The long awaited announcement for eager enthusiasts on the selection of India's MRCA has indeed surprise myself and I am sure many others. Somehow with all the buzz in the media air it would seem for sure typhoon was to be the sure winner, though we know how lacking the type is when it comes to its multirole capabilities while the flyaway and hourly of cost of flights are exorbitantly prohibitive.
Dasault Rafale finally declared as India's MRCA winner, lifted the USD 10 billion trophy it so desprately deserved. This is what it may need to break away from no abroad sales curse of its most modern and capable fighter yet. Or was really a curse?
It always seemed that rafale was was chosen over it's bitter nemesis the typhoon and has always made it to the finals of many competitions, only always to be denied by f15 eagles "attach herewith" American political pressure. Korea and Singapore fighter aircraft competition has bear witness to this. Japan would have followed suit if the French did not wisely pulled out avoiding unnecessarily waste of their already limited resources.
It was the leaked Swiss report that finally put rafale in its deserving place, placing typhoon no where near it and Gripen no where at all. India's decision on Rafale firmly cemented its position as a lethal omnirole fighter with no possibility of sanction attached to it, that being the best weapon ever in this neo centric American world.
Some reports have concluded that India's selection has spark Brazil, UAE and even the Swiss to select Rafale for their next future fighters. This may leave the European conglomerates wishing they should have just let the French's concept lead them in the first place thus have broader base of market waiting for them. Of course their egos says otherwise.
In all true sincerity Malaysia and maybe Iran should follow India's suit and fly the Rafales.
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