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To: IndianChief

No, this almost certainly stems from the inherent inability of Indians to think ahead (as called out to me by my Indian brother-in-law and several other acquaintances). Dassault didn’t help when they submitted a bid that likely only consisted of the initial delivery cost of the fighters, rather than a full bid including estimated maintenance etc, but it fell to MoD to make sure of what they were getting, and MoD dropped the ball.


5 posted on 02/16/2015 4:02:38 AM PST by Little Pig
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To: Little Pig

The ‘life-cycle cost estimations’ were entirely the purview of the Indian MOD so all the bidders would have had to have check identical/similar parameters for their bids to qualify. Its not like Dassault could have submitted data, which used different indicators when compared to Eurofighter.


11 posted on 02/18/2015 9:17:58 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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