Originally Posted by
Courtney Mil
Peter_WE, what subsequent calculations?
I am a great supporter of the Typhoon, eventually, and I used to be the desk officer at the Air Warfare Centre for Eurofighter, but I'm not sure how Rafale could be more expensive than Typhoon.
Some links/articles/proof would be useful to support a claim like that.
The prices increased because India was overoptimistic with relation to its manufacturing capabilities. IIRC, their government realized at the end that to build an advanced plane, they would need an extremely expensive overhaul of HAL and its contractors.
Which would have happened whether they would have built the Rafale or the more expensive Typhoon.