tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4368087267074495844..comments2024-03-29T05:44:18.835-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Dassault offers Rafale, stage set for MMRCA 2.0Broadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-15273880023450467472018-06-29T03:28:35.911-07:002018-06-29T03:28:35.911-07:00Poor IAF , all they wanted was a 100 mirage 2000 p...Poor IAF , all they wanted was a 100 mirage 2000 post kargil. Now this is a big mess.<br />A single engine fighter should be enough given PAF has no 2 engine fighters. Then we are procuring so many attack helicopters, rockets up to 90 km & stand off weapons.<br />IAF also needs to think of operating cost per hour. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73968920900610592862018-06-28T22:08:04.075-07:002018-06-28T22:08:04.075-07:00Aviation analysts wonder how the IAF will go about...<b>Aviation analysts wonder how the IAF will go about flight-testing six aircraft, when it had already announced in 2011, at the conclusion of the MMRCA testing process, that only two – the Rafale and Typhoon – met its requirements.</b><br />Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth -Arthur Conan Doyle<br />Therefore, Rafale is the only feasible choice; one that was made a long long time ago. What are these 'Aviation Analysts' thinking?! India will go through the entire downselect process and Dassault will allow a competitor to walk away with a humongous contract when both have already nailed down the T's & C's?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com