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India Turns Down American Fighter Jets, Buys From France

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-want-our-freedom-jets dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While America had offered the F-16, F-18 and now the stealth F-35 fighter, India picked for its new multi-role attack jet a low cost, older French plane. Why? For one, it's cheaper, and two, if American/Indian relations go bad, can they get the parts and equipment to keep the planes in the air? It seems prudence beat out the latest in technology."

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  1. French plane has a special feature by TheGreatOrangePeel · · Score: 0, Troll

    I guess the brass in India really liked France's drapeau blanc auto-recall originally conceived in early September of 1939.

  2. Re:french military victories by MrMarket · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who knew the surrender button was such a desirable feature?

  3. Re:Many versus Awesome by Bill+Currie · · Score: 0, Troll

    And that too, is true, until you realize that the true purpose of war is to run a scythe through the popluation, preferably before they can breed.

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    Bill - aka taniwha
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    Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak

  4. Re:Many versus Awesome by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 0, Troll

    I see your tanks, and I raise you one little boy and one fat man.

    Rules for war are for losers. Win and write your own history.

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  5. Re:Rafale F16 by Chrisq · · Score: 0, Troll

    The US is willing to invest heavily in upgrading old avionics while keeping the source for all the software. Would you buy a piece of military hardware knowing that the aging paranoid warcrazy manufacturer may have retained the ability to disable all those planes with the flip of a switch?

    That's true. All you need is one Muslim in the US air-force to put his duty religion first and all your planes are disabled while Pakistan attacks.