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I don't think they have much to say, they couldn't offer any single engined fighters, because they simply don't have any. The worst thing they could do is sell some more weapons to Pakistan.
Both Su-35 and MIG-35 are on offer to Pakistan.
Well if they negotiated that FGFA deal i could see India scraping this deal.
FGFA deal is dead. Russia has offered PAK-FA and India is not interested in it.
If this is an actual agreement and not some MoUs... then it truly is transformative step in indian aerospace industry.
Brovados of some notwithstanding.. F16 Block70 will be a quantum leap for IAF capabilities.
From political, economic and military aspects... indians would pull off a coup with this one.
TATA is a solid industrial house.
This is neither an agreement nor an MOU. This is just two private entities exploring opportunities.
Vendor would not be selected at least 2021. Still long way to go.
There is high likelihood that India would go with Gripens as PAF knows F-16s like the back of the hand.
If Modi loses election in 2019 then there is high probability that this Single Engine deal would be cancelled altogether.
I wonder what Russia plays into this equation .
Russia is already pretty ticked off with India. Selection of F-16s by India would mean a permanent Russia-India divorce.
First of all it wont be manufacturing from scratch in India from first day. may be last 30 / 40 will be manufactured with say close to 70% domestic parts. they will be supplied in batches. first 50 fly away from US, then next 50 with CKD, then next batch with 30% indigenisation. only the last batch will have close to 70% domestic parts.
Secondly about Trump, lets say LM will supply F 16 at the rate of 30 per year, it will still take close to 8 years to complete the initial order of 200. Trump will have exhausted his tenure by then, if at all he gets elected the second time, and i highly doubt that.
There won't be any manufacturing in India. Only Final assembly would be done in India.
Lol at the Indians for making a old plane which we already have for decades. Have fun....
India would not be going for F-16s. Pakistan knows F-16s in and out. PAF has been flying these for over 3 decades. IAF would never be able to catch up with PAF.