HAL to provide IAF with 83 Tejas fighters in Rs 39k cr deal

[Ashoka The Great]

Link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...rs-in-rs-39k-cr-deal/articleshow/74166367.cms

 

[Oracle]

till 2025 when these fighters will be obsolete

 

[gangsta_rap]

thats it? that won't be enough to replace the bisons

 

[Gadkari]

That is around 65.78 Million USD per LCA MK-1A.

 

[alee92nawaz]

That is around 65.78 Million USD per LCA MK-1A.

Very expressive

 

[RealNapster]

Delivery start in 3 years. By tge time HAL deliver its first jet, PAF will have 24+ JF17 Block 3.

 

[Gadkari]

Very expressive

It is, but the money goes to HAL.

Which in turn pays Indian vendors who provide most of the aircraft components.

So its expensive only for IAF, not for India on the whole.

Then again its the cheapest option for IAF including the Grippen which comes with many hidden costs.

 

[Sulemanms202]

in that price you can have 2 JFT block 02..LOL!

 

[alee92nawaz]

It is, but the money goes to HAL.

Which in turn pays Indian vendors who provide most of the aircraft components.

So its expensive only for IAF, not for India on the whole.

Then again its the cheapest option for IAF including the Grippen which comes with many hidden costs.

Doesn't it have many foreign components? Woudl

 

[Gadkari]

in that price you can have 2 JFT block 02..LOL!

You get what you pay for.

Pay peanuts, get monkeys.

Doesn't it have many foreign components? Woudl

24.5 % is foreign components. That is still 75.5% of money going to Indian vendors.

 

[Zapper]

Doesn't it have many foreign components? Woudl

Initially it did, but most of them have been eventually replaced by indigenous sub-systems. Overall if you see costs of foreign components, it's still kinda high (around 36%) since the engine accounts for a major chunk of it

thats it? that won't be enough to replace the bisons

Because MWF is what IAF wants in significant numbers

 

[RangeMaster]

You get what you pay for.

Pay peanuts, get monkeys.

...Tejas...
Pay fancy, you still get monkeys.

 

[Zapper]

in that price you can have 2 JFT block 02..LOL!

But a major portion of your JF-17 costs would go to the Chinese while in this case, most of the money still remains in India and is circulated among Indian suppliers

Delivery start in 3 years. By tge time HAL deliver its first jet, PAF will have 24+ JF17 Block 3.

HAL is already delivering the Tejas Mk-1's while this deal is for Mk-1A. Now that Su-30 production line is coming to a close, it should be modified to increase the production rate of LCA

 

[War Thunder]

Which in turn pays Indian vendors who provide most of the aircraft components.

Dude, are you ok?

As for your justification of $65 million per plane which is stupid tbh without trying to offend you.
The money goes out of your defense budget, and local or not, purchasing something so pricy is not going to help anyone.
You do know they can get a F-35 for ~$80 million?

And in comparison:

$37.5 million – Su-30
$34.1 million – F/A-18 Hornet
$42.1 million – Su-34
$48.6 million – MiG-35 Fulcrum
$45-55 million – Saab JAS 39 Gripen

So you're telling me an LCA is better than all of these?

But a major portion of your JF-17 costs would go to the Chinese while in this case, most of the money still remains in India and is circulated among Indian suppliers

Will you buy a locally made Cell Phone that costs 3 times the price of the best phone on the market just because the money stays in India?
If your answer is no, then you will be able to figure out the stupid logic you guys are trying to use to defend a pricy purchase.

 

[Gadkari]

Dude, are you ok?

As for your justification of $65 million per plane which is stupid tbh without trying to offend you.
The money goes out of your defense budget, and local or not, purchasing something so pricy is not going to help anyone.
You do know they can get a F-35 for ~$80 million?

And in comparison:

$37.5 million – Su-30
$34.1 million – F/A-18 Hornet
$42.1 million – Su-34
$48.6 million – MiG-35 Fulcrum
$45-55 million – Saab JAS 39 Gripen

So you're telling me an LCA is better than all of these?








Will you buy a locally made Cell Phone that costs 3 times the price of the best phone on the market just because the money stays in India?
If your answer is no, then you will be able to figure out the stupid logic you guys are trying to use to defend a pricy purchase.

Maybe you should try posting the 2020 Pricing of these aircraft's and their Life Cycle cost and associated RISKS.