Wait... what? So India wanted to pay a quarter billion per aircraft?
And they only found the French in the market?
Sounds sketchy.
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Wait... what? So India wanted to pay a quarter billion per aircraft?
And they only found the French in the market?
Sounds sketchy.
AssassinsMace
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Yes it does. If I recall correctly there are ToT issues that no other bidder wanted to give up. That was a long time ago. I don't why now they're just starting to receive Rafales I haven't been keeping track of it. I know there have been negotiating delays even after India chose the Rafale.
The training exercise doesnot mention anything with standoff with India, It is just a routine exercise conducted in Tibet.
Which is the brigade which participated.
Yes any one having information on the deployment of both sides with the present status.
Where the PLA and India is occupying ground?
Number of bitter Indian trolls will only increase with their population.
But they didn't get any ToT. That's the weird part. That was supposed to be part of the local manufacturing deal which never happened. That's why it's crazy that India went with Dassault. Seriously, who pays 250 million for a 4th gen aircraft?! That's the same price of an F-22 Raptor, adjusted for inflation. At this price-point, the US might even sell F-15s to North Korea lolz.
This is why there was a huge investigation that weirdly got shot down by their supreme court. India has a history of major corruption scandals in procurement. Western manufacturers are dying to sell aircraft to India, so I don't think they have a lack of options. The French, with an inferior product, and a much higher pricepoint, got the deal. That's the sketchy part.
Like I said before, this is China's fault. It's Chinese businessmen's greed that put affordable smartphones into Indians' hands, now it's not so much "surfing the internet" as "wading in the Ganges".
AssassinsMace
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Since there were delays it's probably because in order to get the deal, ToT was offered then the French backtracked on it afterwards or India wanted more after the Rafale was chosen but then they backed down. Both sides are pretty much a caught in a bind. Or it could be a partial of both where a certain initial number of Rafales are made by the French hence the high price and then later some of the components will be made in India.
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