give a different perspective here. IN is going to release RFP for second line of subs. IN will definitely ask that it should carry BrahMos you can look in to the threads here. My personal choice will be of Amur 1950 model. The RFP will be of 30000 crore (1 billion USD = 5000 crore). Quite a big order. So Russia is going to get one big order. Apart from this deal regarding Schhuka B subs is going rounds.
All this was to just say that money can be diverted here and there.
But I am not averse of idea of what you said it will be really good if MiG offers that instead of upgrading the MiG29 which ar more then 60 in inventory why not go for 120 MiG35. It may sound insane but quite possible with the gentleman in charge of MiG who has closed the MKI deal.
US will no way give full ToT.
Regarding the political situation leave it. India and Russia deals goes in a different level. Already w more reactor deal is signed. Chandrayaan 2 will carry Russian rover. In GLONASS 4 satellites have to launched by India.