Parrikar has said, and I have repeated, there IS an alternative, it's just that the state authorities are not in a position to reveal it to the public at this stage. He has clearly said "you will know once the deal is signed". It is up to him to fulfill that commitment now. We can't run behind him with our own list of favorite weapons. One should never be so helpless so as to not be in a position to cancel a deal whose terms aren't working for us. Just take a look at the voting record of the consortium of countries which constitute Finmeccanica. Every single one of them has participated in anti-India resolutions like it's a festival! Their only asset is that they stuffed the pockets of Congress leaders to get the contracts. It's great that they lost the contract.