VikramA wrote:^^^^^ why do i get the impression that after rafale "scam" narrative did not work and BJP is back, the presstitute and defence dalals like shukla have started new tamasha to spread negative image of dassault and pressure govt to not purchase more rafale and instead opt for f-16s
Indranil wrote:But, can you refute the data that he has produced. Seems pretty logical.
IR Saar, I will echo VikramA. While the data is logical, I am questioning the impartiality of the author. His so-called Rafale scam farticles have turned out to be a downer. The Prime Minister has won a resounding second term. So now it is time to try a different strategy. Anything to not induct the Rafale from Sept 2019.
* No money trail in the so-called Rafale Scam, unlike Bofors.
* CAG has stated that the deal is cheaper than the UPA deal. Tauba, Tauba! Sacrilege!
* 36 Rafales will now arrive with the resounding election win. Causing lot of takleef and heartburn.
* No 30,000 crore given to Anil Ambani. If truly given, why is Anil Ambani broke then? Why did Mota Bhai have to bail him out?
So what is left? Blame the organization that produced the Mirage 2000. The logic is this ---> Mirage 2000 is bad and so will be Rafale. Buy American F-16 and F-18 and even malnutrition among children will be resolved in India
The question that needs to be probed, what measures were taken after the first three examples of pitch oscillations? As per the author's own admission, the first appeared in 1989....30 years ago! What remedial measures - if any - were taken then? Then 10 years later, in 1999 another incident. What remedial measures, if any, were taken then? Then in 2014, a third incident. Why did the author not ask the IAF what happened after each of those incidents?
Rather he simply states, "In all three cases, the altitude allowed the aircraft time to recover itself." Did the pilots not report it? If so, why not? If they did, what steps did the IAF take? After the tragic Feb 01 crash, the author states another Mirage 2000 did the exact same thing. The author has given detailed info on serial numbers and dates, but is surprisingly silent on the resolutions in each of those incidents. Obviously he got those serial numbers and dates from the IAF. He did not bother to ask the IAF what safety measures were taken? What kind of a journalist is he? And safety measures are not classified information.
I agree with VikramA. I too am questioning the messenger and the timing of the article.
Anil Chopra Sir, Sameer Joshi and Anshuman Mainkar have all debunked his farticle. See below.