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“Those who are claiming such numbers, I think they are misinformed and probably not aware of the facts that are known to us in the Indian Air Force.Government officials insist that 74 per cent of the offsets will be exported, earning 3 billion euros for the country in the next seven years. Perhaps only Mr Modi, national security adviser Ajit Doval and Anil Ambani knew. So take 1,053 million euros out and you have the comparable cost, which means it is 7. But more important than that is that Air Marshal Nambiar was imputing, wittingly or unwittingly, that the previous price fixed was substantially inflated.1 billion euros.13 billion (@1 euro=$1. The Rafale is a top class fourth-generation fighter. The fact is that the Swedish Gripfen has now been integrated with the Meteor and open sources indicate the IAF too is contemplating integrating the SU-30MKI and the Meteor.”
The Rafale was aluminum platform ladder manufacturers chosen after a gruelling process to pick a fighter out of six contenders for the original 126 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement. But we recently saw that tradition breached when two senior Indian Air Force officers spoke to television channels about the ongoing contretemps over the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from France’s Dassault Aviation. (stylised as RCom), just defaulted on a major foreign loan and its future ability to fulfil its Rafale offsets commitment should now be in doubt. Yet Reliance Defence is gung-ho about fulfilling its Rafale-related obligations. But it nevertheless was a well-crafted statement and he kept within the folds of the envelope those in uniform are required to be within. According to the manufacturer, in a head-on engagement, the Meteor provides a no-escape zone three times greater than a conventionally-powered missile.
