Dassault Rafale AircraftAbout :-
The Rafale is manufactured by French Company
Dassault Aviation, the same company that manufactured Mirage 2000.
It is a
multi-role fighter aircraft which is intended to perform aerial
reconnaissance,
ground support,
air supremacy. It is also called “
Omnirole aircraft” due to its
versatile capability.
Features :-
The
4++ (or 4.5)
generation aircraft is equipped with state of the
art avionics and equipment.
It also has integrated
defensive aids system,
SPECTRA, which protects it against any missiles and ground threats.
Due to its smaller size as compared to its counterparts such as
Russian SU-30MKI the aircraft does not easily get detected. It also supports air to
air refuelling.
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