00:00So, India just signed off on buying 114 Rafale fighter jets from France, a deal worth a jaw-dropping
00:07three, six lakh crore, that's about $43 billion, or in comedian math, enough to buy every Starbucks
00:14latte in Manhattan for the next 200 years. Now, let's break this down. That's not just a fleet,
00:20it's practically a new airline. Imagine Air India announcing, now boarding Rafale flight 007,
00:27complimentary missiles included, peanuts extra. The French must be thrilled selling jets is
00:32basically their version of Black Friday. Meanwhile, India's neighbors are probably googling,
00:38cheap binoculars because keeping up with 114 supersonic jets is not happening.
00:43And the funniest part, the government says it's under a government-to-government framework,
00:49translation, we skipped the shopping cart, went straight to checkout, forget Amazon Prime,
00:55this is Rafale Prime, delivery in 2027, batteries not included. So, next time you hear a sonic boom
01:02over Delhi, don't panic, it's just India flexing its new toy collection. Honestly, if Top Gun 3
01:08isn't filmed there, Hollywood is missing out.
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