Tag: #RafaleScam

#RafaleScam: Fallout on MMRCA 2.0
Manufacturers concerned over implications of Rafale revelations

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One representative of an MMRCA 2.0 competitor said, “The process is so elaborate, difficult and expensive. If you’re permitting cheating, at least have the decency to not make the rest of us work so hard.” “Just the thought of it being tailored to one of the contestant would discredit the whole idea of a competitive bidding process,” said another.

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India’s VSHORAD program off flight path
Defence ministry faces problematic result after 20 years of shopping around

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Even after two decades since the acquisition case, the Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) search has seen a system absent from trials and failing trials, being passed as technically compliant and ending up as, apparently, the cheapest. Also problematic is the difficulty its purchase could pose by provoking U.S. sanctions under their CAATSA.

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