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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Rafale is fine, but it's time Tejas enters MiG-21 hangar

MiG-21 FishbedKudos to the government for selecting a fighter aircraft for a depleted Indian Air Force, which currently fields barely 34 fighter squadrons (21 aircraft per squadron) against an assessed requirement of 45.

While zeroing in on the French Rafale, New Delhi has said 'no thanks' to arms supply heavyweights whose political and technological clout often bludgeons procurement decisions in their favour.

This was helped, admittedly, by India's ability to soothe the losers with alternative largesse -- Washington with contracts for transport and maritime aircraft; Moscow with deals for helicopters, fighters and warships; London with trainer jets; and Stockholm with the hope of mammoth deals for artillery guns and conventional submarines.

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