India Rafale (again)

[mroz]

sorry for the double up, but this might be the more apporpriate place to post. As noted in "general" India's picked the Rafale. Cheapest bid decision apparently

www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10782757

time will tell, time will tell....

[adzze]

The Indian govt has since ruled out a review of the Rafale purchase with respect to the Typhoon contender, so it looks like Champagne corks for Dassault and France:

articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-10/india/31045422_1_rafale-mmrca-complex-project

The Indian MoD are claiming that the Typhoon's whole of life cost would have been up to 25% greater than the Rafale.