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Basic Rafale 2016 costs less than 2007, weapons extra: Officials
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/rafale-fighter-jet-deal-modi-government-rahul-gandhi-congress-5082298/
Basic Rafale 2016 costs less than 2007, weapons extra: Officials
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/rafale-fighter-jet-deal-modi-government-rahul-gandhi-congress-5082298/
“The IAF told us that because we were buying only 36 Rafale and not 126, they needed them to be more potent. Meteor missiles, 75 per cent serviceability and some special requirements were insisted upon by the IAF. It even asked for two separate maintenance support flights for redundancy. These imposed additional costs which were not even thought of in 2011. They are two separate packages,” government sources said.
“We didn’t negotiate with Eurofighter as it would be against the CVC guidelines to deal with the second-lowest bidder. The full price discovery of Rafale had already been done and audit of every sub-component concluded. Going with Rafale was the easiest and the fastest option,” the government source said.