Ruag
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Friend its not about cost. Sukhoi-30MKI is about pride and protection of our nation. India going gr8. By 5years india would be far more lethel. 3 times more powerful airforce than at the moment it is. Mig21 will vanish and other lethel jet fighters will join our airforce like MRCA and Pak-fa etc etc. i like the way india picking jet fighters. 'quality' all the way.
Forget MiG-21s, the IAF also needs to get rid of obsolete MiG-27s and Jaguars. As of now, the only good fighters in IAF service are Su-30MKI, MiG-29s and Mirage-2000.
Needless to say, the MKIs are more than sufficient. However, IAF needs to speed up MRCA acquisition process because we need to diversify our fleet.
Imagine an air force which fields 320 Su-30MKIs, 70 MiG-29s and 126 F/A-18EFs. Yup, thats IAF for you by 2015.
P.S. Though it seems that IAF may pick F/A-18EF, I'm still of the opinion that Eurofighter Typhoons are the best fighters out there.