Finally, Indian has cleared name of French fighter plane Rafale for 126 fighter plane acquisition. Process to buy 126 new multi role fighter planes for Indian Air force was continuing behind the scene from last few years. There were many countries in this race to sell fighter planes to India because of large value of this deal and as per many estimates; this will be biggest deal in weapon industry so far. This deal is expected to cost India $12 to $15 billion. India chose France for this deal rejecting proposals from countries like USA and Russia. Rafale fighter planes are manufactured by French firm Dassault. Though, Indian government is still to sign official documents for the purchase of these planes which we can expect in near future. This deal is a great disappointment for major weapon partner of India Russia which was selling its new fighter plane MiG 35 to India. One of reason of success of Rafale against other bidder like Eurofighter is its much cheaper price and
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