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To be honest, France is not interested to set up assembly line in India at all.
In how many countries does France has set up an assembly line?
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To be honest, France is not interested to set up assembly line in India at all.
Yes time for Chinese Session Clearance sale..144 units of Rafale is very decent number, It's a great incentives to our Pakistan friend.
while India is building up deals, Pakistan shall do something to respond.
it shall not be only restrained to buy some second handed F16 to cope with Rafale.
@Horus
Only 36??" Is there any plan to get more in future???Its only 36 now.
'Have requested 36 Rafale jets in fly-away condition as quickly as possible,' PMO India tweeted on Friday night.
We have very high-level military cooperation with Pakistan, to deal with any potential threat coming from India side.Yes time for Chinese Session Clearance sale..
If France keep on finding issues with the contract, India will keep on buying off the shelf.
We have very high-level military cooperation with Pakistan, to deal with any potential threat coming from India side.
Contract and France are like oil and water, they don't mix well. But at the end it looks like India will get their aircraft.
History is against you,all you did was ,left pakistan in cold and dark room to get the beating.We have very high-level military cooperation with Pakistan, to deal with any potential threat coming from India side.
Only 36??" Is there any plan to get more in future???
if your bravado makes you feel happy, then be it, but that is not how long term strategic decisions are made. IAF will buy what meets its doctrinal needs in the backdrop of perceived threats. not what Pak or China can afford or not. It's never about the money, but somehow you guys can never come out of it.
Ones you commit for the 36, you will not go for any new platform, you may however limit it to 36 and acquire more SU30's, but it will not be anything else. It's neither easy nor tactically sound to go for two new similar platforms simultaneously. Setting up maintenance infrastructure, spares, armament would become a nightmare.
From our PIOV, we would love if you get 3 new platforms. get my point.
Yep, France broke off their contract with Russia (for the Mistral-class) due to American pressure.
So it is fine, as long as they don't annoy America.
India to buy 36 Rafale jets in fly away shape, HAL to build 108 after technology transfer | idrw.orgRAFALE UPDATE
Additional 108 Rafale will be built in india as per the mmrca terms.. Which makes a total of 144 birds. 36 off the shelf 108 built here=144.
we are richAre u
Are u sure abt this? 36 rafi costing us some 5 billion dollars,so another 12 billion (may be 20 billion) for mmrca.... Its a huge amount, we are not that much rich.I think mmrca contract is dead.
And IAF selected Rafale not because of their technology but Rafale is advanced version that has a lots of similarities with mirage .And we have mirage .if your bravado makes you feel happy, then be it, but that is not how long term strategic decisions are made. IAF will buy what meets its doctrinal needs in the backdrop of perceived threats. not what Pak or China can afford or not. It's never about the money, but somehow you guys can never come out of it.
Ones you commit for the 36, you will not go for any new platform, you may however limit it to 36 and acquire more SU30's, but it will not be anything else. It's neither easy nor tactically sound to go for two new similar platforms simultaneously. Setting up maintenance infrastructure, spares, armament would become a nightmare.
From our PIOV, we would love if you get 3 new platforms. get my point.
France also gave the british sensitive codes to Mirage fighters, that is why Argentinian Mirages were helplessly shot down by British Harriers. It is off topic, but this thread is off topic. In the end once India gets those Rafales in numbers they will have one of the best equipped air forces in the world regardless of politics.