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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    @Ray, technology changes as you rightly said, and it seems a solution is now available. India has suffered effects of very low investment on R&D and several other endemic problems (like babudom affecting even the best S&T centers). So we should take any S&T initiative like this positively...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    The assumption that Indian aeronautics can develop on the crutches of France is inherently flawed. This is amply proven by Rafale episode where the entire tender exercise has been rendered irrelevant by mismatch of expectations of the parties. The policy can be implemented ONLY if it is...
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    Khagesh's point is valid - the availability is a factor of usage of the fleet as well. More usage results in higher wear and tear. If Russian planes are used more, likely the reason is that these are used more often for training, means these are more critical to the war. GOI would be very...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    @Ray, you are questioning the basic sanction of the development of Nag missile. Your statement is basically that GOI made a mistake as 4km Konkurs was already available. To prove your statement wrong would need a lot of unpublished information. Let us assume that GOI had a valid reason to...
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    @Ray, understanding of technology is needed while framing requirements. Projects fail when requirements are not in tune with technology available. It is preferable to let DRDO prove a 4km missile before it can try to build a 7km missile. For DRDO, it should use some other type of seeker if IIR...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Source please. You seem to know everything about IAF, yet you were in 4th standard at the time of Kargil. I was active on forums when you were in 4th standard.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    India’s Fighter Upgrades: Mirage 2000s Grounded Parts, Waiting Upgrades
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Just to put all parties on the ground again - the contract for 36 has not been signed. So the party should wait. Let us see how it goes. My prediction about Rafale is NOT GOOD. The very fact that negotiation under MMRCA dragged so much puts French intentions in doubt.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    That may be in French service, not in Indian service. Wait until you get figures from Indian service. The service-ability will be much higher in France due to far better spares support and technical support.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    HAL MUST lose this attitude of a government department and start behaving like a commercial enterprise. Otherwise HAL will be relegated to insignificance in due time. I fully support GOI's initiative to support private sector aircraft manufacturing.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    I dont care about SJha's tweet. The view here is that HAL is NOT SERIOUS about local designs itself. It is happier building foreign designs as importing parts saves HAL from its own shortcomings, and probably stuffs the pockets of its senior management. HAL has no shortage of money. HAL has...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    How do you know? Was any order of 40 was issued to any private company? The transport tender was responded to Tata despite the low number. GOI has made a mistake by not awarding it to Tata. What was wrong if there was only one response. HAL can be inserted into MMRCA tender but Tata wont get...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    Honestly if I was handling procurements, I would INVITE the big industrial groups like Reliance, Tata and Mahindra and give them complete support and long term orders for fighters, transports and UAV systems which are needed by country so urgently.
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    If HAL cannot build LCA (a light fighter) that what is that it can?? It seems HAL is just hot air. What are HAL's core capabilities?? HAL is lagging so much in production technology as well as production capacity - no doubt it cannot deliver any item it is given. The turnover looks good...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    @grampiguy, the problem with HAL is that it wants to work as a department of MOD rather than as an aviation company. If it was an aviation company, it would lobby for selling its products not only in India but overseas. Why is LCA Tejas limited to IAF. Why HAL is not marketing overseas? A...
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    @ersakthivel, HAL should put its own money into Tejas line. Why? Because thats what every manufacturer does. In addition HAL should pay a royalty to ADA. Why? Because ADA holds the IPR. HAL is NOT building Tejas for free. HAL gets paid for the aircrafts. HAL can always calculate Tejas price in...
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    Duplicate post
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    @ersakthivel, GOI has to be realistic. The defence minister knows more than you and me. He reads the files and meets the people in charge of various initiatives. If he says something, it means there are real issues. For me, there are two things which stand out - 1. There are certain parameters...
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    You are just a kid and a fanboy. Do I need to take you seriously!
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    Know Your 'Rafale'

    How do you know? Prove your statement!
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