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India does operate European, and Russian platforms till now. Adding American aircraft won't change things tremendously.
Russian - Migs, Su30
European - Harriers, Jaguar, Mirage
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India does operate European, and Russian platforms till now. Adding American aircraft won't change things tremendously.
Russian - Migs, Su30
European - Harriers, Jaguar, Mirage
60% --- India
40% --- Europe
India is in kind of dilemma ,for what to go and for what not to.
On one side they have Russia but Russia is not a big problem as they can be managed by 5th generation deal
Then it comes to Sweeden who is offering more TOT out of all competitors also is agreed to work with local companies ,and you can't get a better opportunity to develop your local industry
but then on the other side You have US who is really trying hard to sell their aircraft and india buy tilting towards US side and being in their corner if rejects that might effect other deals plus may have negative impact on diplomatic relationship.Also the most important factor for India is to have their foot in Afghanistan and they can't do so without uncle sam's help
The last but not the least EF-2000 which by far is technologically superior out of all the aircrafts and rejecting it would really be a bad news also when india already is operating british aircrafts and have years long cooperation in defence field will make it easy to maintain a british origin aircraft

We are not in a dilemma.. The MoD has made a clear statement that we already has a programme regarding the 5th gen and more than happy with that.
Regarding MRCA.. we are making the decision late as the fighters involved are not yet fully mature. For instance EF, Gripen- AESA. France - goodies and price, F-18, F-16 - ToT offers and maturity of F-16IN...
Mig-35 is not an option since we have Mig-29 which is similar and are undergoing upgrades.. and we dont need to have a tender to buy from Ruskies..
We have shifted from Russians in the field of transport aircrafts to better US ones and its been made clear that fighter jets decision is based on the ToT and intellectual capital involved..
The ball is in the court of US now.. we just need to sit back and relax till they come up with an offer we cant refuse.![]()