Thunder at 100 feet: Flying France's Rafale Superfighter
NDTV's Vishnu Som recently got a chance to fly the French Rafale - one of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world.
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Thunder at 100 feet: Flying France's Rafale SuperfighterNDTV's Vishnu Som recently got a chance to fly the French Rafale - one of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world. The superjet won then Indian Air Force's medium multirole combat aircraft competition. He talks about his incredible experience. -
Thunder at 100 feet: Flying France's Rafale SuperfighterWhat makes the Rafale experience different is the level of automation, the incredible man-machine interface and the highly fused sensor suite the French top gun employs. In simple terms, the Rafale does the same job with more precision and safety for the pilot. -
Thunder at 100 feet: Flying France's Rafale SuperfighterDassault, the manufacturers of the Rafale are presently in top-secret negotiations with the Defence Ministry to arrive at a final price among a host of details bound to accompany what has been labelled the world's biggest defence deal, easily worth more than 15 billion dollars for 126 jets. -
Thunder at 100 feet: Flying France's Rafale SuperfighterWhen the Rafale eventually enters frontline squadron service with the Indian Air Force (assuming negotiations actually end up in a contract), the IAF may well become the most potent Air Force in the world this side of the United States, all within the next 15 years.
