Re: India rejects F-16, FA-18.its between Rafale vs Euro fighter Typhoon $10 billion
@ hanibal: Bhai we are way way behind in cutting edge military technology. it is not about brains, it is about institution building and getting the funding together. west has perfected it, in fact there are 4-5 countries only who can build those kind of planes. america is generations ahead of any country in the world. the type of plane america is retiring today, rest of the world is still doing research to build them.
While few countries are working on their 5th gen fighters, rest of the world is still struggling to make their first jet engine.
BTW it is not normal toy india is buying. its the shyt.
We never invested in our local defense industry to make it self sustainable, other countries sell it to others and make money.
if this is the mentality then i am not going to argue… continue buying toys which are going to be expired in 3/4 years when new version of those toys will be introduced…