Reply: Refer to the following earlier and current publications by IDSA faculty on the issue:
Rafale MMRCA Deal: Last Minute Glitches?
By Vivek Kapur, August 30, 2012, at
http://idsa.in/idsacomments/RafaleMMRCADealLastMinuteGlitches_vkapur_300812
Transformation of the Indian Air Force over the Next Decade (Issue Brief)
By Vivek Kapur, June 13, 2012, at http://idsa.in/system/files/IB_TransformationoftheIAF.pdf
Major Issues of Immediate Concern for the Indian Air Force
By Vivek Kapur, June 11, 2012, at
http://idsa.in/idsacomments/MajorIssuesofImmediateConcernfortheIndianAirForce_VivekKapur_110612
The Rafale: An Opportunity Towards Indigenous Aircraft Design And Manufacture
By Vivek Kapur, February 17, 2012, at
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/TheRafaleAnOpportunityTowardsIndigenousAircraftDesignAndManufacture_VivekKapur_160112
MMRCA: Counter Point,
By Ramesh Phadke, February 13, 2012, at
http://idsa.in/idsacomments/MMRCACounterPoint_rphadke_130212
The air force gets its ideal platform
By Ajey Lele, February 11, 2012, at
http://dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51038-the-air-force-gets-its-ideal-platform.html
Rafale Wins the MMRCA Competition
By Ramesh Phadke, February 6, 2012, at
http://idsa.in/idsacomments/RafaleWinstheMMRCACompetition_rphadke_060212
Dogfight: India’s MMRCA Decision (Book review)
By Ramesh Phadke, February 7, 2011, at
http://idsa.in/bookreview/DogfightIndiasMMRCADecision_rphadke_070211
MMRCA: A difficult choice for the IAF
By Ramesh Phadke, May 19, 2010, at
http://idsa.in/idsacomments/MMRCAAdifficultchoicefortheIAF_rphadke_190510
Rafale: the doomed French bird
By Guillem Monsonis, May 14, 2009, at
http://idsa.in/idsastrategiccomments/RafalethedoomedFrenchbird_GMonsonis_140509
Rafale MMRCA Deal: Last Minute Glitches?
The Rafale deal is especially important as it is IAF’s best bet to stem and even reverse the recent and continuous fall in the combat aircraft squadrons fielded.