There ya go! The next big acquisition, Last time this happened in 2014? 2015, they went from 126 rafales initial request to....negotiate down to just 36. Wonder what will happen this time, 114 planes is tens of billions.
To be fair they havnt actually ordered in the hundreds yet, only like 7-8 are supposed to be inducted next year May, the order i think for the 1st batch was 40. Could be like the Army(arjun), IAF knows its not worth it? and dont order big? (See 114 tender request)
Most likely yep, agreed. Its gonna be like 5+ years away, esp if they are really/seriously asking for local production.
Hi,
The Gripen is around the minimum of the kind of fighter that India needs. The problem with using it as the design goal is that if the Mk2 falls short of this goal it's going to be another plane that India doesn't need but they're still committed to buying.
There are about 80 Tejas Mk1as on order, and around 100 more pending. I wouldn't put a whole lot of faith in these numbers, but they're what the Indian government wants the world to believe. It's possible that the IAF doesn't want these planes, but they don't get to call the shots. They're only getting a few this year, but that's more on HAL not being able to deliver.
Insert Metal Gear Solid Stealth suit/Nanomachines esp from mgs4 (Side note hopefully the new remake coming is good)
This feels more fitting for the Kashmir conflict thread, but lets say 40 fired we know about 8 hit. So only 20% hit for now
Yeah they are on order but yeah it doesnt mean much,
Different kinds of planes?
At this rate of technological development I am pretty sure they'll be the first ones to colonize and own all of the moon and Mars. RIP Chinese and American delusions of moon & Mars colonization. This will be the Bharati millennium and we'll all just be living in it.