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RAFALE DELIVERY

• 36 Rafale fighters the IAF has bought

DEVELOPMENT

• India has asked France to arm the first four Rafale fighters with the top-notch  Meteor air-to-air missiles, which, with a  strike range of 120 to 150-km, can  outgun any missile that can be unleashed  by Pakistani or Chinese jets.

TIME OF ARRIVAL

• All the 36 jets will arrive in India by April 2022, with 18 each to be deployed at the  Ambala and Hasimara airbases for  the western and eastern fronts with  Pakistan and China.

THE NUMBERS

• Pakistani F-16 fighters armed with the AIM-120C advance medium range air-to-air  missile (AMRAAMs), having a range of about  100 km
• The JF Thunder mainly uses PL-12 missiles (Operational range 70-100 kms)

F 16 FACTOR

• Initially Pakistan claimed it never used F 16 on 27^th February

METEOR (MISSILE)

USED BY

1. Eurofighter Typhoon
2. Dassault Rafale
3. Saab JAS 39 Gripen
4. F-35 (Pending)

OPERATORS

HOW METEOR MISSILE WILL CHANGE  DYNAMICS

• According to the IAF, Induction of the Rafales armed with the greater-range  Meteor missiles powered by Ramjet  engines to fly at Mach 4 speed will change  the operational dynamics for achieving “air  dominance”.

STORM SHADOW/SCALP EG

• Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable air- launched cruise missile

STORM SHADOW/SCALP EG

• 300-km range Scalp air-to-ground cruise missiles
• Launch platform
• Italy- Tornado,Typhoon UK- Typhoon France- Rafale, Mirage 2000, Aquitaine Frigate Barracuda Class  Submarine

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