I won't give an iota of credibility to this plan till the US offers the AMRAAM,JASSM/SLAM-ER,APG-80 radar & okays the sale of the Israeli Arrow ATBM to India,with maximum security against sanctions.Till then........
PS-the Indian press goes gaga whenever the US makes even a routine announcement over something like this.They are not bothered about what is being offered as long as it is the sexy "F sounding fighters"!!!
It all goes very well with the 20 mil to the Palistinians..
Yowzaaah.
I dunno. We need to make some cash there, and we need to cement some "relationships".
I don't see how the F-16 variant in question is that big of an issue. Unless, we incrementally upsell the capabilities ala Spy Vs Spy, to maximize our $$$.