450 aircrafts of IAF(Rafale class)

Indian Airforce(IAF) has decided to procure 450 fighter jets for its north and west frontiers which includes 36 Rafale fighter jets,200 variants of LCA Tejas,114 multi role fighter jets-Rafale from Dassault aviation and 100 5.5 AMCA Stealth fighters.
IAF Chief's' Rafale class' contradicts the statement of Chief of Defence Staff which stated the the IAF will replace the 114 MMRCA will be replaced with different variants of LCA Tejas.
Dassault also confirmed ,Rafale is the front runner in the competition and IAF is not willing to replace it with locally developed platforms.
This all proves that the present economic situation have not dented the plan for procuring 114 Rafale fighter jets under the Make in India initiative.

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