Saturday 8 February 2014
Combat proven French beauty
Dassault rafale- an agile omni role fighter aircraft designed to replace 7 types of combat aircrafts.Yeah omni role - she can be armed to take any task in ONE MISSION.! Really versatile & a true force multiplier.The best in rafale is her avionics-sensors; comprises of RBE2/AESA and 'SPECTRA'
Rafale show some impressive,remarkable tactical survivability rate during latest operations.SPECTRA internal electronic warfare suite jointly developed by THALES & MBDA - the system is cornerstone of Rafales outstanding survivability against airborne as well as SAMs and other ground threats.Its fully integrated with other systems to provide multi spectral threat warning capability against hostile radars and missiles.SPECTRA's threat library can be easily updated by users in their own country in full autonomy.Ofcourse SPECTRA one of the keys of Rafale's Superior situational awareness.As demonstrated in Libya and Mali; this high tech,day and night equipments can be used in a wide range of war scenarios.
Rafale is being produced for both French Airforce (B,C) and Navy (M).
During libyan conflict it was reported that Rafales typically conducted 6 hours sorties over libyan airspace armed with a mix of 4 MICAs and 4/6AASM Hammers + THALES Damoclès targeting pod and two drop tanks in 14 hardpoints.(Interesting thing in here is that Rafale was offered to Gaddafi forces but they would not order any.)
There are 3 variants of Rafales are available- Rafale B ( twin seater) ,C ( single seater ) both for airforce and Rafale M ( for navy- strengthened airframe,longer nose gear, tail hook, and weighs 500kg more that Cs)
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