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

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

well, they dont need the best fighter. For air to air they have ozher planes - Su30 & MiG29.
They were looking for a good Multirole aircraft, and i guess more imortant is the air to ground mission.
India now begins to upgrade their Mirage2000H in France , if Dassault would not have stopped its productionlines, i would have benn not surprised if India would have choosen to buy more Mirage2000
the packet, technological transfer, planeperformance and price was superiour over the Typhoon packet.

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.

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.

[Jaws2002]

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.

[Ploughman]

Empty decks? How about no decks.

[MB_Avro_UK]

In business,the French play hard and dirty. My uncle,an ex-RAF Wing Commander,was involved with international sales negotiations as regards aircraft.

Those were his words, not mine.

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.