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You’re talking about MRFA for this contest, MRCBF, Rafale is the only game in town. The domestic competition is TEDBF but that’s throughly a post 2035 effort so 2 carriers have to limp on with <40 junk MiGs for the next ~12+ Years I’m not overly convinced the Rafale/MRCBF deal ever becomes a...

Best case scenario IN MRCBF deal would be signed in 2024/5, F18 was never going to be a contender

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/purchase-of-rafale-fighter-jets-for-ins-vikrant-dpb-to-hold-key-meet-tomorrow-article-101540549 To be taken with a bucket of salt and this is far short of a contract (that is a LONG way out) but it’s utterly hilarious that the consensus was the F18 was the...

Something like ~90% as far as I’ve seen

Out of nowhere this issue with the Russian arrestor gear being incompatible with the Rafale/F18 emerged. possibly the clowns that ‘reported’ this meant to say the restraining gear system used on the 2 carriers is only certified for the 29K and NLCA which is true. Considering the MTOW of the...

Literally said from day one- Rafale or nothing for MRCBF also MRFA is a fantasy and at most IAF will get a few more squadrons of Rafales GTG Still now certain but the only way foreword @BON PLAN