What Is Special About Rafale Jet?
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.

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Beside this, is Rafale a good plane?

The Dassault Rafale is quite a good aircraft at what it needs to do. However the rafale went on to trade its air to air capabilities in for the strike role. This has resulted in it being more adapted towards the multi role strike aircraft.

is Rafale better than Sukhoi? Sukhoi is much better than Rafale. The speed of su 30mki is 2.1 to 2.2 mach. And most important point is that now su 30mki has Brahmos missile. Another fact that Su30 MKI is a 4.5 gen Fighter , puts it in an entirely different class than Rafale.

Simply so, why is Rafale expensive?

Rafale was chosen as the lowest bidder based on life-cycle cost, which is a combination of cost of acquisition, operating cost over a duration of 40 years and cost of transfer of technology. The negotiations with Dassault dragged on due to disagreements on warranty for aircraft produced by HAL.

Why Rafale is the best fighter?

A Rafale is more capable of fighting its way through air defences. -The Rafale doesn't need labour-intensive stealthing and generally needs fewer man hours per flying hour, so it has a higher readiness- and sortie rate.

Related Question Answers

Is Rafale better than f16?

To put is simply, the French Dassault Rafale is a much better multirole fighter as compared to the American F-16. It also incorporate new designs, advance aerodynamics, some elements of stealth, weapons carriage, range and twin engine technologies. The Rafale is considered to be a long range strategic fighter.
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