[SandRat]

India reports several troubles with the performance and maintenance of its MiG-29K/KUB (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) naval multirole fighters, as well as with Vikramaditya (former “Admiral Gorshkov”/Kiev-class) aircraft carrier.

Of course. The Russians refer derisively to any “foreign sales models of Russian military equipment” as selling “Idiot Models.”

Don't blame me this term was originated in the CCP days.

[SandRat]

The CCP, ops, sorry, the Russian, equivalent of selling them “Edsels.”

[tanknetter]

Ahem, technically it was “1D10T”. ...

Anyway, iirc the Indians are in the market for foreign aircraft for their home built carrier. Looking at the MiG plus the Rafale and a navalized Gripen (ski jump launch performance is a big unknown on those last two). So this is possibly laying out a foundation for negotiating with the Russians again for more MiGs. Means that the Indians learned their lessons from getting screwed over by the Russians the first time around.