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@satish
I too did come under the $ 108 million when vishal tharpar made the report. But the fact is just before that the previous lot of additional 40 su-30 had cost only $ 48 million. The present 40 costing $ 108 million are exclusively for carrying brhmos just like su-34 is a different variant of su-27, so is this plane a variant of su-30 mki. The present high price is due to program cost feeding unit production costs as well. If 80 more of these super Su-30 are ordered, the costs will come down to $ 83 million a piece not to mention the accompanying $ 2.7 million brahmos too would drop to reasonable levels, which will be less or equal to the twin-engined fighters in mmrca upgraded to IAF requirements. The only problem is sukoi and HAL engineers in Russia are waiting for IAF to send two test bed aircraft.
Mmrca for eastern front? su-30 are already in eastern front, they have longer legs than mmrca, thus better suited for the job.
Lca tejas being placed in south is attributed to what, the sri lankan threat of invasion? They are better suited for western theatre. The myth that mmrca will come faster than mk-1 lca is also what it is- a myth. Though certified in their own countries mmrca themselves will have to be certified in India too for IOC and FOC. So if mmrca IOC takes to 2016 will u scrap it, just like asking for scraping tejas mk-2. On every interview HAL chairman is stressing Lca production can be enhanced with more orders. They are willing to get over with the hawks to ramp up lca production, cause they know inspite of deal with bae, hawk is dead as a dodo. Its only Iaf thats riding it into the sunset. just transfer funds from mmrca to tejas for another production facility, accept mk-1 as an process that leads to the solution not a quick fix . This way a whole lot of trouble can be avoided.
