New Delhi: India's air force capability will go down if it does not acquire French fighter jet Rafale by 2017 said the Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday during a press conference.
The concern was expressed in the wake of delay in signing the agreement to buy 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) for India for $20 billion. "If the MMRCA deal isn't signed, there will be a rapid decline in fighter aircraft numbers between 2017 and 2022. It is imperative that the deal is signed quickly," India Today quoted Browne.
India announced that it would buy Dassualt Aviation's Rafale fighter jet in January 2012. Since the announcement, the Chief of Air Staff was hopeful about the MMRCA programme receiving the official sanction by end of 2013. For the time, he has expressed his concern in a public forum, but did not mention a time-frame for signing the contract.
05/10/13 Bhargavi Kerur/IB Times
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The concern was expressed in the wake of delay in signing the agreement to buy 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) for India for $20 billion. "If the MMRCA deal isn't signed, there will be a rapid decline in fighter aircraft numbers between 2017 and 2022. It is imperative that the deal is signed quickly," India Today quoted Browne.
India announced that it would buy Dassualt Aviation's Rafale fighter jet in January 2012. Since the announcement, the Chief of Air Staff was hopeful about the MMRCA programme receiving the official sanction by end of 2013. For the time, he has expressed his concern in a public forum, but did not mention a time-frame for signing the contract.
05/10/13 Bhargavi Kerur/IB Times
