tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6365979109096059381.post8286965430230939551..comments2024-03-17T08:24:07.509+01:00Comments on Rafale News: MMRCA, 3 more weeksKovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10215357097625671816noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6365979109096059381.post-10917056456516130602012-01-04T04:40:38.604+01:002012-01-04T04:40:38.604+01:00Kovy,
I think the Indian government would have fa...Kovy,<br /><br />I think the Indian government would have factored in the higher pricing of the MMRCA when it decided to shortlist the two big euro-canards. If it was opposed to it, the two wouldn't be shortlisted.<br /><br />While the Indian economy has slowed down, it's still not at crisis proportions and even if defence purchases will be cut (and there is no indication of that happening), it will not be drastic. So at the most the MMRCA purchase would stay 126 units.Justin P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15185950560111369781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6365979109096059381.post-72015355258145368772012-01-04T04:37:51.946+01:002012-01-04T04:37:51.946+01:00Lander,
I think you've misread the situation....Lander,<br /><br />I think you've misread the situation. The original deal was for an off the shelf purchase of 126 Mirage-20005s to back up the delays in the Tejas programme. This was the proposal until approximately 2003-4 when the government looked into the possibility of a competition. So RFIs were sent for the F-16 Block 52, Gripen C/D, mirage-20005 and Mig-29M. So you are wrong when you say that there was no intention to stick to an economical purchase to replace the mig-21.<br /><br />This programme was entirely reworked in 2005-07 from the MRCA to the MMRCA and led to the entry of the Super hornet, Typhoon and Rafale with the Gripen C/D making way for the Gripen-E/F. <br /><br />Why did this change? For two simple reasons-India would be able to buy more advanced systems with its greater buying capacity. And most importantly, the threat perceptions had changed. Until about 2001, India had superiority in BVR capacity and near uniformity in numbers with the Chinese in Tibet.Now that situation has reversed completely. And the US resumed armssales to Pakistan in 2005 giving them real BVR capability and they also upgraded the status of the JF-17 programme. In other words, the IAF needed a platform capable of enhanced air superiority to take on the J-10, J-11 and F-16 Block 52. Do the math.Justin P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15185950560111369781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6365979109096059381.post-71174201032964589682012-01-04T01:53:28.836+01:002012-01-04T01:53:28.836+01:00A third option might be that the M-MRCA will re-op...A third option might be that the M-MRCA will re-open and more economical options might be weighed in. <br /><br />Honestly, I don't understand what the Indian officials are doing. The M-MRCA was initiated in the first place due to the fact that the Tejas was delayed and was a huge uncertainty for the replacement of the MiG-21 fighters. But instead of cutting the Tejas and making sure they got a better industrial package of the imported fighters, the still heavily delayed and underperforming Tejas, is lingering beside the M-MRCA deal doing no good at all. And the Tejas has lead to the fact that the M-MRCA has completely changed its demands and a replacement for the MiG-21's, the cheap, easy-to-use, single-engine fighter jet, can't be very much like the MiG-21, but instead a dual-engine highly advanced multi-roll fighter without the slightest regards to affordability or maintainability. It just doesn't make any sense on any level.Landerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241113561963433433noreply@blogger.com