your private message to me said that you’d promise to stop making ‘educated’ guesses if the F-16 or Gripen weren’t selected. Why the change of heart now?

Consider them naive gussess from now on 😉

Mr Quadbike, I think that you were saying that you were going to do some rather serious things (sell your house and the like) if the Gripen or an American jet wasn’t selected for the shortlist of the MRCA.

Maybe its time for you to step up ?:diablo::D

Gripen not shortlisted

Ah Kindly point to the post where I said it. I don’t remember what I said I would do. Will be happy to oblige.

May be but unlikely that any of them will ask for compensation.

1. Russians want other big ticket deals they won’t.

2. Boeing looking to sell C 17s , Chinooks, Appaches and more P8 Is

3. Lockheed wanting to sell More C 130Js.

4. SAAB coastal survilance, chamo and other stuff.

So they won’t want to upset the MoD/IAF Its a buyers market take it on the chin and move on.

In India such reports are normal all the time and have the secret blessings of a military which wants more funding and faster procurement, like in all countries one needs to find enemies or invent them to justify an increased military budget.

Making spares surely can’t be called that can it ?

May well be the case but the fact that IAF is suffering from poor Russian after sales support and spares is well documented.

That will depend on how the Russians react. If they see the point and sort it out then all would be fine, if they take punitive measures it could get worse.

Something that could derail Indo-Russian co-operation in the long term.

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