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What is even more interesting is that when real negotiation ensued, the price for the Rafale deal went up from $10B to $26B.
There was no $10B. It was just an estimate the govt made before the tender was released.
https://www.news18.com/news/politic...fale-jets-says-its-good-for-india-981723.html
Parrikar said that Rafale is a costly fighter plane and for 126 planes the total deal will be of Rs 90,000 crore.
Based on today's exchange rate, it's $12.8B. Or 714Cr/$101M per jet.
The price of Rafale is more like $130M per aircraft.
The govt says something else.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...670-cr-govt/story-KiI85qHBzxlm4N59rBWQMP.html
Each basic version of the Rafale jet would cost Rs 670 crore, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday
Based on today's exchange rate, it's $95M. So the GTG was actually cheaper than MMRCA.
With a price of $85,5 the 36 aircrafts purchased by India would cost ~3B.
Not three times as much.
We paid 3.42B euros for the 36 jets.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rafale-fighter-jets-deal-cleared-modi-france-342442-2016-09-21
Sources said the "vanila price" (just the 36 aircraft) is about 3.42 billion Euros. The armaments cost about 710 million Euros while Indian specific changes, including integration of Israeli helmet mounted displays, will cost 1700 million Euros.
The Rafale is simply 50% more expensive to buy and quite a lot more expensive to run.
In France, the cost of operating the M-2000 per hour is 8000 euros and Rafale is 10,000 euros. So it's not any more expensive. In India, the M-2000 costs $4000 per hour. The difference is quite negligible compared to the capability upgrade.
Someone has to prove that one Rafale, which almost always requires french weapons,
The Indian Rafales are being equipped with Israeli and Indian weapons also.
is better than two or more Gripen E.
Nobody cares about such things. If the engine fails, the Rafale can still fly on another engine while the Gripen will crash, which is particularly important for us over the Himalayas and Tibet where surviving pilots can die in just a few hours. So there are more important factors at play here.