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		<title>44 facts about the MMRCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>StratPost</em> tweeted facts about the Indian Air Force (IAF) tender for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) and the participating aircraft last week. Here they are on a single page, for easy reference. And please feel free to add any more in the comments. They will be updated on this page.]]></description>
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		<title>Rafale wins MMRCA: The Cost</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stratpost.com/?p=5748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A cost escalation of 50 percent (INR 63,000 crore, in this case) or more, requires approval again from the Ministry of Finance, before the Defense Acquisitions Council (DAC) can proceed with it. With the cost of the tender for India safely ranging from INR 83,000 crore to 1,25,000 crore, the revision of the estimated expenditure on the MMRCA would require the approval of the finance ministry. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rafale wins MMRCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French Dassault fighter aircraft Rafale has been selected to be the Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) of the Indian Air Force (IAF). Dassault beat the four-nation consortium&#8217;s Eurofighter on price, with the fighter being identified as L1, or the lowest technically qualified bid. StratPost understands that Dassault has been issued a letter from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reality Check: US F-35 offer report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US offer of information on the F-35  to India in a report made to the country's Senate Armed Services Committee comes curiously on the eve of the opening of the commercial bids of the IAF's MMRCA competition.]]></description>
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		<title>US offers India the Joint Strike Fighter, top defence technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indo-Asian News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Pentagon: "Should India indicate interest in the JSF, the United States would be prepared to provide information on the JSF and its requirements (infrastructure, security, etc.) to support India's future planning." Also read inside: Reality Check: US F-35 offer report]]></description>
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		<title>First Indo-French army exercise begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India and France Monday began their first-ever joint army war game with platoon-sized forces from each side undertaking counter-terrorism operations at Chaubatia in Uttarakhand.]]></description>
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		<title>MMRCA quotes ready to be opened</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The commercial bids of the two surviving contenders in the Indian Air Force (IAF) tender for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) are ready to be opened, according to the defense ministry.]]></description>
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		<title>IAF has lost 999 planes in crashes since 1970</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indo-Asian News Service</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian Air Force (IAF) has lost 999 aircraft in crashes since 1970 and 39 percent of these accidents occurred due to pilot error, a parliamentary panel was informed by the defense ministry.]]></description>
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		<title>MMRCA may already have one assured winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saurabh Joshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[India's decision to eliminate four of the six aircraft in the Indian Air Force tender for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft, first <a href="http://www.stratpost.com/india-selects-ef-rafale-for-mmrca-shortlist">reported</a> by <em>StratPost</em>, may already have resulted in one winner, even before the commercial bids for the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Rafale are opened. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gaping holes in MMRCA elimination decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 02:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process leading up to the decision by the Indian Ministry of Defense to issue invitations to eliminate four of the six companies in the contest to win the Indian Air Force tender for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) has large holes in its standard of diligence. ]]></description>
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