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if 7.2 billions $ is true for 63 fighter that would make around 115 M$ per copy with spare parts, suport etc...

Which is an honest price for this kind of deal and aircraft. For the record : the smaller gripen NG costs 150M$ a copy for Brazil...

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A Hollande-Modi press conference is scheduled at 6pm. He should arrive in France in just two hours at 4pm.

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Livefist: It turns out Livefist had it right back in January. Top sources say the governments of India and France will shortly announce a deal for 60 Rafale fighters for the Indian Air Force. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently in France. [...] http://www.livefistdefence.com/2015/04/new-india...

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Confirmed by French Press : India wants to buy Rafales quickly According to our informations, negotiations between the French and Indian governments were underway Friday morning April 10, for the purchase of 3 Rafale squadrons, 63 planes for 7.2 billion Euros. "The discussions lasted all night,...

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It's in the indian press as well: PM Narendra Modi says progress possible in Rafale fighter jet talks PARIS: India and France should be able to make progress in talks over the purchase of Rafale fighter jets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro. "Th...

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Defence ministry ignores Russia's requests to discuss fighter project IAF is focused on Rafale; argues the fifth generation fighter aircraft would not meet Indian expectations. The programme for India and Russia to jointly develop a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), long touted as the flags...

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Official delivery of mirage 2000 with dassault's CEO commenting on MMRCA in front of indian officials :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_xcQtPetdM

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Dassault: Work on India Rafale Sale 95% Done

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defens ... /70480476/

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Modernization of Indian Mirage 2000 [...] Teams from Dassault Aviation and Thales are in India since May 2014 to help HAL to modernize the third and fourth Mirage 2000 in Bangalore, which should be delivered to the IAF in the second half of 2015, according to Dassault Aviation. HAL should however b...

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India’s New Fighters Have Serious Engine Problems; The SU-30MKIs constantly break down [...] India wouldn’t have to worry as much about its Su-30MKI fleet if it managed to import fighters from elsewhere. For years, New Delhi has unsuccessfully tried to nail down a program to buy 126 Rafale fighters...

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Amid stalled fighter projects, upgraded Mirage cheers IAF NEW DELHI: Faced with huge delays in clinching new fighter projects even as it grapples with fast-eroding air combat power, IAF finally has some reason to cheer. The force will get its first two upgraded Mirage-2000 fighters with new avionic...

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New tribune from IAF corporation pushing for Rafales : Get those Rafales, quick Defence takes up a sizeable package of public expenditure that rightfully draws a strong debate on its modernisation. Big-ticket items do raise interesting views in the debate. The acquisition of a Russian aircraft carri...

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Indian Navy Submitted an RFI to Dassault about the Rafale M Carrier Capable Variant Dassault Aviation chief executive officer Eric Trappier announced yesterday during a press conference that the French company has replied to a request for information from the Indian Navy on the naval Rafale M singl...

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Warranty Compromise Agreed on India Rafale Contract PARIS --- A compromise solution splitting contractual warranties between France’s Dassault Aviation and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has removed the biggest obstacle to closing the long-delayed sale of 126 Rafale fighters to India. Das...

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Talking about chances that the deal would be worked out ahead of Modi's visit to France next month, the sources maintained the two were not linked. "The Rafale deal is not linked to the official visit of the Prime Minister. These are two separate things. An official visit is not only about sign...

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Rafale deal continues to face turbulence (PTI) [...]"There are some issues which still persist because of which the final contract is pending for such a long time," defence sources here said when asked if the issues relating to pricing and the guarantee clause had been sorted out.[...] Me...

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It Is already known that april will be too short to finalize the deal.

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And what about russia selling SU35 and S400 to China ? Those reports are paid/influenced by russia but for now they have been proven wrong since MRCA negotiation are still vert Much on.

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Editorial: Rafale a Better Option for India Now that Paris has shelved plans to deliver two helicopter assault ships to Russia, Moscow is working overtime to convince India to dump plans to buy French fighters and instead buy a new Sukhoi jet. In 2012, New Delhi tapped Dassault's Rafale as its next...

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Forget the FGFA, defense news report the SU35S is a likely replacement for MMRCA... According to livefist and Dassault's CEO, negotiation on workshare is completed. Now they negotiate liabilities. One has to wonder why they are still in negotiation when the deal is dead. It Is written in the newspap...

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[...]The air force has got a capital allocation of Rs 33,108 crore, which is a decrease from 2014-15 when it got Rs 33,310 crore. However, the allocation for aircraft and aero-engine purchases has gone up by Rs 2,595 crore to Rs 18,866 crore. The allocation was Rs 16,271 crore in 2014-15. The army’...

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Some valid points here, but reminds that drop tanks can be dropped if the situation requires it. I agree that would not be an advantage in every situations but overall it should remain relevant.

In terms of sheer payload it does compete very well for its size.

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Saying the mk2 would be on par with the rafale is quite speculative IMO. If it was the case, we would see the tejas mk2 being marketed on international markets. MMRCA perf for a fraction of the cost in just a few years...One has to wonder why India is bothering with Mmrca.

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If the Tejas competed on international markets or for MMRCA shouldn't we have noticed it ?

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15 billions for 126 aircrafts : 120 million per aircraft. Cheaper than the 150 million Brazil is paying for gripen NG.

With full ToT and local manifacturing this seems to be a very honest deal.

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True with 3 drop tanks, but there is still plenty of space for missiles : 6 AASM and 6 AtA missiles. Does the su30 mki has drop tanks ? (genuine and honest question. I dont know). It Is entirely possible That the rafale beat the Su on range : 15t of fuel is more than the sukhoi (internal+external) a...

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I stick to facts. Check on wiki (english to be neutral). Rafale payload: 9.5t Su30mki payload: 8t Rafale range: 3700km SU30MKI range: 3000km Most of Su30mki avionics dates from mid-end 90s while current rafale is around 2010 and the F3R version is around 2015. @Philip : IAF is very satisfied of Mira...

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Well I am not a salesman and I am not Dassault/France. I just share an opinion as an individual. So no pb. It is funny to see how some could take an anonymous poster as the incarnation of ze evil french and Dassault...sharing a different pov is risky nowadays

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My point of view is based on return of experiences from red flag 2008 and Garuda exercises. You can call it one sided but the capablity of the SU30 was often discussed in the specialized press. I remember having posted some of them here. What was reported by french pilots in various report: The SU-3...

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I know but even upgraded it Is very unlikely it Will change the core of its avionics architecture Upgraded sensor yes but it will be very hard to match rafale highly integrated and fused sensor suite. The same limitation will happen. It took two decades to get the rafale where it is and look at f35 ...

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And the SU-30 is now obsolete. There is about a 20 years of technology evolution between the the two types.

Exept its size There is nothing extraordinary with the sukhoi.

The rafale has more range, more payload, better situation awarness, better ergonomics and better survivability.

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Rafale in Qatar: signing in March? The presence of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Persian Gulf is not without commercial ulterior motive . The Emir of Qatar could be invited on board to see closely the Rafale [1] ... Qatar could even announce its decision to acquire in turn the Rafal...

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Livefist : Sources: Crucial issue of liability for 108 aircraft, choice: joint liability with HAL or Dassault gets supervisory access to HAL line.

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Rafale Deal on Track, PM Modi to Take Final Call NEW DELHI: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drain and his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar appear to have sorted out one of the key issues holding up the estimated $15 billion deal to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. A fin...

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You can add IAF. The Mindef review expected soon is the final step for this deal. Every stakeholders is a bit nervous waiting for the final décision.

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HAL will take full responsibility for Rafales’ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) chairman T Suvarna Raju on Thursday said that HAL is willing to take full responsibility for the Rafales that it manufactures if the contract with French Defence major Dassault is signed. The comment assumes signific...

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Arthuro, I want to ask you a question. Suppose today 5 countries around the world decide to buy say 150-odd Rafales, do you think it will change the decision making process in India? It will certainly allow Dassault to press harder, but trust me this govt. does not give a damn. All these last 40 od...

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Qatar, France and Rafale deal (40 credits) Qatar and France are said to have gone beyond an agreement of principles about a deal for 24 Rafale fighter jets to reach the stage of a first agreement on the deal. The following 398-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the agreemen...

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Other possible pending export for rafale : Quatar (24 to 36 aircrafts and the UAE 60 aircrafts): Arms exporters eye deals at Idex defence show [...] French deals "Regional instability is generally good for arms sales," said Richard Aboulafia, vice-president of analysis at Teal Group. "...

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Fighter squadrons to reach 42 by 2027 BENGALURU: The requirement of having 42 operational fighter squadrons is affected by the ongoing phasing out of the legacy fighter planes and upgradation of existing fleet, chief of air staff Marshal Arup Raha said. IAF currently operates only 25 fighter squadr...

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