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Sardaukar20 said:

Lol! "The most successful" 4.5 gen in the world? How actual many air to air kills have the Rafales scored in actual combat? Last I checked, it was still zero. The last time the Rafale fought in a proper air to air combat, it was a one-sided defeat. The best combat record for the Rafale is by the French Air Force bombarding third-world militaries in Libya and Syria.

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Plane is national instrument and a product.

As national instrument, it does everything France wants; shooting down things is only relevant when there's such need.

And as product, it is on a straight path to gather 2x national orders from abroad(when indian order will materialize).
This not just subsidized french air force to have force structure it couldn't hope to afford on its own("replacement" discounted deals), it also effectively paid for next gen fighter(which is why France can afford to effectively give middle finger to Germany now).

How indians got shot down is ultimately their own problem here. It would be a problem if they'd cancel the orders. But they only doubled down, so who cares.