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still my point remains
1)rafale will be produced at rate of 11-12 per year and starting 2017(best case scenario) we will have only 36 rafale till 2019
2)Considering lca gets foc in late 2014 and series production bedins in 2015..........HAL will be able to manufacture only mk1 till 2019 ie 40 aircrafts(and i am being hoeful here)
3)We have no idea about mk-2 but lets assume we get 40 odd mk-2 till 2019(its not gonna happen actually)
4)su-30 will be fully produced by then (272 vs 180 now)
Now we will have 226 odd new aircrafts in 2019 and we retire 350
so we will still be short of 100 from our current level
We will still have shortage of 230 aircrafts or
this mig-29 analysis was the biggest bullshit i ever read
and to think of it that guy is getting paid for that
let me play devil's advocate.
First of all we'll get 2 sqadrons of Rafale in 36 months after we sign the deal and 12-13/year after that. That makes atleast 60-72 Rafales by 2019-2020 if we seal the deal by next year. Secodly only 6-8 squadrons of mig-21 is in active service( around 150 aircrafts) and around further 100 are retired but in reserve(wiki have included them too). Again around 80 mig-27s are in active service. Now replace these 150+80 aircrafts with 100+60-72 mki+ rafales. I guess though number will shrink a bit but capabilities will be increased by many folds.