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The tot we mainly need is for GE engine which is not sweedish so how will Saab provide it to us.??

Apparently yes. o_O How I wish I had a better answers:facepalm:

I agree 100% unless they order 36 or 72 more birds rafale won't be able to turn the tide. But if we could field 72 rafale + 120 sukhoi against china in Northeast theatre that is some serious airpower.

Do we have any confirmation regarding the above?? There are talks maybe but they are separate from rafale deal IMO.

We are getting a half baked deal that too will be prone to sanctions. It will not create many jobs here neither any significant tot will take place

Money for sweedish welfare state :biggrin2: Saab has nothing substantial to offer to India. It's already 2017 when are we going to say goodbye to the greedy gripen :cowboy:

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I hope this becomes true. Trump should put a full stop to f16/F18 bogey in India . Good days ahead for indigenization

They will when FGFA , AMCA will be close to induction.:biggrin2:

I guess India will . But then it will take more time . They are offering something more advanced than what UAE got . I'm not in favor of gripen either. But we must negotiate the future of f16 as we will be operating it for 40 years :crazy: Gripen is nothing but a glorified lca. Atleast f16...

Yes they will upgrade it and it will surpass gripen on multiple parameters. It already has a functional AESA. I think problem for us shall be it's older design airframe. That will pose serious shortcomings for mid life upgrade or any other block update. In that regard gripen offers more...

They are greedy boys .. They want more more toys:cowboy:

They are marketing gripen as though it's a lifestyle product. Shiny posh decor your living room :biggrin2:

And I have a feeling that we will end up buying anything and everything that anyone is selling.we already have 8-9 type of combat fighters in our force. Perhaps we should aim for a dozen types , create a world record.

At this point we should just buy f16 latest version block 70 or whatever without wasting anymore time . It's cheap , there will be ToT and with production line shift to India there are serious business opportunities. It is more nearer to medium category then gripen. Regarding Pakistan they only...

I just have a soft corner for lca any other single engine jet seems like an evil conspirator:hat:

Don't we have anything called 'doctrine' would we buy anything anybody is selling. Can we at least decide we want a single engine jet or twin engine. If we had to buy f16 or gripen why the hell Rafael was ordered. Buying f16 gripen at the cost of Tejas is sheer stupidity now.