Congratulations to Dassault!!! 10.4 billion Indian Air Force Rafale contract!

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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

I don't know what India needs, but saying that the Rafale is a better fighter than the Eurofighter is ludicrous to say the least.

Actually in what India needs the Rafale is better. It has better air to ground capabilities and to India this is very important.

If France stopped sitting on their thumb and collaborated with the rest of Europe (like they're keen on doing with Airbus), we might well be capable of delivering better stuff than US or Russia.

They wanted a carrier capable aircraft. That's why they pulled out of the Eurofighter deal.
In the end it worked better for them than for the Brits. France has a capable carrier fighter/ strike aircraft and UK is stuck with empty decks.
I'm sure many in British DoD kick themselves for not going for a carrier capable Eurofighter, when they had a chance.