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Lieutenant General
Inflation perhaps?
Dizasta1
Senior Member
So I crunched the numbers and this is what I got. As per the indians, a single Mk-1a tejas costs 463 "crore" (like that ever makes sense at all). 463 crore equates to 4.63 billion indian rupees. And 4.63 billion indian rupees is equivalent to $67.6 million for one Mk-1a tejas.
An F-35A Lighting ll is said to cost $65 million per aircraft. JAS-39E Gripen is said to cost around $50 million per aircraft.
I'm guessing tejas is a heck of a lot better aircraft than the JAS-39E Gripen or the F-35A Lightning ll (sarcasm).
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Lightning is not that low yet. And I am betting that is a older Grippen.
But I also doubt the pricing listed for the Indian fighter is actual as well. In military buys it's a numbers game, the more you buy the lower the cost as the overhead is spread out to maintain logistics for production and spare parts.
To be honest I think they're just betting that Modi needs to be seen as resolute in his so called Make In India initiative (not made) and will have to accept a high price, or else this may do a bit of political damage to the BJP which personally costs even more to him. I would do the same if I were them.
The latest price, after the current $94 million, will be $88 million for the next LOT.
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My guess is that they will ultimately get down into the mid 70s...which is a heck of a good price. But that is USAF pricing for the F-35A.
The F-35B will probably ultimately get down to the mid 80s, and the F-35C will ultimately (IMHO) get down to the mid 90s.
All of these will be US forces pricing.
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timepass
Brigadier
Indian Air Force considering latest Israeli weapons for HAL Tejas : Israeli Media . . .
The Indian Air Force is planning a series of tests to prove the integration potential of some advanced Israeli-developed systems on its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas.
The Indian Air Force is planning a series of tests to prove the integration potential of some advanced Israeli-developed systems on its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas.
I was in 7th grade when LCA first flew, i graduated from engineering... got married... have been working for close to a decade....still LCA is going to be active very soon(sarcasm).... i guess when i die hopefully in old age... Lca will be used as a gate guard and still Indians will be saying Mark007 will come and destroy 6 gen active AC
