You should buy a French Rafale; newer design, RCS reduction measures included, better radar (eventually AESA), a plane that will be around for a long time..... If you decide to light a nuke in the future, or go to war with Pakistan for the same old reasons, you know you’ll get parts and support from the French. The French make a decent product that is NATO compatible. Most importantly the French are within the West bottom feeders. They are the ones most willing to make any deal with anyone for a buck. Libya, China, Iraq....... With the French as long as you can pay, they will deliver. Your Mirage 2000 purchase years ago is proof of that. A Rafale is no SH, but it’s better than a MIG29.
“You should buy a French Rafale; newer design, RCS reduction measures included, better radar (eventually AESA), a plane that will be around for a long time”
I highly doubt the Rafale will be around for a long time with anyone but the French themsselves. In fact the JSF may well be the death knell for the Rafale.
Regarding AESA well, I would think the Russians could make just as good AESA radars as the french going forward.
When we talk of NATO compatibility, isnt it more relevant for India’s fighters to be compatible with its own fleet of Su-30s?
Sure they will. Just ask Israel.