can someone explain to me why india paid 8.8 billion for 36 aircraft

Because like everything else from France you pay extra for it to be aged and smell like shit

logistic support and TT costs extra.

Also a bit of >>31964421 for good measure.

>>31964406
they want a plane that will work?

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>>31964406
Because it's better than the shit Fail-35 that doesn't work.
And its electronics are superior to the F-22
>>31964421
Success breeds jealousy.

>>31964478
They want a perfect plane

>>31964406
The jets themselves are only 3.42 billion euros (some sources say that number includes the inflation risk), the rest goes to funding India specific upgrades to the platform (1.7bEUR), fuck ton of new missiles, setting up logistics in two different bases to be able to handle up to 2x90 Rafales, etc. It's a package deal that is laying the groundwork for future MII Rafales, you can't just divide the total sum with 36 and expect to get a comparable number to just the plane number of another jet.

>>31964697
This.

>>31964697
You make much too much sense to post here, stop it.

>>31964697
This

>>31965370
Also this.

And on top of that, 250 million dollars/unit is what japan payed for its F-35s

>>31964697
what upgrades are they looking for? i know israeli hmd is one, but what else?

>>31964541
>Implying only being able to sell to India, Qatar, and Egypt is success