Congrats for French and Dasault. Does this mean India will use Rafale for their next gen carriers to ? Hope this thread not turn to another Rafale Vs Typhoon.

possible but unlikely.

single engined aircraft are usually avoided. delhi being a high pop density area with lots of bird activity near the airbase.

yup. the actual missile pod looks like a mock-up though.

Since we’re all awaiting the decision, there’s nothing else to do but idle speculation (unless someone has insider info and chooses to reveal everything here). Which includes such as “what if the Indians suddenly decided that the F-35 is awesome and they’d rather buy it”.
Besides, now that Duke Nukem Forever’s actually out, the internet can use a new running joke, even temporarily. At least it relieves that unbearable tension of waiting… and waiting… and waiting… and “have they decided yet ?”. Me, I’d rather the bloody thing was finished already. Whichever plane’s selected…

by now, I would rather they toss a coin and decide.

I still don’t get the ‘or’. you are also discounting dual carriage pylons.

ray, there is only one such pic AFAIK. static, not flying. people on BR had the same question and someone found this image a few months back.

2 weeks old article.