Defcon 1
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F414 EPE doesn't exist Today. Developing it would be a significant financial commitment. Considering the fact that DRDO was too stupid to shell out 500 million to fix kaveri with the help of french, I doubt they will be will to shell even Higher to pay for development and TOT of f414 EPE.Several jets like Gripen & T-50 run production based on American engines. They'll sell us F-414... especially guaranteed if we select F-18 (just gotta copy-paste its butt then), but otherwise too.
What we should do is get ToT for F-414 EPE & start building it in house, as well as grow 120kN+ engine based on that, instead of wasting time with Snecma whose own engine is much less powered.