India had three "Rafale" fighter jets shot down, and Indian netizens were clamoring for a return, as a matter of fact, the third brother hadn't paid the final installment.

With Pakistan revealing the fact that six of India's aircraft were shot down, including three French-made "Rafale" fighters, Indian netizens couldn't sit still anymore. They started criticizing the French fighters as unreliable and demanded that India deploy its secret weapon, the "Tejas" fighter jet. They also called for France to refund the money.

In September 2016, India ordered 36 "Rafale" fighter jets from France, with a total value of 7.878 billion euros, which meant the unit price of each fighter exceeded 200 million euros.

This arms purchase contract shocked the entire world. Generally speaking, the price of the "Rafale" fighter jet does not exceed 100 million euros. The French officials who went to negotiate were very happy, as the third brother was very generous, not only did he not haggle but also directly raised the unit price to 200 million euros. Clearly, France was very satisfied with this arms sale and immediately signed the contract with the third brother.

Of course, these 7.878 billion euros are no small sum. The third brother requested installment payments, after paying the first installment of 2.7 billion euros, the third brother suddenly began to default without any warning.

However, what caught the French off guard was that the contract clearly specified the delivery time of the fighters and the liability for breach of contract, but it did not specify the payment time.

The contract required France to deliver the first Rafale fighter to India within 36 months of signing the contract and all 36 Rafale fighters to India within 66 months.

France delayed for several months without receiving the final installment, and in the end delivered 21 fighters, while the rest were still in disputes with the third brother.

The third brother is quite troubled now. Can they hold on to these 21 "Rafale" fighters and demand a refund? Oh, by the way, 18 of them.

India-Pakistan conflict reignited

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