India may refuse Rafale fighters for the sake of the Russian

The Indian Ministry of defense may waive the purchase of French Rafale fighters and buy them instead of Russian su-SMCI, informs on the last working day of the week magazine the New Economic Times.

Among the reasons that forced the Indian defence Ministry to think about the refusal to purchase Rafale, which won the tender in 2012, the magazine calls the increased cost of the contract, and the unwillingness of France to pass the Indian side technologies. In addition, the cost of Rafale have the ability to cause a reduction in the pay of Indian programs fighters Tejas and AMCA.

" You know the reluctance Dassault Aviations, the manufacturer of the Rafale, to guarantee the performance of aircraft manufactured under license from the Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), despite the initial request for proposal, which predusmatrivaet transfer of technology", says the analyst edition Bharat Karnad.

As underlined by the analyst, the su-30MKI is almost 2 times cheaper than the Rafale. For reviews of Canada, 12 billion dollars, which was initially planned to spend on the acquisition of multi-role fighters for the Indian air force, instead of 126 Rafale would be able to buy 255 modern fighter aircraft Tejas Indian and " Super Sukhoi - 30 and MiG-29K Russian production, but also reduce the cost of logistics, the training of pilots and maintenance, because the Firm HAL already produces su-30MKI under license.

Unfavorable background for a contract and creates a situation of supply 2 helicopter carrier type " Mistral ". 1st amphibious assault ship type " Mistral " ship " Vladivostok ", directed according to the Russian party invitation, had to be transferred to France for the Russian Navy on November 14, but the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande before decided to stop for some time, the supply of Russia " Vladivostok " because of the situation in Ukraine.


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