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Don’t think it really matters, the Indians don’t have much options.
The US is out due to Trump and just because.
The UK is out due to recent deportations and visa issues.
The Chinese are out for obvious reasons.
The Turks are not ready and probably won’t be for years.
The Koreans are not ready and you would basically be buying American.
The Japanese are in same position as Koreans.
They only really have France and Russia left for the jets they might want, therefore reliable or not doesn’t matter and also the opinion of the Indian air chief also doesn’t matter because they have basically just stated the only 2 options they have.
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The press conference from which this article is derived can be viewed . Ignore the stated runtime, it loops after 45 minutes or so.
Relevant excerpts:
10:26
14:58
So I think ACM A.P. Singh's comments here are more non-committal than the impression garnered from the Janes piece might suggest. Essentially, all we can glean is that pitches have been made (which was already obvious) and apparently have yet to be clearly rejected. There is no suggestion that there is an exclusive or even particular focus on those two aircraft specifically, they were simply those the journalists named in their questions. It is perhaps significant that the response to a query about Su-57 was not along the lines of "we have already evaluated FGFA and deemed it unsuitable for our requirements", but that is not so much a novel development as just another breadcrumb in a line suggesting that the subject remains open (or has been re-opened) for discussion.
And on the timelines for LCA Mk. 1A...
32:19
IAF just brimming with confidence towards DRDO/HAL there...
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Russia's current production capacity obviously does not support its export, so in the end only the Rafale will be purchased. Given that India has no bargaining power in terms of procurement, I believe the price of these aircraft will be very high.
Could be caused in part by maintenance problems from India and hard slamming them on deck.
Does the Chinese Zhuk-MS in Su-30mkk got the same kind of problems ?
China didn’t get Zhuk-MS for MKK. They use Mech radar.
I completely agree on the Rafale, it would probably be a really expensive deal with not many or no upsides beyond the jet themselves.
However, I am of 2 mind on the Russian part, I mostly agree but I can see a potential situation where a deal could be struck. With the war, the Russian capacity is tapped out, therefore they will need more capacity from somewhere as well as cash to expand and this is perhaps where the Indians can have a little leverage for a better deal. Tho this is only a slight possibility, a lot of pieces/coincidences have to fall into place together for this to happen.
Not that surprising if true. Few such radars were produced and the naval MiG-29K operates in harsher conditions than ground based aircraft. There were just not many produced in use in Russia to justify investment into radar improvements by them.
The Russians have enough slack capacity for exports now that they recovered from their airframe losses in the Russo-Ukrainian war.