Good for India... Good for France... Good for peace and security. Gordon D. Walker Canada

No wonder France is supporting the Indians on international forums. Who would not do that when someone pays you $9 billion for 36 jets. Could have got F-35 from the US with that sort of money

Expect it to fly across very soon.

@Gordon D. Walker, well said!

They are going purchase another 36 Fighters

@Waseem Sarwar, 9 billion dollar is not just for fighter jet.. it is for technology transfer too

After our elections the entire so called controversy fizzled out.

Its not just the machine; who is behind the machine matters too.

France is not responsible for replacement if Rafale Jet gets shot down? Such warranty is not included.

Congratulations, Indian Defence minister Mr. Rajnath Singh and Indian Air Force !

Well said. With that huge amount India could feed hungry soldiers & public craving for food

"Friendly fire" fighter.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Bring it on. Can't wait to have watch our $6 million JF-17 bring down your $250 million jet and also capture the pilot :-) Looks like you guys have not learned your lesson one bit

Hope this time they don’t taste “fantastic tea” after fall of one of these.

Very good for regional peace and stability

No other country is buying this piece of junk. Lots of kickbacks involved in this deal.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, expect the pilot to be returned to you pretty soon post flight

@Ghulam Haider, why r u buying fighter planes, submarines and frigates.

@Ghulam Haider, think about your ppl where inflation rate is around 12%.

Here we come!

@Waseem Sarwar, f35 would be 3.6 billion for 36 jets.....

@Ghulam Haider, "With that huge amount India could feed hungry soldiers & public craving for food" A totally Bankrupt nation, moving with a begging bowl around the world, doesn't know when the next meal will come from lecturing others on poverty.....

Great achievement for india..

@ROCKY, but it still is 9 Billion

@Kar, how is it an achievement did they design and build the Rafael airplane All the did was dish out the funds

@Waseem Sarwar, try and get it then.

Count down begins for its first crash.

@Syed Hafeez Imran, yeah ! Bigger than your bailout package.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, it will meet the same feat

@Ghulam Haider, you can feed your starving population by giving up the costly Kashmir stance!

@Ghulam Haider, So regional fight is feeding the western arm industry.

Great deal, it will tremendously help in tackling hunger or poverty.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, And more “fantastic tea” served

Rafale is a Game Changer in South Asia.

India had better buy some pilots too. Useless Indigenous will bring nothing but ignominy to the whole nation.

Good for Indian pilots..... safe flying....within your borders

@Waseem Sarwar, At least India can afford it

Who is going to sell them a heart to fight.

Good news for our South Asian countries..

@Hassan Noor, 71 & 93k

@Hassan Noor, Wonderfully said.

@Waqas, sour grapes

@Ghulam Haider, Well India feeds everyone well, don't you worry.

@Syed Hafeez Imran, India can afford. Pakistan can only dream

Just don't let Abhinandan fly these.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, and expect it to be shot down very soon

All the jets, nuclear, weapons and forces are zero if the natural disasters strike. Why not work on poverty and morality? Being big and bigger have no meaning.

@Dr? Vikas Jamwal, Expect soon all 36 dysfunctional apartheid bharati Rafale flying coffins to crash-and-burn, and Shot Down.

@Tamilselvan, Well said. Rafael scam was just an election gimmick by Congress.

@bhaRAT©, Yes.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Abhinandan wants another cup of tea by loosing another plane.

Rafale jets are useless when you have abhinandhan like pilots

Tea will still be served hot be it Raffaele or Mig Bison.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, And shot down by Pakistan Airforce,

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, what are you going to do, destroy a few trees and run with your tail between your legs. Our f17 thunder crossed over, bombed a few Indian army depots and downed two of your jets. I doubt your government would risk a Rafael being shot down.

@Ghulam Haider, There are no more hungry people in India.Govt gives 1kg rice for ₹1for the needy people!!

@Waseem Sarwar, That is beyond your thinking, It includes weapons go with the fighter plane and more important technology transfer as well.

@Seedoo, You'll have to use a large number of JF-17s to have shot at Rafale.

@bhaRAT©, What else you can say?

India should get assistance from Pakistani pilots as they already trained the Qatris for flying the RAfale.

Watch out, ONE French aircraft fighter was delivered. ONE.

@M. Emad, I see you are everywhere including YouTube spewing hate against Pakistan and favoring India. I know you are a hate filled Bengali from Bangladesh. You are not welcome on any of the Pakistani forums if you hate Pakistan so much. All other beautiful Bangladeshis are welcome. Shame on you!

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Expect it to be shot down very soon too.

@Waseem Sarwar, US have crappy quality jets as compared to France for the same price range.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, result would be the same :-) 27 February 2019

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, planes don’t fly themselves! Need fighters for that not chiawala

@JustSaying, please compare which country have more poor, India or Pakistan . It's india. So don't lecture here. Period !

@Roshan, no they don't man, don't deny reality just for a cheap shot. this isnt the 60s anymore, all info is out there and visible. India hasnt resolved its caste crisis yet, how could it stand up for human rights and modernity. spend 5 min at a BJP or RSS rally or event, its out in the open. they'll say openly yeah that caste better not touch me, but otherwise this issue has been resolved. what?

@RationalBabu , the same applies to you.

@Alih, Pakistan returned pilot fearing big war. World know how peace lover Pakistan is.

@Waseem Sarwar, weapon systems in f35 are no match for those in rafale. we are smart in making choices

Wastage of resources in a poverty ridden country. Please spend this money for basic needs of common man - for building schools, hospitals and supplying water let alone clean water.

Somebody tell modi to Get 36 French pilots too!

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, 27th Feb 2019 Doctor Saheb ? I think you are the one who listens (and believes) in what Indian Media says.

Fourth generation plane, the Chinese already use fifth generation stealth planes. Pakistan can counter if they get JF-17 block 3 in large numbers or FC-31 from China.

@Gordon D. Walker, 'Good for peace and security', Not in the hands of BJP.

Another 36 for downing by PAF.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, and expect it to be shot down too with a nice cup of tea!

@Pure ind, '@Hassan Noor, 71 & 93k' Azad Kashmir and 27th February 2019.

India keeps all the permanent members of the UN security council on its side by buying military hardware from them and Kashmiris wonder why no one hears them.

Waste of money when you don't have skilled pilots to fly.

French junk for extortionate prices. Somebody got paid.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, expect another beating and cup of tea.

@ROCKY, Expect it to go down in flames.

@Zahid , How is it well said. The only country that has tried aggression using its airforce (and failed miserably) is India.

@ROCKY, American jets still would have been better.

@Ghulam Haider, India do things they have to do. Stop finding fault of everything India does.

@SKDS, recent evidence suggests otherwise ;-)

Toilets or Rafale.

@RationalBabu , you should feed your soldiers.

Long live India

@Boby, but where will you buy skilled pilots from?

This machine has yet to prove its worth in a competition.

@Gaz, certainly not the one who gave you in 1971.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Expect it to be shot down very soon too

Then expect it to be shot down very soon too.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, certainly they wont be going back, ask abi nandan

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, expect more cup of teas to be made!

Could have gotten 100 US made 5th generation F-35 for this price. Extremely expensive, $250 Million for one fighter jet. Only France uses these Rafale fighter jets, this should tell you something about its credibility. US made F-series jets are top of the line, which Pakistan has, and almost all developed as well as some developing countries, whom are close US allies, including Pakistan, have. F-16 is more agile, more flexible and more maneuverable then these French Rafale jets.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, we are waiting

We are waiting to cross the line of control.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal: Expect to be shot down pretty Soon too, Tea is Fantastic.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, it can fly across but won't be coming back.

It costs roughly $100 million, while its operational cost is $16,500 for every flight-hour. The Saab JAS Gripen, in comparison, costs only $4,700 per flight-hour to operate. The most expensive option with little advantage.

Please give them a good pilot as well :)

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, more target practice for PAF pilots

Shameful to spend billions, come on Indian family built you own plane, undo the plane and learn from it don't just buy the plane and so call transfer technology they will only transfer which they want you to do, until they have billion in trade ties no country will transfer full technology. Don't use these plane to attack Pakistan because they will be shot down the two MIGs. When will we two brother get together and make planes together rather than depending on China or Western Powers. We are so powerful together no wonder RSS keeps us separate because they will become irrelevant.

We will again shoot them with our JF Thunders !

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Try again and we will catch Abhinandans again . But this time we will not release them !

@bhaRAT©, Exactly , the cowards !

New ride for someone who is coming to taste the fantastic tea.

I hope they find better pilots too!

If you can't fly them, outsource it to PAF.

@bhaRAT©, why are you worried

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, in that case expect them to be shot down equally soon.

@Jamil Soomro, New York City, You will see what is shot down.

@Ghulam Haider, Do not worry about that, sir.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, and be shot down

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Dare fly over China and see faster cash burn? Why are you afraid?

@Waseem Sarwar, Still you have not learnt a lesson about U.S.A ? It's a cunning fox. They will dictate you to do so many things in return. Also they will black mail you for parts as they have done before. They would want have a military base in your country to check your all season friend China. Also because of that they may capture your country in 24 hour. Think about all these before you wish a copy cat action.

@SKDS, US airplanes are all battle tested

@M. Emad, Money goes puff!

@Gaur, Bigger than your Hungry H-1B queues.

@Sam, Don't worry about it. Please leave it up to us.

@Seedoo, why are you so much worried!?.

@Waseem Sarwar, who is stopping Pak to buy from France? But will France sell to Pak is a big question

@Waqas, How much you got in your pocket

That tips balance. France should impose restrictions on India to use it only for defensive purposes and not to cross border in Pakistan in accordance with F16 accord.

Greatgoingindia noone will dare to touch u now.

@Sarim, it only saw action in Libya. Where there was no other jet in sky. Looks like trainer jet with canopy is size of half of aircraft.

Good job India--keep buying more, lots more of these jets. Need 100 more at least.

Sad to say but the PAF's edge with upgrade F16s just got neuted. And, the Rafale's technology, systems and long range missiles will overwhelm the JF-17. Check the fact before making asinine comments. PAF strategy/tactics have always evolved and no doubt will continue to do so.

great; some new planes for us to hone our targeting skills, so far we have done well.

@Gordon D. Walker, Undoubtedly "good for France" but whose "peace", whose "security"?

@Ghulam Haider, we must not live in dark, and don't just believe what's written on newspapers.. For record, India's soldier's pay is higher than pay of our officer.. We can't lecture them about how they can manage their poverty..

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, and down very soon

They have multi million dollar jets which Pakistan will bring down with Pakistani or chinese missiles which cost a 100k or less.

@JustSaying, says the only nation the world to be ruled for a 1000 years. No wonder modi is so proud belonging to a slave nation

Fly Rafale across the LOC get shot down have a cup of tea admit your stupidity and return via Wagah border.

@Jamil Soomro, New York City, warranty dosen't assure safety. In 71 7th fleet support waranty was there. But result is known. Good luck.

@WHYNOT©, keep dreaming !!!

@Gaz, Maybe the 93,000 POW's would be good start.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, try it and they will not return back to india

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, fly across ... and be shot down.

More for PAF target practice

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, we will have 36 cups of some Good Tea ready for you.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, You know very well what the result will be!

Use this money to bring tolerance in India.

Hope the French tested the bail out feature well.

No doubt technology matters but when it comes to flying a fighter jet, pilot skills are equally important. and we all know how good are Indian pilots on that.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, then expect it to be shot down and this time your boy ain't coming back after a cuppa

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, and will bring them down

So much waste of money in this world on weapons based on mutual fear and the greed to control the world.

@ROCKY, doesn't matter, the Indian pilots are poorly trained.

Please hire new pilots too... Do not spoil the manufacturing company's profits by losing in the battle.

@Ghulam Haider, first practice what you preach

@Alih, grapes are sour

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Bro we are ready and waiting with itchy fingers to return them in ashes. Do I remember one Abhinandan who fell out of the sky not too long ago. Let's see what you are made of.

So the “made in India” mantra came crashing down. I wonder where the Indians will buy the courage and determination that their pilots lack in general.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, and get shot down by Pak Air Force F16 again? *chuckle*

@Bharat Jha, India inflation around 3 forex reserves over usd430 billion 9 billion spent to Rafale is peanuts Now compare that with Pak

Here we go.. Toilets problem solved...People can be flied towards open fields in no time

@Gordon D. Walker, Do they ship it with good pilots?

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Flying is easy, Fighting is hard. Do rafael comes with good pilot?

@Syed Hafeez Imran, Its our tax payers money, so don't bother whether we pay 3.6 billion on 9 billion USD. We can give you some charity, if you want so...

If we live in peace both countries can spent this money on development and advancement. But what to do eventually we will end up fighting and winners will be western countries who ruled us and divided.

@Sarim, at least we accept our pilot, what about other pilot ?

Insurance is mandatory for these machines!

@bhaRAT©, Never doubt the capabilities of IAF pilots. They are as good as they come.

@Ghulam Haider, BTW, India feeds its soldiers well. They get subsidized accommodation, free rations and canteen facilities where everything is subsidized. This is in addition to healthcare, special schools for their children and other perks. They are also paid well. Otherwise, everybody who puts in a decent day's work in India can feed himself or herself.

@Javed Akram pakistan, Yes we can afford. Will give you once they become old.

@Zia, India never buys defence equipment that comes with conditions.

At last India has got some better planes, now they have to look for better pilots.

@Kar, You wish!

@Amir Khan, one swallow does not make summer. remember this.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, and get shot down

@Atif Khan, 370 was fantastic

Very expensive toy.

It comes with power staring and power windows

@Ghulam Haider, Certain things can be done in parallel, you don't have to wait for one to begin the next.

A sheer waste of vital resources which could have been used to feed a vast population of hungry living in extreme poverty in India. As per UNDP & multidimensional poverty reports of 2018, India has 346 million people living under poverty line, including 70.6 million living in extreme poverty. With high population growth rate and economy not growing at the same pace wherein Indian population will reach 1.5 billion in 2026, requiring 20 million more jobs too feed them is not a very happy situation. While existing poor health care facilities and lack of access to financial resources and ever increasing cost basic commodities will further add up to poverty of its people. Under this bleak future economic backdrop, it is mind boggling to see $9 billions being recklessly spent to bolster and upgrade a war machine instead of feeding swarms of these poor population who are in need and are forced to survive with their large families on just $1 a day income in today’s India.

@Dr Vikas Jamwal, Yeah , no guarantee on returning the pilot this time

@Gordon D. Walker, Good for killing trees

@Zak, So celebrate.

@Amin S Arab, It is not planes, it is the US.

@Vishal, Knowing the past, France might require cash payment and no credit facility considering the past record.

@Rehman, What do most of the people do in Pakistan? I know the answer but I would like you to tell the truth.

@ROCKY There is no technology transfer. The price is only for jets. Please recheck the facts. I wonder how missed such an important information.