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France is ordering in order keep its production open The Rafale is competing against the F-18 in India right now The Indian navy is looking for replacement for the MIG-29K Boeing showed that F-18 can function off STOBAR carriers as did Dassault with the Rafale The original MRCA for the Indian Air force ended up only being 36 planes instead of 126 So the MRCA 2.0 is for the remaining 108 The Rafale is the favorite because it would simplify things and won't require much to bring into service but the Indian military purchase of the C-17, C-130J, CH-47, AH-64, MH-60 and P-8 from the US changes that abacus They have gotten a taste of US equipment and want more Unlike Russian and French equipment, US equipment heavily teched out which has given India a lot of access to high level tech they never had before So there is that
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Nothing shocking here France can't sell Rafale's new built but many recent customers have open to buying second hard F3 France's Rafale order of 180 has been open since 2001 yet in 2018 only 149 had been delivered France's tactic of dragging out procurement has helped them make some orders but their numbers of 240 planes are still par with the JAS-39 and well below the Eurofighter, F-15E advanced , F-16 block 60 plus and Super Hornet The Rafale lack of weapons and tech has beek its biggest drawn back The F4 is literally too little too late
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@savage1717 France is dragging things out The Rafale is competing against the F-18 in India right now The Indian navy is looking for replacement for the MIG-29K Boeing showed that F-18 can function off STOBAR carriers as did Dassault with the Rafale The original MRCA for the Indian Air force ended up only being 36 planes instead of 126 So the MRCA 2.0 is for the remaining 108 Again nothing shocking about this order
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@savage1717 Lets recap How much did the Indian airforce spend on the HAL Tejas program ? when it was simpler to work with SAAB and make locally made JAS-39s instead ? How much did the Indian army spend on the HAL LCH when buying more HAL Rudra for the LCH and US made Apache would have made more sense Back to the India air force How much did the India air force spend on the Su-30MKI and MIG-21 Bison only have them perform miserably during the 2019 engagement By all accounts, the combination should have easily dealt with the PAF forces ,instead they found themselves woe ill equipped The planned Super Sukhoi is supposed upgrade MKI with Su-30SM and Su-35 tech over 14 Su-30SM have been lost in Ukraine so far as well as Su-35 How much has the India military wasted on locally made projects
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@Flying Tiger The Rafale is competing against the F-18 in India right now The Indian navy is looking for replacement for the MIG-29K Boeing showed that F-18 can function off STOBAR carriers as did Dassault with the Rafale The original MRCA for the Indian Air force ended up only being 36 planes instead of 126 So the MRCA 2.0 is for the remaining 108 The Rafale advantage is it would simplify things and won't require much to bring into service but its disadvantage is the previous drama unless they abandon the make in India requirement and opt for new built or second hand I don't see the Rafale wining this one
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@savage1717 A few mistakes thats called mountain of mistakes How much has the India military wasted on locally made projects That list is miles long
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@savage1717 The HAL Tejas literally dates back to 1983 Nuff said
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@Flying Tiger The drama from the last Rafale deal is why I dont see the Rafale winning this one
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@savage1717 And you point is ? The fact of the matter is they wasted time and billions for literally nothing The smarter play and less costly way would continue buying till
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@Flying Tiger True but if they tweak the deal , the Rafale might have a chance but I believe the Hornet has this
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@meikhet.maru.011 No problem
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