France for the win

[fatman]

Looks like the Rafale has won the fighter contract it fills me with joy to see it exported becuase im still bummed we went with the superhornet and not this, anyway next stop for it Brazil

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/dassa ... ces-171975

[Juha]

Good luck for the Indians. I think their jet-project with french will go as smoothly as this showpiece project about french engineering:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/busin ... wanted=all

It hasn't improved during the last years either.

[Pudfark]

Well?
Here's hoping that the Indie folks can afford the towbars.....

[fatman]

Ah nothing for the Indians to be worried aboot the Rafale is combat proven so there are no hidden surprises there, in fact their only nightmare is to win back the border-gavaskar trophy

[nicolas10]

Hahaha all this coming from people who come from the country which designed (porked) the F22, and who are stuck in the F35 mess.

Nic

[Juha]

"The first 18 aircraft will be bought off the shelf. The rest 108 will be built by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. through technology transfers."

This is the heart of the problem. They should've bought 'em all a little used (tested and tried).