[sukhoi-30mki]

The Typhoon, manufactured by a joint venture between BAE, Italy's Alenia Aeronautica and the German-Spanish giant EADS

[Praxeologue]

President Barack Obama of the United States is in India this weekend and is expected to lobby on behalf of the US defence industry for the F16 and F18.

This would be reason enough for India to reject the Lougheed bid. Obama should have stayed home.

[moovova]

Does it come equipped with an incense stick holder?

[SoftwareEngineer]

Dear Sukhoi,

I had predicted this over a year ago, in one of your threads about this competition.

India was ALWAYS going to chose a western fighter. So the MiG never had a chance.

However, the US messed up by not bringing in the F-35 to the mix. The Eurofighter is a half generation above the F-16 and the F-18 (athough in fairness all of this is apples and oranges and mixing 1 and 2 engined planes)

The offer of the Eurofighter group to bring India in as a partner (much like the F-35 has multiple partners) is what has swung the deal

Also, it does not hurt that the Eurofighter is a capable plane and better than anything China or Pakistan has in that niche.