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Officially India says the planes just cost too much. Unofficially, no one wants to do business with a partner that breaks contracts due to outside (US/NATO) pressure.
We warned that India was getting nervous about France’s lack of honor, and sure enough, the Mistral debacle has come home to bite Hollande in the ass.
This is a major loss for France, and Hollande, and the French military industry…and the people employed by within this industry. Blowback for being a US poodle…OUI!
Sputnik News Agency reports….
The reason is the announced high cost of the overall project, according to the country’s online newspaper Business Standard.
The global tender for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) was the first time the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) had awarded a contract based on life cycle costing (LCC). This meant the winner of the tender would not be the fighter with the cheapest purchase price; instead the chosen fighter would be the one that was the cheapest to buy, fly, maintain and overhaul over its 30-40 year service life.
As per the original tender, eighteen of the 126 planes were supposed to be purchased directly from Dassault, while Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was due to manufacture the other 108 under license at a to-be-built facility in the city of Bangalore.
Dassault Aviation has refused to take full responsibility for these 108 fighters to be manufactured in India, which automatically increased the overall cost of the whole project.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has recently said that Sukhoi-30 MKI fighters, which had been built by Hindustan Aeronautics at its Nashik plant, could be substituted for them, according to the website IndiaSpend.
The Sukhoi-30 MKI is currently India’s most advanced fighter and forms the backbone of its air force. It’s also half the current cost of a Rafale.
The Indian Air Force first signed a deal with the Russian government to purchase eight air defense Su-30K and 32 multi-role Su-30 MK aircraft in 1996. IAF bought an additional 10 Su-30 MKs in December 1998.
References:
http://sputniknews.com/world/20150216/1018326220.html
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