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[Yasser76]

Russians are generally fine with India's tech transfer and industrial demands because Moscow really does depend on the cash for R&D and could scale even if India produces its own orders. That's how they've both operated since the 1970s, and it has largely worked out. And, from what I can gauge, it seems India's SOEs like HAL etc know how to collaborate with the Russians and are, in terms of absorbing the technology and localizing it, pretty adept at it.

The French (and Europeans generally) likely get antsy about India's industrial demands because of their own labor markets. I mean, between large-scale Indian immigration and offshoring to India, having to also have your fighters and national champions built by India has got to be grating. To India's credit, they've chipped away a lot of the hesitation, but I guess there are a few major sticking points that the French aren't going to relent on.

Agreed, and the longer negotiations drag on and the more Dassault develops it's own 6th gen and the older the Rafale becomes, I expect France may agree to more terms. If India does make the plane in India, you will see 4th Gen planes rolling off the production line 10 years from now. Europe, US and China will be rolling out 6th gen planes. A full 2 generations ahead.

Nothing to lose sleep over when PAF may well be fielding several J-35 sqds and probably looking at 6th gen options too