BN-2 'Defender' Islander maritime surveillance aircraft, deck-based air-defence guns, varied surveillance equipment and 105-mm Indian field guns aren't comparable to MKI as those are like apples and orange but in a hypothetical war scenario in BD-Burma's case; especially a NAVAL one is somehow significant. Indians are allowed to build licensed copy of MKIs, so exporting them is out of question but do Burmese even need them in BD-Burma's perspective? They have more and potent MIG-29s along with a better equipped air force than ours, don't you agree? Now question is if Indians aren't in a mission to screw/check us out through Burmese then why are they sending NAVAL goodies to them? Oh I see! Hedging against SINOS. Are we insane/Nuts to believe that so little, so insignificant of hardwares would create any impact on a probable super power? Don't you think that applying all in equation, my argument on unwelcoming Indian Mil stays correct?
2ndly I was a compulsive follower of MIGS how bouts thus was pretty well informed about BAFER's getting run around but original question was why Bharati brokered and let Ruskie sell us used junks at the first place to get better deal on MIG-29Ks? Bharatis were empirically experienced in flying MIGs but if they were our real friends then why did they make better deal out of our expenses?
3rdly I didn't know what part of it seemed moronic to you but BAFERS were extremely happy with F7-BGS, the poor man's F-Solas whilest many didn't even want to hear about the Ruskie junk anymore. I understood that MIG-29s had 2 engines thus possessed better thrust, longer range, more weapon bays but by what cost? And what significance it brought, any tactical or strategic? IMO, Nil, Nada, Zip, Zilch. So, don't think that just because I don't poke my nose in MIL Hardware's related thread very often, I'm novice or moron. I'd been exploring that area even probably before you were borne. And ask Bharatis on how much they weigh on Geo-political scenario before buying military hardware to fit it in their scheme of things, thanks.