The bottomline is, there are glaring gaps in the IAF’s capability, and unless it re-prioritises its acquisition plans to get the best bang for its buck, these gaps will continue to persist. Looking from the narrow perspective of the Rafale purchase alone, the government appears to have done well in reaching a speedy conclusion; but when you zoom out to the bigger picture, it’s evident that it only re-inforced bad practices. In the final analysis, this act will go down as an example of hasty decision-making that created more problems than it solved.