India May Buy Only Half of Planned French Rafale Fighter Jets

PARIS (Sputnik) — India is discussing with Paris the possible purchase of 63 French Rafale fighter jets instead of the 126 it originally announced it would buy, Le Monde newspaper reported Friday.

“Negotiations continued all night and resumed in the morning,” the newspaper quoted a source with knowledge of the talks as saying.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20150410/1020703066.html

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With respect to the broader Asia Pacific, an assertive Indonesia could pave the way for a clash with China, especially on Beijing’s policies in the South China Sea. The Indonesian Armed Forces, for example, have made strident tones about the sovereignty of the Natuna Islands, which appear to fall within China’s nine-dash line, and would like to see a more significant defense presence there. Might an emphasis on maritime power and security embolden the Indonesian military to take provocative actions in defense of the Natunas or even against Chinese fishing vessels that travel through Indonesian waters? It’s possible down the line, though for now, Indonesia will likely underplay any differences with Beijing, as it still looks to China as a source of foreign direct investment to upgrade its decaying infrastructure and jump-start economic development in the eastern part of the country.

The downside, of course, is that a beefed-up Indonesian Navy and its new Coast Guard could threaten regional stability. While the foreign policy of the previous administration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was often criticized as toothless and lacking coherence and direction, with its oft-quoted maxim of “a thousand friends, zero enemy,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s foreign policy seems, so far, to be overly nationalistic. This could trigger alarm bells and handwringing in Southeast Asian capitals about whether the global maritime axis signals a shift toward a more confrontational and aggressive foreign policy posture.

How others think and respond to the policy does matter, and knowing these things is important. Such information would ensure that Jakarta isn’t caught off guard by negative responses or countermeasures, or that it’s not used and abused by outsiders. Lastly, it would help Joko administration officials to figure out how to tailor the global maritime axis to extant regional and international conditions.

Brad Nelson is president and cofounder of the Center for World Conflict and Peace, a US-based research organization

Yohanes Sulaiman is a lecturer at the Indonesia Defense University

MRCA: India Set To Sign For Rafales

Marhalim Abas
April 11, 2015

SHAH ALAM: After three years of negotiations India looked set to sign for the Dassault Rafale. At the moment, the deal is for 36 aircraft (much lower than reported previously) and reports suggest that the deal is worth some US$7.5 billion or RM27 billion.

This translate to US$208 million or RM762 million per plane! The 36 aircraft order is reportedly separate from the 108 plane buy which remains under negotiations.

Analysis

Will this deal have any effect on Malaysia’s own search for the MRCA? Well according to industry sources, both the Indian and Egyptian deals are actually a bad thing for Dassault when it come to Malaysia. To fulfill both orders, Dassault is not expected to be able to deliver the aircraft to other buyers especially Malaysia within the next two years. And there is also the chance that the UAE and Qatar will also signed for the Rafales.

The industry is expecting if the MRCA got the nod within the next 12 months or so, the selected manufacturer will need to deliver the aircraft within 24 months or so.

With the Indian and Egyptian deals (and UAE/Qatar too), the Rafale production line which produces around 1 aircraft a month will be hard pressed to meet the Malaysian deadline. Yes they could ramp up their production to meet the demand (to 2.5 aircraft per month) but it will be very tight especially if we only have a budget for 12 aircraft or so.

No this is not just my imagination. Reuters is reporting that “Analysts say Dassault’s Rafale deal with Egypt in February may have helped break the logjam in negotiations with other customers since they are now on notice that if they want to have the Rafale they may have to wait for it.”

As it is, only Eurofighter and Boeing are expected to be capable of meeting the 24-month deadline for RMAF as they could divert aircraft already in production for other customers unlike Dassault. Indeed if the Typhoon was selected, RMAF could be flying Tranche 1 examples within weeks of the contract signing, complete with missiles and what not, courtesy of the RAF.

The cost of the Typhoon is expected to be nearer to the Rafale compared to the Super Hornet though.

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http://snafu-solomon.blogspot.com/2015/04/...e-tank.html?m=1

since our sea wolf and sea skua is expiring soon..any idea what are we replacing them with?

I expecting sea wolf replace by camm and sea skua replace by sea venom.

Hmm..i see..any idea about the exocet in our inventory?are they reaching their expiry date soon?

In the future if theres a need to
Can we support nsm on our lekius/ngpv/kasturis? Or do we have to upgrade fcs first

All block 2 still have quite a long shelves life.
Should not be a problem.

Kedah should not be a problem since it was in modular format but it was still a long way toward its midlife upgrade.
lekius depend on mid life upgrade budget.
kasturi I doubt it will have another round of major upgrade.
iinm dsme propose ship with nsm system as well.

Razhar ni sape bro?? Mcm penah tgk nama ni.... masuk2 sini terus bash aku....padahal aku tak kenal pun.

aiyaaa...tada kenal kaaa....

x pe..sila order ni...munkin lepas ambik..ingatan lu akan kuat..kihkih...boleh la bwk sub mcm bwk pugot tu..wakakaka...

drebar sub hati tisu tul..kena jentik sikittttttttt je..terus cap kena bash....