What is special about Dassault Rafale?
Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an “omnirole” aircraft by Dassault….Dassault Rafale.
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| Number built | 237 as of 2021 |
Will Indian Navy get Rafale?
New Delhi: French defence giant Dassault Aviation is likely to bring the naval version of the Rafale aircraft to India in early 2022 to showcase its ability to carry out a ski-jump, which is a crucial take-off capability to operate from Indian aircraft carriers, ThePrint has learnt.
What is the difference between Dassault Rafale and Tejas?
Both Aircraft are not similar in Size and Shape, Dassault Rafale is medium multi-role combat aircraft and Tejas is Light Combat Aircraft. 2. Dassault Rafale is 4th Gen Fighter jet and Tejas is 4++ Gen Fighter Jet. 3. both have diffrent Combat range + Mission capability.
Is the Tejas a heavy combat aircraft?
Answer is NO, in the same way Rafael and Tejas belongs to two different categories, There are three type of basic categories in fighter aircraft’s Heavy combat aircraft’s, medium combat aircraft and light weight combat aircraft.
Is Tejas better than Rafael in terms of performance?
On these bases No, Tejas is not better then Rafael but it is giving a fierce competition to it, though being the first timer DRDO has done a fabulous job in making Tejas.
What is the future of India’s 126 Rafale jets?
India has recently announced its decision not to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets and to reopen the competition to replace its aging fighter fleet, this time the scope being 90 aircraft as New Delhi has already ordered 36 Rafales from France. So the whole replacement contract will be re-competed – but on a smaller scale (90 aircraft).