Who knows, this could actually work. A French fighter that India can claim as their own. Doesn’t this situation sound somewhat familiar.
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The French are known to bribe foreign officials wrt arms procurement. They'll just bribe the corrupt indians to get things going
That's kind of the problem: Indian officials tend to expect bribes, and the French are all too happy to offer them.
Inevitably, such a dynamic cultivates a dysfunctional environment where the powers that be are more interested in collecting rents than achieving milestones.
Not sure if a Franco-Indian fighter JV will go as poorly as the Sukhoi/HAL FGFA shitshow, but history does tend to repeat itself!
If by some miracle it materialises, that's all they'll get: a stealth fighter and nothing else other than being locked in the French ecosystem for decades. No TOT/no experience building a stealth fighter since there's literally nothing india can offer other than money and their aviation industry is set back yet again.That's kind of the problem: Indian officials tend to expect bribes, and the French are all too happy to offer them.
Inevitably, such a dynamic cultivates a dysfunctional environment where the powers that be are more interested in collecting rents than achieving milestones.
Not sure if a Franco-Indian fighter JV will go as poorly as the Sukhoi/HAL FGFA shitshow, but history does tend to repeat itself!
The French will probably make them do less technical stuff to stroke their egos and make them feel they're doing something lol. Even then I'm still not sure. I mean they literally had to send their models to Russia to get it tested because they don't have a wind tunnel lmao
If such a Franco-Indian project somehow materializes, the Indians will want more ToT than what the French will be prepared to provide, as well as demand more work share than what the Indian aviation industry will be prepared to handle.
Considering history, specifically the Sukhoi/HAL FGFA fiasco and what that yielded, not feeling quite as optimistic as you.
However, let's first see if the Indians even join the FCAS program or some evolution of it to begin with!
The French bribe the Indians to buy their weapons. Then they get compensated by intels to the Chinese
I think that's what happened with Taiwan procurement of their frigates, anyway.
Wow they just received their engines in march. I don't know if they have a bunch of airframe ready just waiting for them.
Just wonder how many LCA can HAL delivers in 2025 after receiving all the engines. 99 engines may take a few years to consume for sure.